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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117452
	Quantifying CH4 concentration spikes above baseline and attributing CH4 sources to hydraulic fracturing activities by continuous monitoring at an off-site tower
	Russell S.J.; Vines C.D.; Bohrer G.; Johnson D.R.; Villa J.A.; Heltzel R.; Rey-Sanchez C.; Matthes J.H.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	1352-2310
卷号	228
英文摘要	Hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) for natural gas has increased rapidly in the area of the Marcellus Shale in the last thirty years and estimates of CH4 emissions from hydrofracking operations are still uncertain. Previous studies on CH4 emissions at hydrofracking operations have used bottom-up approaches collected at discrete timepoints or discrete aerial surveys covering a wide spatial area, constraining the temporal scale of inference regarding these emissions. This project monitored atmospheric CH4 concentrations and stable carbon isotopes at a half-hourly temporal resolution from a 20-m tower downwind of a hydrofracking well pad in West Virginia for eighteen months. We collected four months of baseline observations prior to onsite well development to construct an empirical artificial neural-network model of baseline CH4 concentrations. We compared measured CH4 concentrations against the ANN-modeled CH4 baseline to identify CH4 concentration spikes that coincided with different stages of onsite well development, from the baseline period through fracking. CH4 concentration spikes were significantly more frequent than baseline conditions during the vertical drilling and fracking phases of operations. We found that the median magnitude of CH4 concentration spikes during the vertical drilling phase was 316% larger than that of the baseline phase, and the median magnitude of CH4 concentration spikes was 509% larger in the hydraulic stimulation (fracking) stage compared to the baseline phase. We also partitioned the sources of measured CH4 concentrations to biogenic ruminant and geologic shale gas isotopic signatures by measuring 13CH4 gas at high temporal resolution and using a source-partitioning 13CH4 model. The measured median value of half-hourly CH4 concentration spikes attributed to a geologic shale gas isotopic origin was 27% larger than the median CH4 concentration spikes attributed to ruminants, and the maximum half-hourly CH4 concentration spike attributed to shale gas was up to 179% higher than maximum CH4 concentration spike for ruminant-dominated half-hours. This study developed a framework for off-site, single tower measurements to identify CH4 concentration spikes associated with the phases of unconventional natural gas well development in a complex CH4 emissions airshed. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Artificial neural network; Hydraulic fracturing; Methane; Natural gas
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Antennas; Fracture; Gas emissions; Infill drilling; Isotopes; Mammals; Methane; Natural gas; Natural gas wells; Neural networks; Shale gas; Surveys; Artificial neural network modeling; Base-line conditions; Continuous monitoring; High temporal resolution; Hydraulic stimulations; Stable carbon isotopes; Temporal resolution; Unconventional natural gas; Hydraulic fracturing; carbon; methane; artificial neural network; baseline conditions; hydraulic fracturing; methane; natural gas; pollutant source; quantitative analysis; shale gas; air temperature; Article; artificial neural network; boundary layer; comparative study; concentration (parameter); controlled study; fracking; humidity; monitoring; priority journal; velocity; water vapor; West Virginia; wind speed; United States; West Virginia
来源期刊	Atmospheric Environment
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/129561
作者单位	Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481, United States; Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2070 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, United States; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, 1306 Evansdale Dr, PO Box 6106, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Russell S.J.,Vines C.D.,Bohrer G.,et al. Quantifying CH4 concentration spikes above baseline and attributing CH4 sources to hydraulic fracturing activities by continuous monitoring at an off-site tower[J],2020,228.
APA	Russell S.J..,Vines C.D..,Bohrer G..,Johnson D.R..,Villa J.A..,...&Matthes J.H..(2020).Quantifying CH4 concentration spikes above baseline and attributing CH4 sources to hydraulic fracturing activities by continuous monitoring at an off-site tower.Atmospheric Environment,228.
MLA	Russell S.J.,et al."Quantifying CH4 concentration spikes above baseline and attributing CH4 sources to hydraulic fracturing activities by continuous monitoring at an off-site tower".Atmospheric Environment 228(2020).