Quantifying Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Water Heaters.


Journal

Environmental science & technology
ISSN: 1520-5851
Titre abrégé: Environ Sci Technol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0213155

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 05 2020
Historique:
pubmed: 7 4 2020
medline: 16 7 2020
entrez: 7 4 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Methane emissions from natural gas appliances remain the least characterized portion of the fossil-fuel supply chain. Here we examine water heaters from 64 northern California homes to (1) quantify methane emissions from natural gas leaks and incomplete combustion while off, turning on or off, and in steady-state operation from 35 homes; and (2) characterize daily usage patterns over ∼1-2 months per water heater to estimate activity factors from 46 homes. Individual tankless water heaters emitted 2390 [95% CI: 2250, 2540] g CH

Identifiants

pubmed: 32250600
doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07189
doi:

Substances chimiques

Air Pollutants 0
Natural Gas 0
Water 059QF0KO0R
Methane OP0UW79H66

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

5737-5745

Auteurs

Eric D Lebel (ED)

Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.

Harmony S Lu (HS)

Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.

Simone A Speizer (SA)

Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.

Colin J Finnegan (CJ)

Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.

Robert B Jackson (RB)

Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.

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