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Volatile organic compounds : emission, pollution and control /

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) have anthropogenic and biogenic origins. At the Earth's scale, the natural sources represent a great part of the total VOCs present in the atmosphere but in industrialized regions, anthropogenic ones become the majority due to the various human activities relat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chetehouna, Khaled (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2014]
Colección:Chemistry research and applications series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: EMISSION, POLLUTION AND CONTROL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: EMISSION, POLLUTION AND CONTROL; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: PHYSICAL MODELLING OF BIOGENIC VOCS EMISSION AND DISPERSION IN A FOREST STAND; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE FOREST SITE AND THE FIELD EXPERIMENTS; THE MODELLED FOREST SITE AND THE WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS; FIELD VERSUS WIND TUNNEL RESULTS; FOOTPRINT EXPERIMENTS IN WIND TUNNEL; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 2: ESTIMATION OF VOCS EMISSIONS DURING THE WILDLAND FIRES FROM 1995 TO 2009 IN CORSICAABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODS; 3. RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EMISSIONS OF HEATED MEDITERRANEAN VEGETAL SPECIES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: CONTRIBUTION OF BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO TROPOSPHERIC OZONE FORMATION IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION OF CHINA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; REMOTE SENSING; BVOC CHEMISTRY.
  • FUTURE CHALLENGESREFERENCES; Chapter 5: NATURAL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM THE URBAN FOREST OF THE METROPOLITAN REGION, CHILE: IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AFFECTING BVOC EMISSIONS; 3. CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS OF BVOCS IN THE ATMOSPHERE; 4. URBAN OZONE AND HUMAN HEALTH AND PLANTS; 5. EMISSION FACTORS FOR BIOGENIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; 6. EMISSIONS INVENTORY; 7. IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IN SANTIAGO, CHILE; 8. BVOCS INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 6: LATEST RESULTS ON THE CATALYTIC OXIDATION OF LIGHT ALKANES, AS PROBE VOC MOLECULES, OVER RU-BASED CATALYSTS: EFFECTS OFPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES ON THE CATALYTIC PERFORMANCESABSTRACT; LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: REMOVAL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) USING ADSORPTION PROCESS ONTO NATURAL CLAYS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS; 3. SOURCES AND IMPACTS OF VOCS; 4. CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR VOCS CONTROL; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; INDEX.