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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2017;166:22–33. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.06.043

Table 6.

Emission factors for major and select trace gases.

Compound KBG Wheat

Aerostat Ground OBTF AVG STD Aerostat Ground OBTF AVG STD
MCE 0.96a 0.94a 0.98 0.96 0.02 0.95a 0.96a 0.98 0.96 0.02
g/kg biomass g/kg biomass

Methane 1.0 1.8 0.58 1.1 0.61 1.1 0.81 0.61 0.83 0.23
Carbon Monoxide 44.0 59. 20. 41. 20 47. 42. 20. 37 14.
Carbon Dioxide 1600 1500 1600 1600 33 1500 1500 1500 1500 47.0
Sum of VOCsb 1.7 2.3 0.36 1.4 0.97 1.2 1.0 0.61 0.96 0.32
mg/kg biomass mg/kg biomass

Vinyl Acetate 390 620 53 360 290 280 300 73 220 124
Acrolein 270 430 51 250 190 210 200 62 160 83
Acetone 270 200 ND 240 52 210 150 27 130 94
Propene 190 290 120 200 84 150 110 280 180 87
Benzene 110 170 34 110 68 66 55 40 54 13
Toluene 96 140 32 89 54 120 39 ND 80 58
Acetonitrile 97 130 27 84 51 82 53 12 49 35
2-Butanone (MEK) 82 240 19 110 110 130 42 27 67 56
1,3-Butadiene 68 90 2.2 53 46 42 25 15 27 14
Acrylonitrile 36 46 8.2 30. 20 18 14 3.4 12 7.5
Styrene 28 41 1.9 23 20 13 9.4 4.6 9.0 4.3
m-,p-Xylenes 17 27 5.7 17 11 11 8.7 6.1 8.7 2.6
a

CO measurements from SUMMA canister grab sample.

b

Sum of detectable compounds.