Ambient volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations around a petrochemical complex and a petroleum refinery

Cetin, Eylem; Odabaşı, Mustafa; Seyfioglu, Remzi

doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(03)00197-9

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“…The operation of petrochemical plants leads to the emission of various air pollutants, such as highly reactive hydrocarbons (Ryerson et al, 2003), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (Wang et al, 2002;Wang et al, 2007;Wang et al, 2009), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (Cetin et al, 2003) and odors (Chen et al, 2000;Dincer and Muezzinoglu, 2006) that have significant impacts on ambient air quality and adverse effects on human health . One issue often reported by local residents is that of unpleasant odors, and in practice the air pollution problems related to such facilities are mostly recognized as odor problems by the public (Dincer and Muezzinoglu, 2006).…”

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Source Identification of VOCs in a Petrochemical Complex by Applying Open-Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry

Chen

Yuan

Wang

2014

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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The petrochemical complex examined in this work includes a great variety of facilities and factories that emit various odorants. A stationary open-path Fourier transform infrared (OPFTIR) system can be used for routine VOC and odor monitoring. However, when odor episodes occur, only multiple mobile OPFTIR systems are able to identify the odorant sources effectively and efficiently. In this study, N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) was found to be the most commonly detected odorant emitted from the investigated petrochemical complex by routine monitoring of a stationary OPFTIR system. Then the sequential deployments of a pair of mobile OPFTIR systems were carried out both upwind and downwind of the different sections of the focal area. The pollution rose plots derived from the data obtained by the pair of mobile OPFTIR systems identified the DMF sources. By conducting correlation analyses on the data obtained from the mobile OPFTIR situated at the downwind location of the DMF emission sources, we found that besides DMF, the dry PU synthetic leather process of plant B was also the major odorant source of 2-butanone, ethyl acetate and isopropanol. The source identification measure developed in this study can be used to clarify possible odorant sources not only for petrochemical industrial complexes but also for other areas associated with various emission sources.

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Source Identification of VOCs in a Petrochemical Complex by Applying Open-Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry

Chen

Yuan

Wang

2014

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…The recorded data pass through rectify units and an average value is displayed. For each potential pollutant about [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] values are recorded during the operation period for one measurement of 2-3 minutes. The hourly mean concentrations of the measured pollutants during the two periods of study are registered and tabulated.…”

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“…An Investigation carried out by Cetin et al [48] showed that VOC concentrations varied seasonally and that concentrations were highest in summer, followed by autumn, probably due to increased evaporation of VOCs from fugitive sources as a result of higher temperatures. VOC concentrations generally increased with temperature and wind speed.…”

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Effect of Meteorological Variables on Air Pollutants Variation in Arid Climates

Radaideh¹

2017

J Environ Anal Toxicol

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“…Cetin et al 7 reported that the VOC concentration from a petrochemical complex is 4 -20-fold higher than those at a suburban site in Izmir, Turkey. Na et al 8 revealed that VOC concentrations from industrial areas of Korea, including a petrochemical complex, were about three times more than those at downtown sites.…”

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Source Location and Characterization of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions at a Petrochemical Plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chen

Fang

Shu

2005

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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This paper elucidated a novel approach to locating volatile organic compound (VOC) emission sources and characterizing their VOCs by database and contour plotting. The target of this survey was a petrochemical plant in Linyan, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. Samples were taken with canisters from 25 sites inside this plant, twice per season, and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The survey covered 1 whole year. By consolidated into a database, the data could be readily retrieved, statistically analyzed, and clearly presented in both table and graph forms. It followed from the cross-analysis of the database that the abundant types of VOCs were alkanes, alkenes/dienes, and aromatics, all of which accounted for 99% of total VOCs. By contour plotting, the emission sources for alkanes, aromatics, and alkenes/ dienes were successfully located. Through statistical analysis, the database could provide the range and 90% confidence interval of each species from each emission source. Both alkanes and alkene/dienes came from tank farm and naphtha cracking units and were mainly composed of C 3 -C 5 members. Regarding aromatics, benzene, toluene, and xylenes were the primary species; they were emitted from tank farm, aromatic units, and xylene units.

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Ambient volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations around a petrochemical complex and a petroleum refinery

Cited by 245 publications

References 5 publications

Source Identification of VOCs in a Petrochemical Complex by Applying Open-Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry

Source Identification of VOCs in a Petrochemical Complex by Applying Open-Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry

Effect of Meteorological Variables on Air Pollutants Variation in Arid Climates

Source Location and Characterization of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions at a Petrochemical Plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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