PFC and carbon dioxide emissions from an Australian aluminium smelter using time-integrated stack sampling and GC-MS, GC-FID analysis

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue Light Metals 2013 - At the TMS 2013 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 2013, Pages 871-876

  Fraser, Paul ^a   Steele, Paul ^a   Cooksey, Mark ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian aluminium smelter PFC emissions; GC MS analysis; Integrated sampling

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUOROCARBONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METAL ANALYSIS;

ALUMINIUM SMELTER; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CO2 EMISSIONS; DATA MEASUREMENTS; EMISSION FACTORS; FID ANALYSIS; GC-MS ANALYSIS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS;

SMELTING;

EID: 84876038752     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118663189.ch148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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