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Aerostat sampling of PCDD/PCDF emissions from the Gulf oil spill in situ burns / Johanna Aurell and Brian K. Gullett.
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- Author/Creator:
- Aurell, Johanna.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Research.
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
- Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins--America, Gulf of--Measurement.
- Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins.
- Polychlorinated dibenzofurans--America, Gulf of--Measurement.
- Polychlorinated dibenzofurans.
- Oil spills--America, Gulf of.
- Oil spills.
- Oil spills--Environmental aspects--America, Gulf of.
- Oil spills--Environmental aspects.
- Research.
- Gulf of America.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (22 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Research Triangle Park, N.C. : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 2010.
- Summary:
- "Emissions from the in situ burning of oil in the Gulf of Mexico after the catastrophic failure of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform were sampled for polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs). A battery-operated instrument package was lofted into the plumes of 27 surface oil fires over a period of four days via a tethered aerostat to determine and characterize emissions of PCDD/PCDF. A single composite sample resulted in an emission factor of 2.0 ng toxic equivalency (TEQ) per kg of carbon burned, or 1.7 ng TEQ per kg of oil burned, determined by a carbon balance method. Carbon was measured as CO₂ plus particulate matter, the latter which an emission factor of 0.088 kg/kg carbon burned. The average plume concentration approximately 200-300 m from the fire and about 75-200 m above sea level was <0.0002 ng TEQ/m³."--Abstract
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed November 15, 2010).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-22).
- OCLC:
- 681419210
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