Impact of flare destruction efficiency and products of incomplete combustion on ozone formation in Houston, Texas

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 12663-12673

  Al Fadhli, Fahad M ^a   Kimura, Yosuke ^a   McDonald Buller, Elena C ^a   Allen, David T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY SIMULATION; AMBIENT OZONE CONCENTRATION; DESTRUCTION EFFICIENCY; EMISSION RATES; EMISSION SCENARIO; FULL SCALE; HOUSTON , TEXAS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE FORMATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS;

AIR QUALITY; COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

OZONE;

EID: 84867075031     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201400z     Document Type: Article

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