Determination of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions from Perkins P220-3 AGO-Based Generating Plant in Variable Temperature and Relative Humidity

Abstract

The main aim of this research is for the determination of Carbon-dioxide (CO2) concentration level emitted from PERKINS P220-3 AGO-based generating plant using Series 500 Portable Air Quality Monitor with varying temperature and relative humidity. The generating plant services the facilities in the Faculty of Engineering, Federal University Otuoke (FUO), Bayelsa State. The air sampling was done for a consecutive period of twenty-one working days in the month of July, 2023. This was to ascertain the health risk that could possibly emanate from the emissions of CO2 into the environment on the safety of personnel exposed daily to those facilities. The results were compared to “The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)” and “Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)” as <1,000 ppm limit or no severe health effect. The results showed that CO2 have total average concentration of 898.23 ppm, total average temperature at 29.7oC and total average relative humidity at 85.81%. The overall average results showed that the CO2 concentration emissions level were below the WHO ambient allowable limits of not more than 1000 ppm in 8 hours average.

Keywords — Environment, CO2 concentration, Emissions Level, AGO-Based, Sampling and

Monitoring, Generating Plants, Facilities, Faculty of Engineering, Temperature, Relative Humidity,

Air Quality