| Title: | "Research on accounting and detection of volatile organic compounds from a typical petroleum refinery in Hebei, North China" |
| Author(s): | Lv D; Lu S; He S; Song K; Shao M; Xie S; Gong Y; |
| Address: | "State Joint Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China. State Joint Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China. Electronic address: lshua@pku.edu.cn. State Joint Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China; Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, PR China" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130653 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1298 (Electronic) 0045-6535 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions inventory of the petroleum refinery in Hebei was established. This refinery emits 1859.2 tons of VOCs per year, with wastewater collection and treatment system being the largest emissions source, accounting for 59.6% individually, followed by the recirculating cooling water system (13.4%), storage tanks (11.1%), and equipment leaks (9.4%). Organized and fugitive samples were collected simultaneously for different processes of each emissions source. A total of 100 VOC species were characterized and quantified using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry/flame ionization detection system. The VOC emissions concentrations and chemical composition of each process were quite different. Most of the processes used alkanes as the main chemome. We concluded from the composite source profile weighted by the amount of VOC emissions that the characteristic species of this petroleum refinery were ethane (15.4%), propylene (11.7%), propane (8.5%), iso-pentane (8.3%), and toluene (4.7%). The ozone (O(3)) formation potential (OFP) and secondary organic aerosol formation potential (SOAP) were evaluated, and the results indicated that alkenes (mainly propylene) and aromatics (mainly toluene) were the priority control compounds. This study clarifies the current status of VOC emissions in the refinery in terms of emissions intensity, emissions components, and O(3) and SOA reactivity. The key emissions sources and species screened provide scientific support for reducing refined emissions from the petrochemical industry" |
| Keywords: | *Air Pollutants/analysis China Environmental Monitoring *Ozone/analysis *Petroleum/analysis *Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Emission inventory Emissions characteristics Petroleum refinery Secondary pollution Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); |
| Notes: | "MedlineLv, Daqi Lu, Sihua He, Shuyu Song, Kai Shao, Min Xie, Shaodong Gong, Yuanzheng eng England 2021/07/23 Chemosphere. 2021 Oct; 281:130653. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130653. Epub 2021 May 11" |
