Global Model Simulations of the Long Range Transport of Soot and Sulfur from the Kuwait Oil Fires

Conference · Sat Apr 27 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5580058

Penner, Joyce E. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

It has been reported that up to 6 million barrels of oil per day (or 10¹²g/d) may be on fire in Kuwait. If 5% of the oil becomes soot and the emissions continue for a year, the total amount injected into the atmosphere would be 18 Tg. If less oil is on fire, but the emission factor is actually 10-15%, a similarly large total amount of soot may be injected over the coarse of a year. This amount must be placed into context. An estimate of at least 5-6 Tg soot/yr from the burning of fossil fuels throughout the world was developed by Ghan and Penner (1991). This was a lower limit for the amount of soot produced from fossil fuel combustion because emission factors developed for different fuel use categories from the United States were used. It is expected that the emissions from other countries, where controls have not been in place for as long as in the U.S. would have larger soot emission factors.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5580058
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC--107737; CONF-9104282--1; ON: DE91015771
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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