Volatile hydrocarbon emissions from vehicles and vertical ventilations in the Hsuehshan traffic tunnel, Taiwan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4015-4028

  Lai, Chia Hsiang ^a   Peng, Yen Ping ^a  

^a CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emission rate; NMHC; Shaft; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

1-BUTENE; AIR SAMPLES; EMISSION RATES; EXHAUST AIR; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; ISOPENTANE; NMHC; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; OZONE FORMATION POTENTIALS; SHAFT; TRAFFIC TUNNELS; VEHICLE EMISSION; VERTICAL VENTILATION; VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS;

ACETYLENE; BUTENES; ETHYLENE; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; TOLUENE; TUNNELS; WASTE HEAT;

PROPYLENE;

1 BUTENE; 1 PENTENE; 2 BUTENE; 2 METHYLHEPTANE; 2,2 DIMETHYLBUTANE; 2,3 DIMETHYLBUTANE; ACETYLENE; BENZENE; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOPENTANE; DODECANE; ETHYLENE; HEPTANE; ISOBUTANE; ISOHEXANE; ISOPENTANE; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; N BUTENE; NONANE; OCTANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PENTANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE ORGANIC HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; EXHAUST GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALKENES; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SYUESHAN TUNNEL; TAIWAN;

EID: 84864840157     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2240-2     Document Type: Article

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