Assessment of the impact of a phosphatic fertilizer plant on the adjacent environment using fuzzy logic

• Authors: K. Szczepaniak , C. Sârbu , A. Astel , E. Raińska1 , M. Biziuk , O. Culicov , M.V. Frontasyeva , P. Bode
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The impact of a phosphatic fertilizer plant on the adjacent environment was examined. Selected rare earth elements, heavy metals and metalloids were determined in substrates and products, waste by-product, and grass and soil samples. Concentration gradients of elements in grass and soil samples along the southerly and easterly directions were examined and compared with the content of interior soil and grass samples, substrates, and products. Results were compared with available data on soil permissible element concentration levels. Two fuzzy principal component analysis (FPCA) methods for robust estimation of principal components were applied and compared with classical PCA. The efficiency of the new algorithms is illustrated. The investigation explored the impact of the plant on the adjacent environment. The most reliable results, in good agreement with types of samples, were produced using the FPCA-O algorithm

Keywords

EN

Principal components analysis; robust principal components analysis; heavy metals; rare-earth elements; pollution profile

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 29-55

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2006

online

1 - 3 - 2006

Contributors

author

K. Szczepaniak

• Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 G. Narutowicza Str., 80-952, Gdansk, Poland

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C. Sârbu

• Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, 11 Arany Janos Str., 400028, Cluj-Napoca, Poland

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A. Astel

author

E. Raińska1

• Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 G. Narutowicza Str., 80-952, Gdansk, Poland

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M. Biziuk

• Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 G. Narutowicza Str., 80-952, Gdansk, Poland

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O. Culicov

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M.V. Frontasyeva

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P. Bode

• Interfaculty Reactor Institute, Department of Radiochemistry, Technical University of Delft, Mekelweg 15, NL-2629 JB, Delft, The Netherlands

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1007/s11532-005-0003-z