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- Title
Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds and Their Contribution to Secondary Organic Aerosols during the High O 3 Period in a Central Industry City in China.
- Authors
Yao, Dan; Li, Chenhong; Niu, Qiuying; Gao, Wenkang; Yu, Hao; Yan, Guangxuan; Liu, Jingda; Cao, Zhiguo; Wang, Shuai; Wang, Yuesi
- Abstract
High loads of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) pollution occurred frequently since early spring and led to an increasing contribution of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in organic aerosols. However, the characteristics of precursor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have rarely been studied. In this study, the continuous observation of VOCs was performed by an offline VOC monitoring system and gas chromatography-mass/flame ionization detector from 1 April 2020 to 31 July 2020; the characterization of VOCs and their contribution to SOA was explored. The results showed that during the observation period, the average mixing ratio of TVOCs was 42.6 ± 11.2 ppbv, and the major VOCs species were OVOCs, followed by alkanes, halocarbons, aromatics, alkenes and acetylene. When the west circulation pattern functioned, the value of aromatics increased, and the relation between PM2.5, O3 and VOCs increased when the high-pressure system controlled by anticyclone functioned. In combination with the results of positive matrix factorization, the main emission sources of ambient VOCs were complex, and the fuel combustion, industry-related emission, vehicle emission, biogenic emission and solvent volatilization accounted for 27.1%, 24.4%, 24.3%, 12.1% and 12.0%, respectively. Moreover, the industry-related emission contributed the greatest to the generation of SOA. This result indicated that the restrictions on aromatics during the industrial process are vital to reducing SOA formation.
- Subjects
CHINA; CARBONACEOUS aerosols; AEROSOLS; VOLATILE organic compounds; MANUFACTURING processes; BIOGENIC amines; MATRIX decomposition; HALOCARBONS; OZONE
- Publication
Atmosphere, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2073-4433
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/atmos13101625