Environmental Engineering / Çevre Mühendisliği
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Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 14Indoor Environmental Quality in Naturally Ventilated Schools of a Dusty Region: Excess Health Risks and Effect of Heating and Desert Dust Transport(Wiley, 2022) Şahin, Çağrı; Rastgeldi Doğan, Tuba; Yıldız, Melek; Sofuoğlu, Sait CemilIndoor air quality (IAQ) is impacted by polluted outdoor air in naturally ventilated schools, especially in places where both anthropogenic and natural sources of ambient air pollution exist. CO2, PM2.5, PM10, temperature, relative humidity (RH), and noise were measured in five naturally ventilated primary schools in City of Sanliurfa, in a dusty region of Turkey, Southeast Anatolia. Excess risk levels were estimated for particulate matter. Investigation was conducted through an educational year including two seasons in terms of anthropogenic effect, that is, heating/non-heating, and natural effect, that is, desert dust transport/non-dust transport. The median CO2 concentration was measured to be >1000 ppm in all seasons/schools. Temperature and RH fell out of the comfort zone in October-December, during which pollutant concentrations were considerably increased, specifically in November, that heating and dust transport periods coincide. The overall mean indoor PM10 and PM2.5 levels were 58 and 31.8 mu g/m(3), respectively. Risk assessment indicate that both short (incidence of asthma symptoms in asthmatic children) and long-term (prevalence of bronchitis) effects are considerable with 10.9 (2.4-19.6)% and 19.5 (2.2-38.8)%, respectively. The findings suggest that mechanical ventilation retrofitting with particle filtration is needed to mitigate potential negative health consequences on children.Article Organofosfatlı Pestisitlerin Pilot Ölçekli Sulak Alan Reaktörlerinde Gideriminin İncelenmesi(Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, 2019) Şahin, Çağrı; Karpuzcu, M. EkremModern tarımın yaygınlaşmasıyla birlikte dünyada pestisit kullanımı artmıştır. Birçok ülkede olduğu gibi ülkemizde de aşırı ve bilinçsizce pestisit kullanımı sonucunda su ve toprak ortamında giderek artan miktarlarda pestisit kirlenmesi görülmektedir. Meriç- Ergene Havzası’nda bulunan ve etrafında yoğun bir şekilde çeltik tarımı yapılan Meriç Deltası sulak alanları da bu kirlenmenin görüldüğü bölgelerden biridir. Bu çalışma kapsamında, Meriç Deltası sulak alanlarından numuneler alınarak organofosfatlı pestisitlerin akıbeti incelenmiştir. Sulak alanları temsil etmesi amacıyla pilot ölçekli reaktörle çalışılmış, seçilen 4 organofosfatlı pestisit (Chlorpyrifos, Dichlorvos, Fenthion, Diazinon) için biyolojik ayrışma ve adsorpsiyon deneyleri yapılmıştır. Pilot ölçekli sistemde, seçilen pestisitlerin yarı ömürleri belirlenmiş ve bitki ve sediment üzerine adsorpsiyon miktarları ölçülmüştür. Aynı zamanda pestisitlerin yeraltı suyuna sızma potansiyelleri GUS (“Groundwater Ubiquity Score” / “Yeraltı Suyunda Mevcudiyet Katsayısı”) kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar serbest yüzey akışlı yapay sulak alan sistemlerinin organofosfatlı pestisitlerin giderimindeki etkinliğini ortaya koymuştur. Bu çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlar, organofosfatlı pestisitlerin giderimi için önerilen yapay sulak alanların tasarımı için yol gösterici niteliktedir.Article Citation - WoS: 47Mitigation of Organophosphate Pesticide Pollution in Agricultural Watersheds(Elsevier, 2020) Şahin, Çağrı; Karpuzcu, M. EkremAdsorption and biodegradation processes for four organophosphate pesticides (chiorpyrifos, diazinon, fenthion, dichlorvos) in wetlands and agricultural drains in Meric-Ergene Basin, Turkey have been investigated. K-oc (organic carbon normalized partition coefficient) values for all pesticides except diazinon were higher in more aromatic Pamuklu Drain sediments, indicating the possible influence of aromaticity on the extent of adsorption. The average half-lives of pesticides in Gala Lake sediments and Pamuklu agricultural drain sediments ranged from 2.25 to 69.31 days with chlorpyrifos exhibiting the slowest biotransformation rate and dichlorvos having the fastest biotransforrnation rate. The presence of humic substances and hydroperiod of wetlands have been identified as possible factors that affected the behavior of organophosphate pesticides in this study. The results from this study provide insight into the constructed wetland design offered for the mitigation of organophosphate pesticides in the basin. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.