Understanding the fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons from coal tar within gasholders

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-252

  Coulon, Frédéric ^a   Orsi, Roberto ^a   Turner, Claire ^a   Walton, Chris ^a   Daly, Paddy ^b   Pollard, Simon J T ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal tar; Fugacity; Gas emission; Human health risk; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; COAL; DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); GAS EMISSIONS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; FUGACITY; FUGACITY MODELLING; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; VAPOUR CONCENTRATIONS; VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS;

COAL TAR;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; COAL TAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; NAPHTHALENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 58349102161     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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