caa a22 4500 46790510X CHVBK 20180406152831.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-005-9076-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-005-9076-6 Location and Characterization of Emission Sources for Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds Inside a Refinery in Taiwan [Elektronische Daten] [Ching-Liang Chen, Chi-Min Shu, Hung-Yuan Fang] This study aimed to locate VOC emission sources and characterized their emitted VOCs. To avoid interferences from vehicle exhaust, all sampling sites were positioned inside the refinery. Samples, taken with canisters, were analyzed by GC-MS according to TO-14 method. The survey period extended from Febrary 2004 to December 2004, sampling twice per season. To interpret a large number of VOC data was a rather difficult task. This study featured using ordinary application software, Excel and Surfer, instead of expensive one like GIS, to overcome it. Consolidating data into a database on Excel facilitated retrieval, statistical analysis and presentation in the form of either table or graph. The cross analysis of the data suggested that the abundant VOCs were alkanes, alkenes, aromatics and cyclic HCs. Emission sources were located by mapping the concentration distribution of these four types of VOCs in terms of contour maps on Surfer. During eight surveys, five emission sources were located and their VOCs were characterized. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 contour map nationallicence data interpretation nationallicence Excel nationallicence petrochemical plant nationallicence Surfer nationallicence survey nationallicence VOC nationallicence Chen Ching-Liang Graduate School of Engineering Science and Technology, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (NYUST), 123, University Road, Section 3, Touliu, 640, Yunlin, Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.) aut Shu Chi-Min Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, NYUST, 123, University Road, Section 3, Touliu, 640, Yunlin, Taiwan, R.O.C. aut Fang Hung-Yuan Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, NYUST, 123, University Road, Section 3, Touliu, 640, Yunlin, Taiwan, R.O.C. aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 120/1-3(2006-09-01), 487-498 0167-6369 120:1-3<487 2006 120 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9076-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9076-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen Ching-Liang Graduate School of Engineering Science and Technology, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (NYUST), 123, University Road, Section 3, Touliu, 640, Yunlin, Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shu Chi-Min Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, NYUST, 123, University Road, Section 3, Touliu, 640, Yunlin, Taiwan, R.O.C aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fang Hung-Yuan Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, NYUST, 123, University Road, Section 3, Touliu, 640, Yunlin, Taiwan, R.O.C aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 120/1-3(2006-09-01), 487-498 0167-6369 120:1-3<487 2006 120 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer