The levels, sources and reactivity of volatile organic compounds in a typical urban area of Northeast China
The levels, sources and reactivity of volatile organic compounds in a typical urban area of Northeast China
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东北典型城区挥发性有机物含量、来源及反应性
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2018.11.015
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
6.9
通讯作者:
Mu Yujing
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文献类型:
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作者:
Ma Zhuobiao;Liu Chengtang;Zhang Chenglong;Liu Pengfei;Ye Can;Xue Chaoyang;Zhao Di;Sun Jichen;Du Yiming;Chai Fahe;Mu Yujing
Air concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were continually measured at a monitoring site in Shenyang from 20 August to 16 September 2017. The average concentrations of alkanes, alkenes, aromatics and carbonyls were 28.54, 6.30, 5.59 and 9.78 ppbv, respectively. Seven sources were identified by the Positive Matrix Factorization model based on the measurement data of VOCs and CO. Vehicle exhaust contributed the most (36.15%) to the total propene-equivalent concentration of the measured VOCs, followed by combustion emission (16.92%), vegetation emission and secondary formation (14.33%), solvent usage (10.59%), petrochemical industry emission (9.89%), petrol evaporation (6.28%), and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) usage (5.84%). Vehicle exhaust, solvent usage and combustion emission were found to be the top three VOC sources for O3formation potential, accounting for 34.52%, 16.55% and 11.94%, respectively. The diurnal variation of the total VOCs from each source could be well explained by their emission characteristics, e.g., the two peaks of VOC concentrations from LPG usage were in line with the cooking times for breakfast and lunch. Wind rose plots of the VOCs from each source could reveal the possible distribution of the sources around the monitoring site. The O3pollution episodes during the measurement period were found to be coincident with the elevation of VOCs, which was mainly due to the air parcel from the southeast direction where petrochemical industry emission was found to be dominant, suggesting that the petrochemical industry emission from the southeast was probably a significant cause of O3pollution in Shenyang.