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Open-path FTIR air quality measurements at a petrochemical complex in Brazil

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OSTI ID:197412
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. AIL Systems Inc., Deer Park, NY (United States)
  2. CETREL SA, Camacari, Bahia (Brazil)
An open-path FTIR sensor was used to determine the characteristic air pollutants at ten different locations in a large petrochemical complex in Bahia, Brazil. These measurements were part of an initial survey in preparation for a measurement program which will use both open path FTIR and GC/MS analysis of collected air samples to characterize the air quality within the complex and to obtain emission rates of the individual sources. In this initial survey, a total 17 different compounds were measured with the FTIR sensor, including the polar species, ammonia and acrylonitrile.
OSTI ID:
197412
Report Number(s):
CONF-9405167--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English