Fugitive coke oven gas emission profile by continuous line averaged open-path fourier transform infrared monitoring

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 472-479

  Lin, Chitsan ^a   Liou, Naiwei ^a   Chang, Pao Erh ^b   Yang, Jen Chin ^b   Sun, Endy ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c Environmental Science Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS EMISSIONS; HEALTH RISKS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COKE OVEN GAS (COG); CONTINUOUS LINE AVERAGE METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

COKE OVENS;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; COKE; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; METHANE; PROPYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 34247517683     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.4.472     Document Type: Article

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