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Determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCS) at selected pump stations in Johor Bahru

Hassim, Mimi Haryani and Mohammad, Norsyazwani and Johari, Anwar and Tuan Abdullah, Tuan Amran and Kidam, Kamarizan and Kamaruddin, Mohd. Johari and Zakaria, Zaki Yamani and Wan Sulaiman, Wan Rosli (2015) Determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCS) at selected pump stations in Johor Bahru. In: 2nd International Materials, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Conference (MIMEC2015), 4-6 Feb, 2015, Indonesia.

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Abstract

The determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at selected pump stations in Skudai, Johor Bahru was investigated. About 27 chemicals substances in petrol and 24 chemicals substances in diesel with different concentration have been identified in each pump station. Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) and MTBE have been chosen as VOCs of interests because of their toxicity properties that can gives hazardous to human health. The exposures of benzene at all three pump stations during refuelling the liquid fuel have potential to cause cancer riskwhile, ethylbenzene stated as acceptable risk to the people health.As for noncarcinogenic substances, the exposure of toluene, xylene and MTBE were recorded as acceptable risk to the people health at all the studied pump stations. Besides, there is a great correlation between physical environment factors; temperature, relative humidity and wind speed typically with total volatile organic compounds that evaporate into the ambient air during refuelling activities.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:pump stations, volatile organic compounds
Subjects:Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:Chemical Engineering
ID Code:61991
Deposited By: Widya Wahid
Deposited On:06 May 2017 04:13
Last Modified:23 Aug 2017 00:09

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