Volatile organic compound concentrations in ambient air of Kaohsiung petroleum refinery in Taiwan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 4111-4122

  Lin, Tsai Yin ^a   Sree, Usha ^a   Tseng, Sen Hong ^a   Chiu, Kong Hwa ^b   Wu, Chien Hou ^a   Lo, Jiunn Guang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; DOAS; Petroleum refinery; Taiwan; Volatile organics

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WIND;

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; PETROCHEMICAL EMISSIONS; WASTE BURNING STACKS;

PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; PETROLATUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PAH; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; ONLINE MONITORING; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TAIWAN; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 3042653198     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.04.025     Document Type: Article

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