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Emission Inventorisation and Modelling of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds from Petrol Distribution Centres in an Urban Area

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Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) are associated with various respiratory, cardiovascular and cancerous diseases. Emission of NMVOCs from petrol distribution centres in urban areas is one of the major sources. This study focuses on the estimation of emission load of NMVOCs from petrol distribution centre in one of the metropolitan cities of India, i.e., Delhi city. It is estimated that approximately 3190 tone of NMVOCs are emitted every year from petrol pumps in Delhi city. Further, AERMOD has been used to simulate NMVOCs concentrations over Delhi city in three different seasons (winter, summer and post-monsoon). Further, AERMOD’s predicted NMVOC concentration are compared with monitoring data at three different locations in Delhi city for winter period and observed satisfactory performance of AERMOD. It is observed that ambient NMVOCs concentrations exceed the NAAQS in Delhi city .

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, IIT Delhi, HauzKhas, New Delhi, India

    Sunil Gulia, Richa Sehgal & Mukesh Khare

  2. Centre for Environmental Studies, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India

    Sumit Sharma

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  1. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, and Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

    Vijay P Singh

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, AISECT University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Shalini Yadav

  3. AISECT University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India

    Ram Narayan Yadava

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Gulia, S., Sehgal, R., Sharma, S., Khare, M. (2018). Emission Inventorisation and Modelling of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds from Petrol Distribution Centres in an Urban Area. In: Singh, V., Yadav, S., Yadava, R. (eds) Environmental Pollution. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 77. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5792-2_21

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