Gas flaring and resultant air pollution: A review focusing on black carbon

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue , 2016, Pages 182-197

  Fawole, Olusegun G ^a,b   Cai, X M ^a   Mackenzie, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Emission factors; Gas flaring; Hydrocarbon; Incomplete combustion; Oil and gas

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BRIQUETTING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTION; SOOT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BLACK CARBON; EMISSION FACTORS; GAS FLARING; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; OIL AND GAS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BLACK CARBON; FUEL; NATURAL GAS; OIL; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; SOOT;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBON; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR ASSISTED FLARE; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EMISSION FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE; FLAME; GAS FLARING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON ASSISTED FLARE; NONHUMAN; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OIL INDUSTRY; PLUME; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRESSURE ASSISTED FLARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOOT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEAM ASSISTED FLARE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TREND STUDY; TROPOSPHERE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; GEOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; SOOT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84974622890     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.05.075     Document Type: Review

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