Radon concentration in compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas and its release range in residential houses

Akbar Abbasi; Hesham M.H. Zakaly; Mahmoud M. Hessien

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Radon concentration in compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas and its release range in residential houses

Akbar Abbasi , Hesham M.H. Zakaly and Mahmoud M. Hessien

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From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 109 Issue 10

Abstract

Radon (²²²Rn) exposure in the environment is an important issue, and many pathways exist for radon exposure to humans. One of these pathways is ²²²Rn release through the consumption of natural gas. The issues of ²²²Rn concentration measurement techniques and worldwide concentration distribution were reviewed in natural gas, with emphasis on performing an active method to determine ²²²Rn concentration in LPG and CNG gases used in Cyprus. The obtained results were compared with ²²²Rn concentration in natural gas worldwide and UNSCEAR reports. The average ²²²Rn concentration value in LPG gas was observed higher than CNG gas. Also, the ²²²Rn concentration in LPG and CNG gases was less than the UNSCEAR reported value.

Keywords: active analysis method; measurement techniques; natural gas; pathways; 222Rn concentration

Corresponding authors: Akbar Abbasi, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kyrenia, TRNC, Via Mersin 10, Kyrenia, Turkey, E-mail: akbar.abbasi@kyrenia.edu.tr; and Hesham M.H. Zakaly, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, 71542, Egypt; and Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia, E-mail: h.m.zakaly@azhar.edu.eg

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Taif University Researchers Supporting Project number (TURSP-2020/109), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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