Emission of organic air pollutants from shale oil waste waters
The emission of organic compounds from shale oil waste waters was investigated by using headspace and purge and trap sampling followed by analysis by gas chromatography with mass spectral and flame ionization detection. The air above waste water samples held in closed containers contained relatively small amounts of organic compounds (ng/mL), while 3 orders of magnitude greater quantities were purged from the waste waters. Six waste waters exposed to large amounts of air emitted similar distributions of the same compounds, with aromatic nitrogen-containing compounds (primarily alkylpyridine isomers) accounting for 40-78% of the total emitted organics from a single waste water, ketones for 3-13%, phenols for 2-11%, and nitriles for 2-6%. Vaporized organic compounds accounted for 2-5% of the dissolved organic carbon for the three process retort waste waters, compared to 23-52% of the three gas-condensate retort waste waters. Air samples collected in and near a pilot shale oil waste water treatment facility displayed qualitative agreement with the results of purge and trap analyses.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-83ER60121
- OSTI ID:
- 6433485
- Journal Information:
- Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 18:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AROMATICS
EMISSION
KETONES
NITRILES
PHENOL
WASTE WATER
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
AIR SAMPLERS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
OIL SHALES
PILOT PLANTS
VOLATILITY
WASTE PROCESSING
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENOLS
PROCESSING
SAMPLERS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
040900* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Waste management
500200 - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)