Volatile organic compounds sources

Note Y denotes yes D, direct readout I, integrated collection of samples NA, not applicable and VOCs, volatile organic compounds. Source Adapted from reference 15. 

Wolkoff, P. (1995) Volatile organic compounds-sources, measurements, emissions, and the impact on indoor air quality. Indoor Air, 5, (Suppl. 3), 9-73. 

Watson, J.G., J.C. Chow, E.M. Fujita Review of volatile organic compound source apportionment by chemical mass balance, Atmos. Environ. 35 (2001) 1567-1584. 

Goodman, G. A., J. J. Porter, and C. H. Davis, Jr. 1980. Volatile organic compound source testing and emission control. Clemson University Review of Industrial Management and Textile Science (January). 

Karl, T., Jobson, T., Kuster, W.C., Williams, E., Stutz, I, Shelter, R., Hall, S.R., Goldan, R, Fehsenfeld, E, Lindinger, W. (2003) Use of proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry to characterize volatile organic compound sources at the La Porte super site during the Texas Air Quality Study 2000. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108,4508. 

Gros, V., Gaimoz, C., Herrmann, F. et al. (2011) Volatile organic compounds sources in Paris in spring 2007. Part I qualitative analysis. Environ. Chem. 8,74. 

Automated analyzers may be used for continuous monitoring of ambient poUutants and EPA has developed continuous procedures (23) as alternatives to the referenced methods. Eor source sampling, EPA has specified extractive sampling trains and analytical methods for poUutants such as SO2 and SO [7446-11-9] sulfuric acid [7664-93-9] mists, NO, mercury [7439-97-6], beryUium [7440-41-7], vinyl chloride, and VOCs (volatile organic compounds). Some EPA New Source Performance Standards requite continuous monitors on specified sources. 

Potable Water Treatment. Treatment of drinking water accounts for about 24% of the total activated carbon used in Hquid-phase apphcations (74). Rivers, lakes, and groundwater from weUs, the most common drinking water sources, are often contaminated with bacteria, vimses, natural vegetation decay products, halogenated materials, and volatile organic compounds. Normal water disinfection and filtration treatment steps remove or destroy the bulk of these materials (75). However, treatment by activated carbon is an important additional step in many plants to remove toxic and other organic materials (76—78) for safety and palatability. 

Human-made sources cover a wide spectrum of chemical and physical activities and are the major contributors to urban air pollution. Air pollutants in the United States pour out from over 10 million vehicles, the refuse of over 250 million people, the generation of billions of kilowatts of electricity, and the production of innumerable products demanded by eveiyday living. Hundreds of millions of tons of air pollutants are generated annu ly in the United States alone. The five main classes of pollutants are particulates, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide. Total emissions in the United States are summarized by source categoiy for the year 1993 in Table 25-10. 

Source category Particulate (PM-10) Sulfur dioxide Nitrogen oxides Volatile organic compounds Carbon monoxide... 

Provide annual estimates of all point and fugitive emission sources (tons per year) of hazardous substances, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), heavy metals and fossil fuel products (for example, NOx and SOx) that are released to the environment. 

Within 6 months after enactment of the Qean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and at least every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator shall review and, if necessary, revise, the methods ( emission factors ) used for purposes of this Act to estimate the quantity of emissions of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and oxides of nitrogen from sources of such air pollutants (including area sources and mobile sources). In addition, the Administrator shall permit any person to demonstrate improved emissions estimating techniques, and following approval of such techniques, the Administrator shall authorise the use of such techniques. Any such technique may be approved only after appropriate public participation. Until the Administrator has completed the revision required by this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the validity of emission factors established by the Administrator before the date of the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. 

Emissions to the atmosphere from ammonia plants include sulfur dioxide (SOj), nitrogen oxides (NOJ, carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (COj), hydrogen sulfide (HjS), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particulate matter, methane, hydrogen cyanide, and ammonia. The two primary sources of pollutants, with typical reported values, in kilograms per ton (kg/t) for the important pollutants, are as follows ... 

In addition to chemicals covered under TRI, many other chemicals are released. For example, the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards has compiled air pollutant emission factors for determining the total air emissions of priority pollutants (e.g., VOCs, SO, NO, CO, particulates, etc.) from many refinery sources. The EPA Office of Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) contains a wide range of information related to stationary sources of air pollution, including the emissions of a number of air pollutants which may be of concern within a particular industry. With the exception of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), there is little overlap with the TRI chemicals reported above. 

Dixit, 1999. Mandar Dixit, Misonix, Inc., (516) 694-9555, personal communication with Eric Albright, May 25, 1999, EPA, 1992. U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, "Control Technologies for Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Stationary Sources," EPA 453/R-92-018, Research Triangle Park, NC, December, 1992. 

Organic Compounds Chemicals that contain carbon. Volatile organic compounds vaporize at room temperature and pressure. They are found in many indoor sources, including many common household products and building materials. 

At the Taylor Road landfill (originally intended for the disposal of municipal refuse only), unknown quantities of hazardous wastes from industrial and residential sources were deposited. During the period when the landfill was active, soil and groundwater samples collected at the site were found to contain concentrations of volatile organic compounds and metals above acceptable safe drinking water standards. Analysis of samples collected from private drinking water wells indicated that contamination... 

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