Combustion and destruction/removal efficiencies of in-use chemical flares in the greater Houston Area

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 12685-12696

  Wood, Ezra C ^a,b   Herndon, Scott C ^a   Fortner, Ed C ^a   Onasch, Timothy B ^a   Wormhoudt, Joda ^a   Kolb, Charles E ^a   Knighton, W Berk ^c   Lee, Ben H ^d   Zavala, Miguel ^e   Molina, Luisa ^e   Jones, Marvin ^f  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mineralogical Museum at Harvard University   (United States)

^e MOLINA CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^f Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE METHOD; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; DESTRUCTION AND REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EXHAUST PLUMES; FLARE EMISSION; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; GREATER HOUSTON AREA; GROUND BASED; OZONE FORMATION; OZONE PRODUCTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; TIME RESPONSE; TRACE GAS SPECIES;

OZONE;

OLEFINS;

EID: 84867081698     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202717m     Document Type: Article

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