Development of Emission Factor Equations for Surface Mining Activities: The Case of the Stacker

In surface mines, various activities (e.g., excavations, loading and unloading of material, moving vehicles on unpaved haul roads, etc.) represent significant sources fugitive dust. The estimation dust generation from each individual source is a basic step in planning implementation decision-making systems regarding the air quality surrounding area. Typically, this can be obtained by using emission factor or prediction-type equations. A detailed study was carried out at four lignite mines to determine PM factors develop equations mining activities. work, data, method results referring stacker, one emissions operations are presented analyzed.