ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.4c00280
Noah Metzger, Ali Lashgari*, Umair Esmail, David Ball and Nathan Eichenlaub,
{"title":"A Framework for Optimizing Continuous Methane Monitoring System Configuration for Minimal Blind Time: Application and Insights from over 100 Operational Oil and Gas Facilities","authors":"Noah Metzger, Ali Lashgari*, Umair Esmail, David Ball and Nathan Eichenlaub, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.4c00280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00280","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Continuous monitoring systems (CMS) that utilize fixed-point sensors provide high temporal resolution point-in-space measurements of ambient methane concentration. This study introduces a modular framework for optimizing CMS configurations, encompassing sensor density (number of sensors) and near-optimal placement. By introducing a metric called ‘blind time’, this study attempts to capture periods where the network fails to make detections that could satisfy the regulatory requirement of quantifying emissions every 12 h. This framework is then applied to 124 operational oil and gas production facilities with a wide variety of site characteristics and meteorological conditions. This study determines a representative blind time for near-optimum CMS configurations for operational facilities and then investigates the impact of different sensor network densities on the performance of the CMS. The results demonstrate that 3-sensor networks, when placed in near-optimum arrangements, can achieve blind time of less than 10% and a mean time to detection of approximately 82 min.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 8","pages":"1439–1453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144806141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00169
Elizabeth Y. Chiu, Lillian N. Tran, Haylee C. Hunsaker, Sascha C. T. Nicklisch and Tran B. Nguyen*,
{"title":"Effects of Terpenes on the Emissions of Aerosols and Carbonyls from Vaping Δ8- and Δ10-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)","authors":"Elizabeth Y. Chiu, Lillian N. Tran, Haylee C. Hunsaker, Sascha C. T. Nicklisch and Tran B. Nguyen*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00169","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Cannabis electronic cigarette (CEC) products, used to “vape” or aerosolize cannabinoids and their mixtures, have proliferated in recent years and are emerging sources of indoor air pollution. This work characterizes the chemical composition and emissions of inhalable aerosol from CEC vaping of the popular synthetic cannabinoids Δ8- and Δ10-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ8-THC and Δ10-THC, respectively). Commercial Δ8-THC and Δ10-THC distillates were found to have variable purity, with the Δ10-THC distillate comprising roughly one-third of Δ8-THC. The addition of a commercial terpene oil mixture (rich in d-limonene, β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, and others) at 0%, 7.5%, and 15% by mass to the Δ8-THC and Δ10-THC distillates significantly increases emissions of carbonyls up to 9-fold, but not those of cannabinoid oxidation products. On average, 6 ± 1 mg of aerosol was produced per puff, which did not significantly vary with added terpenes. Molecular analysis confirmed that a majority of the carbonyl products originate from the chemical oxidation of terpenes during vaping. The most abundantly observed carbonyls were acetone, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, and terpene-derived carbonyls. We concluded that high terpene content in CEC products gives rise to more carbonyl emissions in the aerosol due to terpene oxidation, which has adverse implications for inhalation toxicology in an indoor environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 8","pages":"1805–1815"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144806268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nethmi Y. Kasthuriarachchi, Laura-Helena Rivellini and Alex K. Y. Lee*,
{"title":"","authors":"Nethmi Y. Kasthuriarachchi, Laura-Helena Rivellini and Alex K. Y. Lee*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 7","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsestair.5c00054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144595075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yibo Zhang, Dejia Yin, Shuxiao Wang, Shengyue Li, Bin Yuan, Min Shao, Hong Li, Qinwen Tan, Qing Li, Yanlin Zhang, Guiqian Tang, Chun Zhao, Qiuyan Du, Yun Zhu, Jie Li, Fenfen Zhang and Bin Zhao*,
Prakriti Singh, Malsha Amugoda and James F. Davies*,
{"title":"","authors":"Prakriti Singh, Malsha Amugoda and James F. Davies*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 7","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsestair.5c00042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144595084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chimurkar Navinya, Taveen Singh Kapoor, Chandra Venkataraman*, Harish C. Phuleria and Rajan K. Chakrabarty*,
{"title":"","authors":"Chimurkar Navinya, Taveen Singh Kapoor, Chandra Venkataraman*, Harish C. Phuleria and Rajan K. Chakrabarty*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 7","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsestair.5c00010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144595087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivier Durif*, Lucas Bard, Karine Elihn, Barbara Nozière, Ulf Olofsson and Sarah S. Steimer*,
{"title":"","authors":"Olivier Durif*, Lucas Bard, Karine Elihn, Barbara Nozière, Ulf Olofsson and Sarah S. Steimer*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 7","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsestair.5c00070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144595074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}