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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-945-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-945-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Quantifying fugitive gas emissions from an oil sands tailings pond with open-path Fourier transform infrared measurements
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada (ECCC), Toronto, M3H 5T4, Canada
now at: Department of Physics, University of Toronto,
Toronto, M5S 1A7, Canada
Samar G. Moussa
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada (ECCC), Toronto, M3H 5T4, Canada
Lucas Zhang
Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, T5J, 5C6, Canada
Long Fu
Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, T5J, 5C6, Canada
James Beck
Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, T2P 3Y7, Canada
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada (ECCC), Toronto, M3H 5T4, Canada
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- Comparison of PM10 emission flux of two fugitive area sources based on the real-time flux monitoring results S. Kim et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168666
Latest update: 26 Jul 2025
Short summary
Tailings ponds in the Alberta oil sands represent an insufficiently characterized source of fugitive emissions of pollutants to the atmosphere. In this study, a novel approach of using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer along with measurements of atmospheric turbulence is shown to present a practical, non-intrusive method of quantifying emission rates for ammonia, alkanes, and methane. Results from a 1-month field study are presented and discussed.
Tailings ponds in the Alberta oil sands represent an insufficiently characterized source of...