ASSESSMENT OF CARBON(IV) OXIDE EMISSION AND MANAGEMENT OF SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN AGBARA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorIBRAHIM, MUHAMMED KABEER
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-06T08:37:41Z
dc.date.available2018-09-06T08:37:41Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHYAND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was aimed at contributing to the efforts directed at managing Carbon(iv) oxide, CO2 emission by assessing the CO2 emissions and management strategies in the Nigerian manufacturing industries using some selected industries at Agbara Industrial Estate, Ogun state. The main objectives of the study are to determine the amount of CO2 emitted from the stationery sources of the selected industries in the study area between the periods of June 2015 to May 2016, and to compare this amount with the inclusion threshold i.e. the maximum allowable amount of CO2 emission of various emission management programmes around the world. The study also checked for the performance of each of the industry as regards CO2 management best practices. The industries were grouped into different industrial strata according to Manufacturers Association of Nigeria industrial classification, after which one industry was picked per stratum. Five industries namely; Industry N, Industry G, Industry Q, Industry D and Industry P were randomly selected using dip in the basket method from a total of seventeen industries for the study. The identity of the industries was concealed due to security reasons. The use of documented emission factors in measuring CO2 emission was the adopted method in this work. Twelve months’ fuel consumption records of each emission source from each selected industry was collated and examined, this was then used to calculate the CO2 emission for each emission source by multiplying the monthly volume/mass (as the case may be) of the fossil fuel combusted with the appropriate emission factor. The performance of each of the industry as regards CO2 management best practices was assessed using a GHG best management practice checklist adapted from that of the World Wildlife Fund which was used for their Low Carbon Manufacturing Programme. Results showed that Industry N emitted a total of 7714.65 tones of CO2, Industry G emitted 45,055.45 tones of CO2, Industry Q emitted 8,200.94 tones of CO2, Industry D emitted 53,195.54 tones of CO2 and Industry P emitted 49,247.78 tones of CO2 during the studied period. These figures are larger than the inclusion threshold of many carbon management programmes around the world. Statistical significance findings showed that natural gas fuel and natural gas combusting stationery equipments are the major contributors of the CO2 emitted in the assessed industries. Also all the industries practice a poor CO2 emission management. The study concluded that a significant amount of CO2 was emitted by the assessed industries and these were majorly contributed by natural gas fuel combustion, the industries also practice a very poor CO2 emission management. It is therefore recommended that industries should focus their attention on natural gas and natural gas combusting sources for their emission management activities, environmental regulators should develop an emission standards/programme where a cap or a predetermined maximum allowable amount of CO2 is allocated to industries and there is need for consideration of the other greenhouse gas emissions in subsequent studies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10272
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectCARBON(IV),en_US
dc.subjectOXIDE EMISSION,en_US
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT,en_US
dc.subjectSELECTED INDUSTRIES,en_US
dc.subjectAGBARA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,en_US
dc.subjectOGUN STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF CARBON(IV) OXIDE EMISSION AND MANAGEMENT OF SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN AGBARA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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