Reducing Outdoor Air Pollutants through a Moss-Based Biotechnological Purification Filter in Kazakhstan
Biloshchytskyi A. Kuchanskyi O. Andrashko Y. Yedilkhan D. Neftissov A. Biloshchytska S. Amirgaliyev B. Vatskel V.
December 2023Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Urban Science
2023#7Issue 4
This study considers the creation of a network of moss-based biotechnological purification filters under the Smart City concept. The extent of the absorption of heavy metals and gases by Sphagnopsida moss under different conditions was investigated. The efficiency of air purification with biotechnological filters was also investigated in the city of Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, where an excess of the permissible concentration of harmful substances in the air, according to the WHO air quality guidelines, is recorded throughout the year. Data on the level of pollution recorded with sensors located in the largest Kazakhstani cities from 21 June 2020 to 4 June 2023 were selected as the basis for calculating purification efficiency. In total, there are 220 in 73 settlements of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with 80 such sensors located in the city of Almaty. Since creating a single biotechnological filter is expensive, our task was to calculate the air purification effect in the case of increasing the number of filters placed in polluted areas. We show that 10 filters provide an air purification efficiency of 0.77%, with 100 filters providing an air purification efficiency of 5.72% and 500 filters providing an air purification efficiency of 23.11%. A biotechnological filter for air purification based on moss was designed at Astana IT University by taking into consideration the climatic features, distribution, and types of pollution in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The obtained results are essential for ensuring compliance with the standard for environmental comfort in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Additionally, the research findings and the experience of implementing a moss-based biotechnological filter can be applied to designing similar air purification systems in other cities. This is of great importance for the advancement of the field of urban science.
air pollution , biotechnological filter , moss , smart city
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University Administration, Astana IT University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Information Technology, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
Department of Information Systems and Technology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
Department of System Analysis and Optimization Theory, Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine
Department of Science and Innovation, Astana IT University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Computational and Data Science, Astana IT University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
IT-LYNX LLC, Kyiv, 03194, Ukraine
University Administration
Department of Information Technology
Department of Information Systems and Technology
Department of System Analysis and Optimization Theory
Department of Science and Innovation
Department of Computational and Data Science
IT-LYNX LLC
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