Abstract
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) are implicated in different problems of air pollution. Some of these compounds are toxic and dangerous for health. But, they all contribute to ozone formation in the lower troposphere. VOC emissions can come from various sources: road traffic, aircraft transports, combustion plants, solvent use, industry and vegetation. Each source can emit more than about ten different compounds. The purpose of this paper is not to describe in detail each VOC source but to focus on some of them. The road traffic emissions is very important for ozone formation and can generate toxic air pollutants (benzene, formaldehyde, etc.) in the cities. The VOC formation in the different engines (diesel or spark ignition) will be presented. The aircraft emissions can be very intense locally, on the airport area and they can inject pollutants directly in the free troposphere. We will also consider biogenic emissions (or vegetation emissions) in more details for their important contribution to ozone formation.
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Jaecker-Voirol, A. (2000). VOC: Volatile Organic Compounds. In: Vovelle, C. (eds) Pollutants from Combustion. NATO Science Series, vol 547. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4249-6_12
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