Mapping and Profile of Emission Sources for Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds from Process Regions at a Petrochemical Plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 824-833

  Chen, Ching Liang ^a   Fang, Hung Yuan ^b   Shu, Chi Min ^b  

^a Chinese Petroleum Corporation   (China)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIRBORNE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHA CRACKING;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKADIENE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745458248     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464486     Document Type: Article

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