2014-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2014 Volume 7: Energy Production, Environmental & Multiscale
| Editors: | Kongoli F |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Pages: | 528 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-09-6 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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Environmental pollution and industrial corrosion in fluvial/marine ports: Health, social and legal aspects
Benjamin Valdez1; Michael Schorr1; Noah Lotan2; Ernesto Valdez3; Amir Eliezer4; Jose Bastidas5;1UNIVERSITY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexicali, Mexico; 2TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Haifa, Israel; 3CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION MEDICA IXCHEL, Mexicali, Mexico; 4SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Ber Sheva, Israel; 5CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES METALURGICAS (CENIM), Madrid, Spain;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 11
Topic: 8
Abstract:
In the natural and industrial environments, pollution and corrosion are interrelated harmful processes. Many water, air and soil pollutants accelerate corrosion and corrosion products such as rust, oxides and salts pollute water bodies at fluvial and marine ports, rivers, sea coasts, shipyards, dams, waterways and canals. Both are pernicious phenomena that impact the durability of the infrastructure assets, the industry efficiency and profitability and the quality of the environment. Corrosion affects mobile and fixed marine installations and equipment made from two basic engineering materials: Steel and reinforced concrete. This situation has been aggravated in recent decades by the discharge of industrial, municipal and agricultural effluents. These may contain toxic, fouling and corrosive components and/or produce them by biological and chemical processes. Three examples of contaminated ports located either on the sea coast or near the mouth of polluted rivers are presented: Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, on the Atlantic Ocean shore; Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz State, Mexico, on the bank of Coatzacoalcos river emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and polluted by petroleum spills; and the Kishon port and river, Israel, receiving wastes from the nearby industries and municipalities. In the last case, national environmental organizations, in collaboration with port authorities, are implementing several actions. These are aimed to rehabilitate the river by dredging and cleaning its bed, to remediate the soil around it and to develop its surrounding landscape for the benefit of the general public. Health, social and legal aspects related to anthropogenic pollution and human fatal cases will be described and illustrated, based on the authors experience and knowledge.