Emission Measurements from a Crude Oil Tanker at Sea
- 26 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Environmental Science & Technology
- Vol. 42 (19), 7098-7103
- https://doi.org/10.1021/es703102y
Abstract
This work presents an all-inclusive set of regulated and nonregulated emission factors for the main propulsion engine (ME), auxiliary engine (AE) and an auxiliary boiler on a Suezmax class tanker while operating at sea. The data include criteria pollutants (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, and particulate matter), a greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide), the principal speciated hydrocarbons needed for human health risk assessments, and a detailed analysis of the PM into its primary constituents (ions, elements, organic, and elemental carbon). Measurements followed ISO 8178-1 methods with modifications described in the paper. The vessel burned two fuels: a heavy fuel oil in the ME and boiler and a distillate fuel in the AE.The weighted NOx emissions for the ME and AE are 19.87 ± 0.95 and 13.57 ± 0.31 g/kWh, respectively. The weighted PM mass emissions factor is 1.60 ± 0.08 g/kWh for the ME and 0.141 ± 0.005 g/kWh for the AE, with the sulfate content of the PM being the root cause for the difference. For the ME, sulfate with associated water is about 75% of total PM mass, and the organic carbon ranges from 15 to 25% of the PM mass. A deeper analysis showed that the conversion of fuel sulfur to sulfate in the ME ranged from 1.4 to 5%. This article also provides emission factors for selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy alkanes, carbonyls, light hydrocarbon species, metals, and ions for the ME, AE, and the boiler.Keywords
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