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Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis; 2006; v. 6; issue.2-3; p. 131-137;
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-083
© 2006 Geological Society of London

Original Article

In-stack and in-plume characterization of particulate metals emitted from a copper smelter

Henry K. T. Wong1, Catharine M. Banic2, Stéphane Robert3, Zdenek Nejedly4 & J. L. (Iain) Campbell4

1 National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6(e-mail: henry.wong@ec.gc.ca)
2 Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T4
3 Noranda Inc., 101 Avenue Portelance, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, J9X 1P5
4 Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1

To better understand the transport of particles emitted from industrial sources, a research aircraft was flown in the plume of the Horne Copper Smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, during winter and summer of 2000. During seven flights the industry performed in-stack sampling for metals while the aircraft determined in-situ chemical and microphysical properties of the particles in the plume over distances of 2 to 27 km. The estimated dilution factors for the samples collected in the plume ranged from 2000 to 50 000 compared with in-stack samples. The ratios of As/Cu, Pb/Cu and Zn/Cu for the stack and in-plume samples show good correspondence. The relative fraction of As, Cu, Pb and Zn in the size bins <2 µm, 2–8 µm and >8 µm aerodynamic diameter were established using a cascade impactor in the plume. The As, Cu and Pb were found in larger fraction in the <2 µm size bin with Zn more equally distributed between the <2 and >8 µm bins. There was no evidence found to support preferential loss of the particles detected in the >8 µm bin over the distances studied. These data provide input needed to initialize models to predict the deposition and transport of the emissions.

Key Words: smelter emissions • particle evolution in plumes • industrial emission of metals • SO2 • heavy metals • metalloids • particle size




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