Black Carbon Emissions from Associated Natural Gas Flaring

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Weyant, Cheryl L, Shepson, Paul B, Subramanian, R, Cambaliza, Maria Obiminda L, Heimburger, Alexie M F, McCabe, David, Baum, Ellen, Stirm, Brian H, Bond, Tami C
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• الموضوعات: Hydrocarbons; Absorption; Fossil fuels; Aerosols; Particulate matter; Atmospheric Sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/physics-faculty-pubs/32; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.5b04712

Approximately 150 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas is flared and vented in the world annually, emitting greenhouse gases and other pollutants with no energy benefit. About 7 BCM per year is flared in the United States, and half is from North Dakota alone. There are few emission measurements...