Ambient volatile organic compounds pollution in China

Owing to rapid economic and industrial development, China has been suffering from degraded air quality and visibility. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are important precursors to the formation of ground-level ozone and hence photochemical smog. Some VOCs adversely affect human health. Therefore, VOCs have recently elicited public concern and given new impetus to scientific interest. China is now implementing a series of polices to control VOCs pollution. The key to formulating policy is understanding the ambient VOCs pollution status. This paper mainly analyzes the species, levels, sources, and spatial distributions of VOCs in ambient air. The results show that the concentrations of ambient VOCs in China are much higher than those of developed countries such as the United States and Japan, especial benzene, which exceeds available standards. At the same time, the ozone formation potential (OFP) and secondary organic aerosol formation potential (SOAFP) of various VOCs are calculated. Aromatics and alkenes have much higher OFPs, while aromatics have higher SOAFP. The OFPs of ambient VOCs in the cities of Beijing, Guangzhou and Changchun are very high, and the SOAFP of ambient VOCs in the cities of Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Changchun are higher.     

Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of benzene homologues in ambient air in the northeastern urban area of Beijing, China

Ambient benzene homologues were measured at a site in the northeastern urban area of Beijing, China, from August 24 to September 4, 2012 by SUMMA canister sampling followed by laboratory determination using cryogenic cold trap pre-concentration-GC-MS/FID, and their health risks were also assessed. Daily total benzene homologues ranged from 0.99 to 49.71 μg/m3with an average of 11.98 μg/m3. Benzene homologues showed higher concentrations in the morning and evening than that at noontime. Comparison with previous studies revealed a trend of decrease for ambient benzene homologues probably due to the efective emission control in Beijing in recent years. Vehicular exhaust was the main source while volatilization of paints and solvents also made substantial contributions. Health risk assessment showed that BTEX(benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, m-xylene and p-xylene) and styrene had no appreciable adverse non-cancer health risks for the exposed population, while benzene has potential cancer risk of 1.34E-05. Available data from cities in China all implied that benzene imposes relatively higher cancer risk on the exposed populations and therefore strict control measures should be taken to further lower ambient benzene levels in China.     

Ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation potential from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds emissions in China

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are major precursors for ozone and secondary organic aerosol (SOA), both of which greatly harm human health and significantly affect the Earth''s climate. We simultaneously estimated ozone and SOA formation from anthropogenic VOCs emissions in China by employing photochemical ozone creation potential (POCP) values and SOA yields. We gave special attention to large molecular species and adopted the SOA yield curves from latest smog chamber experiments. The estimation shows that alkylbenzenes are greatest contributors to both ozone and SOA formation (36.0% and 51.6%, respectively), while toluene and xylenes are largest contributing individual VOCs. Industry solvent use, industry process and domestic combustion are three sectors with the largest contributions to both ozone (24.7%, 23.0% and 17.8%, respectively) and SOA (22.9%, 34.6% and 19.6%, respectively) formation. In terms of the formation potential per unit VOCs emission, ozone is sensitive to open biomass burning, transportation, and domestic solvent use, and SOA is sensitive to industry process, domestic solvent use, and domestic combustion. Biomass stoves, paint application in industrial protection and buildings, adhesives application are key individual sources to ozone and SOA formation, whether measured by total contribution or contribution per unit VOCs emission. The results imply that current VOCs control policies should be extended to cover most important industrial sources, and the control measures for biomass stoves should be tightened. Finally, discrepant VOCs control policies should be implemented in different regions based on their ozone/aerosol concentration levels and dominant emission sources for ozone and SOA formation potential.     

中国地区二次有机气溶胶的时空分布特征和来源分析

二次有机气溶胶(SOA)由于其在大气污染、气候变化与人体健康方面的影响,是我国大气环境中一种重要的污染物.确定中国SOA分布规律以及产生来源是大气污染防治的前提.利用全球化学传输模型(Model for Ozone and Related Chemical Tracers,Version 4,MOZART4)并集成多相SOA参数化方案,模拟了中国地区SOA的时空分布,并按前体物分区域进行了来源分析.结果表明,受SOA前体物排放分布的影响,中国地区的SOA主要分布在东部和南部地区,并且夏季SOA产量是冬季产量的2.5倍.中国地区分布的SOA由人为源排放产生占55%,高于自然源(45%);并且境内排放贡献了我国SOA产量的77%,主要影响东部近地面大气的浓度分布.境外排放主要影响我国西部地区,尤其是对高空SOA分布影响显著.     

典型钢铁企业VOCs污染特征及SOA生成潜势估算

为了解钢铁企业的大气污染特征,使用在线监测仪器于2016年7月对某典型钢铁企业VOCs（挥发性有机化合物）、PM_2.5和NMHC（非甲烷烃）等污染物进行观测,同时基于FAC（气溶胶生成系数）估算了该区域的SOA（二次有机气溶胶）生成潜势.结果表明:观测期间ρ（总VOCs）为（106.08±63.81）μg/m3,与ρ（NMHC）（以C计）的相关系数（R2）达到了0.8（P < 0.05）以上;VOCs中主要类别为烷烃和芳烃;ρ（O₃）超标期间的ρ（苯）和ρ（甲苯）分别比ρ（O₃）未超标时间段高47.0%和37.2%,并且高ρ（总VOCs）期间芳烃占比高达46.0%,这可能与钢铁企业在炼焦时苯系物（苯、甲苯和二甲苯）排放有关.ρ（总VOCs）、ρ（NMHC）、ρ（烷烃）、ρ（芳烃）和ρ（乙炔）均呈早晚高峰值的日变化特征,而ρ（烯烃）由于异戊二烯受天然源排放影响,呈午间单峰值的特征.观测期间的SOA生成潜势为2.54 μg/m3,较城区高出76.4%,显示钢铁企业SOA对PM_2.5具有一定贡献;其中芳烃对SOA生成贡献高达97.2%,主要贡献组分包括苯、间/对-二甲苯、乙苯、苯、邻-二甲苯.研究显示,钢铁企业VOCs污染治理应重点控制苯系物,同时烷烃的排放也不容忽视.      

我国机动车排放VOCs及其大气环境影响

挥发性有机化合物(volatile organic compounds,VOCs)作为大气中主要污染物之一,是O3和二次有机气溶胶(secondary organic aerosol,SOA)的重要前体物.为全面了解我国城市机动车排放VOCs对空气质量的影响,本文系统介绍了我国部分城市大气中VOCs的源解析最新成果,并分车型、分燃料综述了我国机动车VOCs的排放因子、成分谱及其对二次污染的贡献,以期为未来机动车VOCs排放和控制提供数据和理论支持.研究发现,机动车是我国城市大气VOCs的最大源,平均贡献率为36.8%;摩托车和轻型汽油车是主要排放车型.机动车尾气排放VOCs对城市O3和SOA生成都有重要贡献,随着排放标准提升和运行工况改善,机动车排放因子和臭氧生成潜势(ozone formation potentials,OFPs)明显降低,成分谱以芳香烃和烯烃等活性组分为主,对二次污染的贡献较大.     

典型橡胶制品业VOCs排放特征及对周边环境影响

选取衡水市3家典型橡胶制品企业作为研究对象,通过GC-MS/FID对其VOCs排放特征进行研究,并运用最大增量反应活性系数（maximum incremental reactivity,MIR）和气溶胶生成系数（fractional aerosol coefficient,FAC）分别对其臭氧生成潜势（ozone formaiton potential,OFP）和二次有机气溶胶（secondary organic aerosol,SOA）生成潜势进行评估.结果表明,橡胶制品行业的VOCs排放种类主要包括烷烃类、酮类、醛类、醇类和苯系物等.对于传统的只有炼胶工艺和硫化工艺的橡胶制品企业,其特征污染物主要为酮类和醇类,而对于涉及涂胶工艺和喷漆工艺的橡胶制品企业来说,其特征污染物为苯系物.对典型生产工艺的臭氧和SOA的生成潜势进行了评估：臭氧影响方面,对于不涉及涂胶和喷漆工艺的橡胶制品企业,臭氧生成贡献主要来自于含氧烃,对于涉及涂胶和喷漆工艺的企业,由于胶黏剂和漆料等有机溶剂的大量使用,苯系物对臭氧生成的贡献还是要远远大于其它VOCs物种,占到了VOCs总贡献的82.9%;SOA影响方面,橡胶制品企业的SOA贡献基本全部来自于苯系物,其中炼胶和硫化环节的贡献非常小,SOA贡献的主要来源是涂胶和喷漆环节,其中又以喷漆环节的贡献最大.因此,对于只有炼胶和硫化等工艺的传统橡胶制品企业,应优先控制含氧烃的排放,而对于涉及涂胶和喷漆等工艺的橡胶制品企业,应优先控制苯系物的排放.     

重庆市夏秋季VOCs对臭氧和二次有机气溶胶生成潜势的估算

为估算重庆市夏秋季VOCs（挥发性有机物）对O₃和SOA（二次有机气溶胶）的生成潜势,利用在线GC-MS/FID在2015年8月22日-9月23日对重庆市区点和郊区点VOCs开展了为期一个月的实时观测,获得市区点和郊区点$ \varphi $（TVOCs）（总挥发性有机物）分别为41.35×10-9和22.72×10-9,其中市区点以烷烃（35.2%）和烯炔烃（25.2%）为主,郊区点以含氧挥发性有机物（oxygenated volatile organic compounds,OVOCs）（30.6%）和烷烃（26.0%）为主.结合最大增量反应活性量化市区点和郊区点VOCs的OFPs（臭氧生成潜势）分别为149.11×10-9和71.09×10-9,市区点OFPs最大的是乙烯、丙烯、甲苯、C8和C9的芳香烃等,郊区点OFPs最大的VOCs是丙烯醛、异戊二烯和甲基乙烯基酮.结合气溶胶生成系数量化郊区点和市区点VOCs对SOA的生成贡献分别为0.36和1.26 μg/m3,相比国内其余城市VOCs的SOAP（二次有机气溶胶生成潜势）较小,主要以甲基环己烷、正壬烷、正葵烷和十一烷等高碳烷烃,以及甲苯、苯、二甲苯和乙苯等芳香烃的SOAP为主.研究显示,控制烯炔烃和芳香烃的浓度有助于控制重庆市O₃的生成,控制高碳烷烃和芳香烃则有助于控制重庆市SOA的生成.      

植物源挥发性有机化合物排放清单的研究进展

根据近期国内外相关文献,从植物VOC排放清单的角度,对不同空间尺度下植物VOC排放模型的建立与排放清单量值的估算进行了归纳,其中,中国植被VOC年排放总量的估算值(以C计)在12.4~28.4 Tg·a-1之间,2000年北京市园林绿地植物VOC年总排放量约为3.85万t.另外,以北京城市为例,为确定城市大气污染物的总体减排对策,还进一步对园林植物VOC排放清单量值对大气中O3与SOA形成的贡献进行了介绍,在同一时期内,相比园林植物,人为源排放的活性芳香烃类化合物和烯烃类对大气中O3的产生贡献最大,人为源排放的芳香烃还是北京SOA生成潜势的主要贡献源.最后建议重点控制城市人为源的VOC排放,这将对降低北京城市臭氧与二次有机气溶胶污染起到关键作用.     

Strong ozone production at a rural site in theNorth China Plain: Mixed effects of urban plumesand biogenic emissions

Regional ozone (O₃) pollution has drawn increasing attention in China over the recent decade, but the contributions from urban pollution and biogenic emissions have not been clearly elucidated. To better understand the formation of the regional O₃ problem in the North China Plain (NCP), intensive field measurements of O₃ and related parameters were conducted at a rural site downwind of Ji'nan, the capital city of Shandong province, in the summer of 2013. Markedly severe O₃ pollution was recorded, with the O₃ mixing ratios exceeding the Chinese national ambient air quality standard on 28?days (a frequency of 78%) and with a maximum hourly value of 198 ppbv. Extensive regional transport of well-processed urban plumes to the site was identified. An observation-constrained chemical box model was deployed to evaluate in situ photochemical O₃ production on two episodes. The results show that the in situ formation accounted for approximately 46% of the observed O₃ accumulation, while the remainder (~ 54%) was contributed by regional transport of the O₃-laden urban plumes. The in situ ozone production was in a mixed controlled regime that reducing either NOx or VOCs would lead to a reduction of ozone formation. Biogenic VOCs played an important role in the local ozone formation. This study demonstrates the significant mixed effects of both anthropogenic pollution from urban zones and biogenic emission in rural areas on the regional O₃ pollution in the NCP region, and may have general applicability in facilitating the understanding of the formation of secondary pollution over China.     

我国臭氧污染形势分析及成因初探

为揭示我国近地面臭氧的污染特征,甄别导致高浓度臭氧形成的关键影响因素,该文在探究我国重点区域近年来O₃污染特征的基础上,对O₃污染成因进行了初步分析.结果表明:①近年来我国O₃污染呈缓慢上升态势,2019年夏季异常高温、干旱的极端天气导致O₃污染偏重.京津冀及周边地区等重点区域O₃浓度明显高于欧美等发达国家和地区.②从时间上看,我国O₃污染主要出现在夏季及其前后,O₃浓度峰值一般出现在午后.从空间上看,O₃污染主要集中在京津冀及周边、汾渭平原和苏皖鲁豫交界地区,其次是长三角和珠三角区域,成渝和长江中游地区O₃污染也逐渐凸显.我国O₃污染程度主要以轻度污染为主,重点区域O₃和PM_2.5污染时空分异性特征明显.③前体物方面,我国NO_x和人为源VOCs的排放量总体处于高位,京津冀及周边地区和长三角为全国NO_x和VOCs排放强度较大的区域.近地表大气O₃形成机理复杂,O₃浓度与前体物VOCs和NO_x均呈复杂的非线性响应关系.气候变化和气象因素对O₃污染影响显著,O₃及其前体物在区域和城市之间存在相互输送影响.研究显示,我国臭氧污染形势严峻,未来针对臭氧污染防控应加强对多时空尺度下不同区域臭氧污染的形成机理与主导因素的研究.      

我国PM2.5与臭氧污染协同控制策略研究

近年来,我国大气污染格局发生了深刻变化,PM_2.5与臭氧（O₃）成为影响我国城市和区域空气质量的主要空气污染物,二者协同控制已成为我国空气质量改善的焦点和打赢蓝天保卫战的关键.PM_2.5与臭氧之间具有复杂的关联性,使得二者的协同控制具有复杂性与艰巨性.分析了PM_2.5与臭氧成因的关联性及其相互影响,阐明了PM_2.5与臭氧污染协同控制所涉及的重要科学问题,并在此基础上研究了目前我国PM_2.5与臭氧的污染形势及二者的关联性,梳理了我国自2013年以来在PM_2.5与臭氧污染控制中已采取的重要举措,论述了目前我国PM_2.5与臭氧协同控制在科学与管理上所面临的挑战.结合对国外成功经验的分析,提出推进我国PM_2.5与臭氧污染协同控制工作的相关建议:①加快监测能力建设,完善管理体系;②强化科技支撑,提高PM_2.5与臭氧污染控制精准性;③加快构建VOCs与NO_x治理技术体系;④加大VOCs与NO_x的协同减排力度,保障减排方案落实到位.      

Reviews of emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in Asia

Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in the atmosphere play important roles in the formation of ground-level ozone and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in global scale and also in regional scale under some condition due to their large amount and relatively higher reactivity. In places with high plant cover in the tropics and in China where air pollution is serious, the effect of BVOCs on ozone and secondary organic aerosols is strong. The present research aims to provide a comprehensive review about the emission rate, emission inventory, research methods, the influencing factors of BVOCs emissions, as well as their impacts on atmospheric environment quality and human health in recent years in Asia based on the summary and analysis of literatures. It is suggested to use field direct measurement method to obtain the emission rate and model method to calculate the emission amount. Several recommendations are given for future investigation and policy development on BVOCs emission.     

兰州生物质燃烧VOCs排放特征及其大气环境影响

采用排放因子法建立了2016年兰州市生物质燃烧源挥发性有机物（VOCs）排放清单,并分析了污染物的时空排放特征,利用排放清单对生物质燃烧源的臭氧生成潜势（OFP）和二次有机气溶胶（SOA）生成潜势进行了估算,研究其排放对大气环境的影响.结果表明：2016年兰州市生物质燃烧源排放VOCs总量为6626.2t,排放高值区在榆中东南及东北部、永登中部和七里河南部,经济水平落后、秸秆产量大的地区污染物排放量更大.污染物排放集中在采暖季（11~3月）及农作物收割期（7~8月）;兰州市生物质燃烧源的OFP总量为13880.3t,煨炕为OFP贡献最大的子源,占比46.1%,含氧挥发性有机物（OVOCs）为OFP贡献最大的关键组分,占比51.4%;OFP贡献排名前10的物种有乙酸、丙烯、2-丁酮、甲苯、甲醛、乙醛、间/对-二甲苯、1-丁烯、丙酸和异戊二烯.煨炕是SOA生成潜势贡献最大的子源,占比46.5%,芳香烃为SOA生成潜势贡献最大的关键组分,占比62.2%,SOA生成潜势贡献排名前10的物种有苯酚、甲苯、α-蒎烯、间/对-二甲苯、苯、邻二甲苯、茚、1,2,4-三甲基苯、乙苯和1,2,3-三甲基苯;以降低区域O₃和SOA浓度为目标时,应优先管控煨炕和秸秆露天燃烧（玉米）两类子源.     

复合污染条件下人为源VOCs的SOA生成研究进展

大气细颗粒物(PM_2.5)仍是我国空气质量持续改善的重大挑战.近年来,二次有机气溶胶(SOA)对PM_2.5的贡献日益凸显.因此,深入认识复合污染条件下SOA生成机制和影响因素可以为进一步降低PM_2.5提供重要理论依据.实验室模拟是深入认识SOA生成机制的关键途径,也是模式模拟参数化方案的可靠来源之一.主要综述了我国多污染物共存条件下典型人为源挥发性有机物(VOCs)的SOA生成研究进展,包括汽油蒸气VOCs、生物质燃烧VOCs和含氧VOCs形成SOA过程中,前体物浓度、芳香烃含量、无机气体、种子气溶胶和相对湿度(RH)等不同因素对SOA生成的影响;阐述了实际大气VOCs的SOA生成潜势及其影响因素,最后提出了目前在SOA机制研究方面存在的关键科学问题,并对未来的研究方向进行了展望.     

2020年中国大气臭氧对慢性阻塞性肺病死亡影响的疾病负担分析和健康经济学评价

大气臭氧暴露对人群慢性阻塞性肺病(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD)的影响不断加剧.为评价大气臭氧暴露对COPD的不良影响,量化与大气臭氧暴露相关的COPD死亡负担以及相应的健康经济损失,本研究收集了2020年我国31个省(自治区、直辖市)臭氧浓度高峰季(4—9月)数据、社会经济及人口数据,基于已有研究中确立的大气臭氧暴露与COPD死亡的暴露-反应关系,以世界卫生组织2021年提出的臭氧浓度高峰季平均值(60μg/m³)为参考,分别估算我国大气臭氧暴露的COPD归因死亡人数和经济损失.结果表明：(1) 2020年我国大气臭氧暴露的COPD总死亡风险比为1.12[95%CI (95%置信区间)为1.00～1.21].(2) 2020年我国大气臭氧暴露的COPD归因死亡人数为10.12×10⁴人(95%CI为0.00～17.49×10⁴人).(3) 2020年我国大气臭氧暴露造成的COPD的健康经济损失为2 131×10⁸元,占GDP的0.21%.研...     

我国中东部地区2015—2020年夏半年PM2.5和臭氧复合污染气象特征分析

为了解我国夏半年大气复合污染特征及其与气象条件的关系,基于2015—2020年夏半年(4—10月)空气质量监测、常规气象观测等资料,结合统计学方法与主观经验开展对比分析. 结果表明:分析时段内我国大气污染呈单污染比例升高、臭氧(O₃)与PM_2.5污染“双高”污染事件减少的特征,中东部大部分地区O₃超标日数增加、PM_2.5超标日数减少的“跷跷板”效应十分明显. 通过对污染过程的分析发现,区域O₃污染持续性特征明显,其中京津冀及周边地区持续时间超过10 d的O₃污染过程共有6次,最长持续时间为15 d. 与之相比,复合污染过程表现出离散性(区域污染过程少)、间歇性(持续性过程少)的特征. 区域O₃污染过程发生时的气象条件一般为最高温度较高、风速较小、混合层高度较低,但东北地区在大气扩散条件较好的情况下仍会出现区域O₃污染. 通过对地面天气分型的分析发现,均压场型和低压控制型为O₃污染出现时最主要的两种地面天气形势,高压控制型下出现O₃污染的概率相对较低,京津冀及周边地区在倒槽控制下也有一定概率的O₃污染出现. 研究显示,我国中东部地区夏半年O₃污染影响显著,关注不同地区O₃污染与气象条件之间的相关性对于大气复合污染防控有一定积极意义.      

工业源VOCs污染防控对策案例研究

挥发性有机物(VOCs)已经与氮氧化物(NOx)、颗粒物等成为我国典型城市群的主要大气污染物,其中工业源VOCs排放量大,是珠江三角洲地区影响最大的一类VOCs排放源。由于VOCs种类繁多,来源及转化生成臭氧的机制复杂,为解决此类复杂的VOCs污染问题,文章以东莞市作为珠三角典型区域代表,归纳总结了VOCs防控措施,分析了工业源VOCs治理的难点,有针对性地提出相关的有效对策建议,以期为大气环境质量管理和决策提供有益帮助,也为全国其他城市的VOCs污染防控提供借鉴。     

Air quality management in China: Issues, challenges, and options

This article analyzed the control progress and current status of air quality,identified the major air pollution issues and challenges in future,proposed the long-term air pollution control targets,and ...     

宝鸡市秋冬季大气VOCs浓度特征及其O3和SOA生成潜势

2017年10月、12月在宝鸡市城区开展了共29d的挥发性有机物（VOCs）浓度在线监测,共测出102种VOCs,分别采用最大增量反应活性（MIR）系数法和气溶胶生成系数（FAC）法估算了宝鸡市各VOCs组分的臭氧生成潜势（OFPs）和二次有机气溶胶生成潜势（SOAFPs）,筛选出生成O₃与SOA活性最大的VOCs成分.结果表明：宝鸡市秋季和冬季TVOC的浓度分别为（68.62±21.85）×10^-9和（42.44±16.62）×10^-9,总OFPs分别为185.49×10^-9和126.00×10^-9,总SOAFPs分别为3.26,0.65μg/m³.秋季VOCs中含量最多的2种组分为烷烃（21.83×10^-9）和芳香烃（13.37×10^-9）,分别占TVOC的31.82%和19.49%,乙烯、反-2-戊烯和甲苯是OFPs最大的3个成分,甲苯、间/对二甲苯和乙苯是SOAFPs最大的3个成分.而在冬季,烷烃（17.34×10^-9）和炔烃（8.81×10^-9）是VOCs中含量最多的2种组分,分别占TVOC的40.85%和20.75%,乙烯、丙烯、乙炔是OFPs最大的3个成分,甲苯、间/对二甲苯、乙苯是SOAFPs最大的3个成分.优先减少烯烃和芳香烃的排放是宝鸡市秋冬季抑制O₃和SOA的形成的有效途径.