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Chen TL, Hsiao TC, Chen AY, Chang KE, Lin TC, Griffith SM, Chou CCK. A traffic-induced shift of ultrafine particle sources under COVID-19 soft lockdown in a subtropical urban area. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 187:108658. [PMID: 38640612 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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During the unprecedented COVID-19 city lockdown, a unique opportunity arose to dissect the intricate dynamics of urban air quality, focusing on ultrafine particles (UFPs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This study delves into the nuanced interplay between traffic patterns and UFP emissions in a subtropical urban setting during the spring-summer transition of 2021. Leveraging meticulous roadside measurements near a traffic nexus, our investigation unravels the intricate relationship between particle number size distribution (PNSD), VOCs mixing ratios, and detailed vehicle activity metrics. The soft lockdown era, marked by a 20-27% dip in overall traffic yet a surprising surge in early morning motorcycle activity, presented a natural experiment. We observed a consequential shift in the urban aerosol regime: the decrease in primary emissions from traffic substantially amplified the role of aged particles and secondary aerosols. This shift was particularly pronounced under stagnant atmospheric conditions, where reduced dilution exacerbated the influence of alternative emission sources, notably solvent evaporation, and was further accentuated with the resumption of normal traffic flows. A distinct seasonal trend emerged as warmer months approached, with aromatic VOCs such as toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene not only increasing but also significantly contributing to more frequent particle growth events. These findings spotlight the criticality of targeted strategies at traffic hotspots, especially during periods susceptible to weak atmospheric dilution, to curb UFP and precursor emissions effectively. As we stand at the cusp of widespread vehicle electrification, this study underscores the imperative of a holistic approach to urban air quality management, embracing the complexities of primary emission reductions and the resultant shifts in atmospheric chemistry.
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- Tse-Lun Chen
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sasidharan S, He Y, Akherati A, Li Q, Li W, Cocker D, McDonald BC, Coggon MM, Seltzer KM, Pye HOT, Pierce JR, Jathar SH. Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Volatile Chemical Product Emissions: Model Parameters and Contributions to Anthropogenic Aerosol. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:11891-11902. [PMID: 37527511 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Volatile chemical products (VCP) are an increasingly important source of hydrocarbon and oxygenated volatile organic compound (OVOC) emissions to the atmosphere, and these emissions are likely to play an important role as anthropogenic precursors for secondary organic aerosol (SOA). While the SOA from VCP hydrocarbons is often accounted for in models, the formation, evolution, and properties of SOA from VCP OVOCs remain uncertain. We use environmental chamber data and a kinetic model to develop SOA parameters for 10 OVOCs representing glycols, glycol ethers, esters, oxygenated aromatics, and amines. Model simulations suggest that the SOA mass yields for these OVOCs are of the same magnitude as widely studied SOA precursors (e.g., long-chain alkanes, monoterpenes, and single-ring aromatics), and these yields exhibit a linear correlation with the carbon number of the precursor. When combined with emissions inventories for two megacities in the United States (US) and a US-wide inventory, we find that VCP VOCs react with OH to form 0.8-2.5× as much SOA, by mass, as mobile sources. Hydrocarbons (terpenes, branched and cyclic alkanes) and OVOCs (terpenoids, glycols, glycol ethers) make up 60-75 and 25-40% of the SOA arising from VCP use, respectively. This work contributes to the growing body of knowledge focused on studying VCP VOC contributions to urban air pollution.
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- Sreejith Sasidharan
- Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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- Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States
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- Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States
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- Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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Wang Y, Cui S, Fu X, Zhang Y, Wang J, Fu P, Ge X, Li H, Wang X. Secondary organic aerosol formation from photooxidation of C 3H 6 under the presence of NH 3: Effects of seed particles. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 211:113064. [PMID: 35271833 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Frequently-occurred secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) under low-NOx conditions contribute to the winter haze episodes and remain unclear in the abundant presence of NH3. Here, the effects of CaCl2 seed particles on the photooxidation of low-molecular-weight C3H6 with co-existing NO2 and NH3 were highlighted and investigated through a chamber-simulation study equipped with high-resolution proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-ToF-MS). The influences of NH3 are often overestimated to exclusively enhance SOA yields under a low-[NO2]0 condition. Instead, the seeds played a central role in the heterogeneous formation of SOAs in this reaction with two orders of magnitudes higher than that in the absence of seeds at relative humidity (RH) of 82%. Interestedly, the O3 production was unchanged whether the seeds existed or not, small changes in the production of O3 were observed whether the seeds existed or not, indicating that the gas-phase conversions of C3H6 and NOx into C1-C3 oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) and nitrogen-containing compounds (NOCs) were not affected by seed particles. Given that the ensuing formation of these low-volatile compounds was condensed into nucleation on the seeds, the explosive growth of C3H6 SOAs was then stimulated in the addition of NH3. Besides NO2 photolysis, the producing O3 was related to the formation of secondary carbonyls such as formaldehyde and then was consumed in the ·OH generation of approximately 3.40 × 10-12 molecules cm-3. This study provides a new insight to better understand the new gas-to-particle formation mechanisms when the haze pollution outbreaks in the complex air mixture.
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- Yuan Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China; School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China; School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China; School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China; School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China; School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China; School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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Platinum deposited on 2D and 3D mesoporous silica materials for the catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds: The oxidation of m-xylene and methanol. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chen T, Chu B, Ma Q, Zhang P, Liu J, He H. Effect of relative humidity on SOA formation from aromatic hydrocarbons: Implications from the evolution of gas- and particle-phase species. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 773:145015. [PMID: 33582345 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Relative humidity (RH) plays a significant role in secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation, but the mechanisms remain uncertain. Using a 30 m3 indoor smog chamber, the influences of RH on SOA formation from two conventional anthropogenic aromatics (toluene and m-xylene) were investigated from the perspective of both the gas- and particle- phases based on the analysis of multi-generation gas-phase products and the chemical composition of SOA, which clearly distinguishes from many previous works mainly focused on the particle-phase. Compared to experiments with RH of 2.0%, SOA yields increased by 11.1%-133.4% and 4.0%-64.5% with higher RH (30.0%-90.0%) for toluene and m-xylene, respectively. The maximum SOA concentration always appeared at 50.0% RH, which is consistent with the change trend of SOA concentration with RH in the summertime field observation. The most plausible reason is that the highest gas-phase OH concentration was observed at 50.0% RH, when the increases in gas-phase OH formation and OH uptake to aerosols and chamber walls with increasing RH reached a balance. The maximum OH concentration was accompanied by a notable decay of second-generation products and formation of third-generation products at 50.0% RH. With further increasing RH, more second-generation products with insufficient oxidation degree will be partitioned into the aerosol phase, and the aqueous-phase oxidation process will also be promoted due to the enhanced uptake of OH. These processes concurrently caused the O/C and oxidation state of carbon (OSc) to first increase and then slightly decrease. This work revealed the complex influence of RH on SOA formation from aromatic VOCs through affecting the OH concentration, partitioning of advanced gas-phase oxidation products as well as aqueous-phase oxidation processes. Quantitative studies to elucidate the role of RH in the partitioning of oxidation products should be conducted to further clarify the mechanism of the influence of RH on SOA formation.
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- Tianzeng Chen
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Zhu J, Li J, Du L. Exploring the formation potential and optical properties of secondary organic aerosol from the photooxidation of selected short aliphatic ethers. J Environ Sci (China) 2020; 95:82-90. [PMID: 32653196 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation potential for six kinds of short aliphatic ethers has been studied. The size distribution, mass concentration, and yield of SOA formed by ethers photooxidation were determined under different conditions. The results showed that all six ethers can generate SOA via reaction with OH radicals even under no seed and NOx-free condition. The mass concentration for six seedless experiments was less than 10 µg/m3 and the SOA yields were all below 1%. The strong increase in the SOA formation was observed when the system contained ammonium sulfate seed particles, while SOA yield decreased under the high-NOx condition. SOA composition was analyzed using offline methods. Infrared spectra indicated that there are complex components in the particle-phase including carbonyls acid and aldehydes species. Moreover, the aqueous filter extracts were analyzed using ultraviolet-visible spectrometer and fluorescence spectrophotometer. For the fresh methyl n-butyl ether SOA, the largest absorption peak occurs at 280 nm and there exists slightly absorption in the 300-400 nm. Excitation-emission matrices display the distinct peak at excitation/emission = 470 nm/480 nm according to the fluorescence spectrum. These findings are important considerations of formation for ether SOA that can eventually be included in atmospheric models.
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- Jianqiang Zhu
- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
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Yang Z, Tsona NT, Li J, Wang S, Xu L, You B, Du L. Effects of NO x and SO 2 on the secondary organic aerosol formation from the photooxidation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene: A new source of organosulfates. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 264:114742. [PMID: 32402708 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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1,3,5-Trimethylbeneze (TMB) is an important constituent of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds that contributes to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). A series of chamber experiments were performed to probe the effects of NOx and SO2 on SOA formation from TMB photooxidation. The molecular composition of TMB SOA was investigated by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/ESI-HR-Q-TOFMS). We found that the SOA yield increases notably with elevated NOx concentrations under low-NOx condition ([TMB]0/[NOx]0 > 10 ppbC ppb-1), while an opposite trend is observed in high-NOx experiments ([TMB]0/[NOx]0 < 10 ppbC ppb-1). The increase in SOA yield in low-NOx regime is attributed to the increase of NOx-induced OH concentrations. The formation of low-volatility species might be suppressed, thereby leading to a lower SOA yield in high-NOx conditions. Moreover, SOA formation was promoted in experiment with SO2 addition. Multifunctional products containing carbonyl, acid, alcohol, and nitrate functional groups were characterized in TMB/NOx photooxidation, whereas several organosulfates (OSs) and nitrooxy organosulfates were identified in TMB/NOx/SO2 photooxidation based on HR-Q-TOFMS analysis. The formation mechanism relevant to the detected compounds in SOA were proposed. Based on our measurements, the photooxidation of TMB in the presence of SO2 may be a new source of OSs in the atmosphere. The results presented here also deepen the understanding of SOA formation under relatively complex polluted environments.
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- Zhaomin Yang
- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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Deng W, Hu Q, Liu T, Wang X, Zhang Y, Song W, Sun Y, Bi X, Yu J, Yang W, Huang X, Zhang Z, Huang Z, He Q, Mellouki A, George C. Primary particulate emissions and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from idling diesel vehicle exhaust in China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 593-594:462-469. [PMID: 28355592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In China diesel vehicles dominate the primary emission of particulate matters from on-road vehicles, and they might also contribute substantially to the formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOA). In this study tailpipe exhaust of three typical in-use diesel vehicles under warm idling conditions was introduced directly into an indoor smog chamber with a 30m3 Teflon reactor to characterize primary emissions and SOA formation during photo-oxidation. The emission factors of primary organic aerosol (POA) and black carbon (BC) for the three types of Chinese diesel vehicles ranged 0.18-0.91 and 0.15-0.51gkg-fuel-1, respectively; and the SOA production factors ranged 0.50-1.8gkg-fuel-1 and SOA/POA ratios ranged 0.7-3.7 with an average of 2.2. The fuel-based POA emission factors and SOA production factors from this study for idling diesel vehicle exhaust were 1-3 orders of magnitude higher than those reported in previous studies for idling gasoline vehicle exhaust. The emission factors for total particle numbers were 0.65-4.0×1015particleskg-fuel-1, and particles with diameters less than 50nm dominated in total particle numbers. Traditional C2-C12 precursor non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) could only explain less than 3% of the SOA formed during aging and contribution from other precursors including intermediate volatile organic compounds (IVOC) needs further investigation.
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- Wei Deng
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Division of Environment, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement (ICARE), CNRS, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
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- Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), CNRS, UMR5256, Villeurbanne F-69626, France
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Xu L, Kollman MS, Song C, Shilling JE, Ng NL. Effects of NOx on the volatility of secondary organic aerosol from isoprene photooxidation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:2253-62. [PMID: 24471688 DOI: 10.1021/es404842g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effects of NOx on the volatility of the secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed from isoprene photooxidation are investigated in environmental chamber experiments. Two types of experiments are performed. In HO2-dominant experiments, organic peroxy radicals (RO2) primarily react with HO2. In mixed experiments, RO2 reacts through multiple pathways, including with NO, NO2, and HO2. The volatility and oxidation state of isoprene SOA are sensitive to and exhibit a nonlinear dependence on NOx levels. Depending on the NOx levels, the SOA formed in mixed experiments can be of similar or lower volatility compared to that formed in HO2-dominant experiments. The dependence of SOA yield, volatility, and oxidation state on the NOx level likely arises from gas-phase RO2 chemistry and succeeding particle-phase oligomerization reactions. The NOx level also plays a strong role in SOA aging. While the volatility of SOA in mixed experiments does not change substantially over time, SOA becomes less volatile and more oxidized as oxidation progresses in HO2-dominant experiments.
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- Lu Xu
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Ebben CJ, Shrestha M, Martinez IS, Corrigan AL, Frossard AA, Song WW, Worton DR, Petäjä T, Williams J, Russell LM, Kulmala M, Goldstein AH, Artaxo P, Martin ST, Thomson RJ, Geiger FM. Organic constituents on the surfaces of aerosol particles from Southern Finland, Amazonia, and California studied by vibrational sum frequency generation. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:8271-90. [PMID: 22734593 DOI: 10.1021/jp302631z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This article summarizes and compares the analysis of the surfaces of natural aerosol particles from three different forest environments by vibrational sum frequency generation. The experiments were carried out directly on filter and impactor substrates, without the need for sample preconcentration, manipulation, or destruction. We discuss the important first steps leading to secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particle nucleation and growth from terpene oxidation by showing that, as viewed by coherent vibrational spectroscopy, the chemical composition of the surface region of aerosol particles having sizes of 1 μm and lower appears to be close to size-invariant. We also discuss the concept of molecular chirality as a chemical marker that could be useful for quantifying how chemical constituents in the SOA gas phase and the SOA particle phase are related in time. Finally, we describe how the combination of multiple disciplines, such as aerosol science, advanced vibrational spectroscopy, meteorology, and chemistry can be highly informative when studying particles collected during atmospheric chemistry field campaigns, such as those carried out during HUMPPA-COPEC-2010, AMAZE-08, or BEARPEX-2009, and when they are compared to results from synthetic model systems such as particles from the Harvard Environmental Chamber (HEC). Discussions regarding the future of SOA chemical analysis approaches are given in the context of providing a path toward detailed spectroscopic assignments of SOA particle precursors and constituents and to fast-forward, in terms of mechanistic studies, through the SOA particle formation process.
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- Carlena J Ebben
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Healy RM, Temime B, Kuprovskyte K, Wenger JC. Effect of relative humidity on gas/particle partitioning and aerosol mass yield in the photooxidation of p-xylene. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 43:1884-1889. [PMID: 19368187 DOI: 10.1021/es802404z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The formation of secondary organic aerosol and gas/particle partitioning of carbonyl products from the photooxidation of p-xylene has been investigated as a function of relative humidity. Experiments were performed in an atmospheric simulation chamber at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature in the presence of NOx. Aerosol yields increased by a factor of approximately two over the relative humidity range 5-75% and were found to correlate with initial water vapor concentration and hydroxyl radical (OH) concentration. The results indicate that an increase in relative humidity results in higher levels of HONO formation in the chamber which leads to increased OH concentration, a faster p-xylene decay rate, and higher aerosol mass yields. A recently developed denuder-filter sampling technique was used to investigate the gas/ particle partitioning behavior of the carbonyl photooxidation products. The identified products accounted for up to 18% of the aerosol mass formed. Dicarbonyls with at least one aldehyde functionality (e.g., glyoxal and methylglyoxal) exhibited gas/ particle partitioning coefficients several orders of magnitude higher than expected from absorptive partitioning theory, suggesting that reactive uptake and particle phase reactions are important processes for aerosol formation from these species. Experimental gas/particle partitioning coefficients were also found to be dependent on relative humidity, with every dicarbonyl exhibiting much lower values when the relative humidity was increased from 50% to 75%.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robert M Healy
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Warren B, Song C, Cocker DR. Light intensity and light source influence on secondary organic aerosol formation for the m-xylene/NO(x) photooxidation system. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2008; 42:5461-5466. [PMID: 18754461 DOI: 10.1021/es702985n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A series of m-xylene/NO(x) photooxidation experiments were conducted to determine the influence of light intensity and radiation spectrum on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation within the UC Riverside/CE-CERT environmental chamber. The environmental chamber is equipped with 80 115-W black lights and a variable voltage 200 kW argon arc lamp that emits a wavelength spectrum more similar to natural light. SOA formation increased significantly with light intensity, measured as the photolysis rate of NO2 to NO (k1), increased from 0.09 to 0.26 min(-1). The argon arc lamp produced approximately 20% more SOA than black lights at a k1 of 0.09 min(-1) for similar amounts of m-xylene consumed. These results may help explain the variation of SOA formation between environmental chambers and the differences between measured SOA in the ambient atmosphere versus environmental chamber predictions.
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- Bethany Warren
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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