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J Air Waste Manag Assoc

Title:		"Mapping and profile of emission sources for airborne volatile organic compounds from process regions at a petrochemical plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan"
Author(s):		Chen CL; Fang HY; Shu CM;
Address:		"Department of Environment and Biotechnology, Refinery and Manufacturing Research Center, Chinese Petroleum Corporation, Taiwan, Republic of China"
Journal Title:		J Air Waste Manag Assoc
Year:		2006
Volume:		56
Issue:		6
Page Number:		824 - 833
DOI:		10.1080/10473289.2006.10464486
ISSN/ISBN:		1096-2247 (Print) 1096-2247 (Linking)
Abstract:		"This work surveyed five process regions inside a petrochemical plant in Taiwan to characterize the profiles of airborne volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and locate emission sources. Samples, taken with canisters, were analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry according to the TO-14 method. Each region was deployed with 24 sampling sites, sampled twice, and 240 samples in total were measured during the survey period. All of the data were consolidated into a database on Excel to facilitate retrieval, statistical analysis, and presentation in the form of a table or graph, and, subsequently, the profile of VOCs was elucidated. Emission sources were located by mapping the concentration distribution of either an individual or a type of species in terms of contour maps on Surfer. Through the cross-analysis of data, the abundant VOCs included alkenes, dienes, alkanes, and aromatics. A total of 19 emission sources were located from these five regions. The sources for alkanes stood inside first, third aromatic, and fourth naphtha cracking regions, whereas the ones for alkenes were inside two naphtha cracking regions. The sources for dienes were found inside the third naphtha cracking region alone; in contrast, the sources for aromatics were universally traced except inside the third naphtha cracking region. The measured intensity for sources mostly ranged from 1000 to 7000 ppb"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/*analysis *Chemical Industry Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons/*analysis Industrial Waste Ketones/analysis *Petroleum Taiwan Volatilization;
Notes:		"MedlineChen, Ching-Liang Fang, Hung-Yuan Shu, Chi-Min eng 2006/06/30 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2006 Jun; 56(6):824-33. doi: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464486"