Characteristics of airborne particles inside southern California museums

The concentrations and chemical composition of suspended particulate matter were measured in both the fine and total size modes inside and outside five southern California museums over summer and winter periods. The seasonally averaged indoor/outdoor ratios for particulate matter mass concentrations ranged from 0.16 to 0.96 for fine particles and from 0.06 to 0.53 for coarse particles, with the lower values observed for buildings with sophisticated ventilation systems which include filters for particulate matter removal. Museums with deliberate particle filtration systems showed indoor fine particle concentrations generally averaging less than 10 μg m⁻³. One museum with no environmental control system showed indoor fine particle concentrations averaging nearly 60 μg m⁻³ in winter and coarse particle concentrations in the 30–40 μg m⁻³ range. Analyses of indoor vs outdoor concentrations of major chemical species indicated that indoor sources of organic matter may exist at all sites, but that none of the other measured species appear to have major indoor sources at the museums studied. Significant fractions of the dark-colored fine elemental (black) carbon and soil dust particles present in outdoor air are able to penetrate to the indoor atmosphere of the museums studied, and may constitute a soiling hazard to works of art displayed in museums.     

Measurement and modeling of airbone concentrations and indoor surface accumulation rates of ionic substances at Neenah,Wisconsin

The objective of this continuing investigation of indoor/outdoor/surface relationships has been to develop an accurate method for predicting and subsequently managing the accumulation rates and ultimately the effects of corrosive substance on electronic equipment surface in field and manufacturing environments. We previously reported indoor/outdoor ratios and deposition velocities for Cl⁻, SO₄²⁻, Na⁺, NH₄⁺, Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ associated with fine and coarse particles at telephone company switching equipment locations in Wichita (Kansas), Lubbock (Texas) and Newark (New Jersey). Using the results from these studies, a methodology was developed for predicting the average indoor surface accumulation rates of ionic substances from their outdoor concentrations.In this paper we report new results for a site at Neenah, Wisconsin. At this site detailed data on the operational status of the air handling euipment were also obtained through a permanent monitoring system. These data and the data on ionic species have been used in mass balance model that calculates indoor concentrations from outdoor concentrations. Coupling this mass balance model with the measured deposition velocities substantially improves the earlier methodology for predicting surface accumulation rates from outdoor concentrations and enables decision makers to evaluate the effects of various manipulations in critical air handling system operating variables. Informed decisions can now be made when striking a balance between energy and indoor use and indoor air quality or equipment reliability.     

The personal,indoor and outdoor concentrations of PM-10 measured in an industrial community during the winter

The concentrations of PM-10 were measured for 2 weeks in the winter of 1988 as part of the Total Human Environmental Exposure Study (THEES). Samples were taken simultaneously in a small city, Phillipsburg, NJ for outdoor and indoor microenvironments, and with personal monitors on non-smokers. There were four outdoor sites, eight indoor sites and fourteen individuals wearing personal monitors. The mean concentrations were 66, 48 and 42 μg m⁻³ for the personal, outdoor and indoor sites, respectively, with the personal samplers having 8.8% of the 24h averages above 150 μg m⁻³. The higher outdoor averages with respect to indoors were suspected to be related to more prevalent outdoor sources of coarse particles < 10 μm in diameter, and the lack of residential smokers to contribute to the indoor respirable subfraction. There was one day during the period when all the outdoor sites exceeded the 24 h PM-10 standard. Increased outdoor levels were also reflected in elevated indoor samples and the personal samples on that day. These would be a result of direct outdoor exposures and the penetration of outdoor PM-10 to the indoors.     

中国严寒地区细颗粒物细菌群落特征研究

通过对中国严寒地区典型城市大庆市供暖季3类建筑（办公室、教室、住宅）室内外共计110个测点长期监测,分析大庆市供暖季室内外细颗粒物关联性,并基于16S rDNA基因测序技术和BLAST源解析技术研究大庆市供暖季3类建筑室内外细颗粒物上细菌的组分及来源.研究结果表明：大庆市供暖季室内外PM_2.5平均质量浓度分别为（32±22）和（45±34）μg/m³.其中办公室的平均渗透系数处于较低的状态（0.2886）,教室的渗透系数处于较高的状态（0.5702）,农村住宅（0.6513）比城市住宅的渗透系数略大（0.6057）.不同类型建筑室内细颗粒物中的细菌组分存在一定差异,室外细颗粒物中的细菌组分根据采样地点也存在不同,但整体上厚壁菌门（Firmicuts）、变形菌门（Proteobacteria）、拟杆菌门（Bacteroidetes）和生氧光细菌（Oxyphotobacteria）是大庆市供暖季细颗粒物中的优势菌群.3类建筑室内外细颗粒物细菌来源主要为土壤、水体、人体、腐败有机物和粪便,但不同建筑类型及采样区域的细菌来源比例具有一定差异性.室内较室外人体来源所占比重大,而室外较室内土壤来源比重大.     

室内外PM10中多环芳烃相关关系及来源分析

为研究室内外PM10中多环芳烃相关性和来源特征,于2009年非采暖季、采暖季在天津市某小区36位住户室内和室外进行PM10膜采样,并分析其中12种PAHs浓度.结果表明,非采暖季较采暖季更为良好的室内外通风性,导致非采暖季室内外PM10中PAHs浓度没有显著差异(P>0.05),而采暖季室内PM10中PAHs浓度显著小于室外浓度;非采暖季室内外PM10中各PAHs占总PAHs的质量百分比基本一致,而采暖季其室内外质量百分比有明显不同;采暖季和非采暖季室内外PM10中PAHs的I/O平均值均低于1,但采暖季I/O值小于非采暖季. 对参与者的时间活动模式分析表明,在采暖季和非采暖季,室内吸烟、清洁活动以及烹饪对室内PM10中PAHs浓度变化均没有显著影响(P>0.05). 室内外PAHs浓度线性回归分析表明,室内PM10中5~7环PAHs主要受到室外源的影响,2~4环PAHs主要受到室内源的影响,非采暖季和采暖季室内外PM10中总PAHs的有效穿透因子分别为0.73和0.51. 通过特征比值法对PM10中PAHs来源进行解析得出,燃煤源、柴油机动车是其主要来源.     

Indoor-outdoor air pollution relations: particulate matter less than 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) in homes of asthmatics

Concentrations of particulate matter are typically measured at fixed-site sampling locations selected to provide representative measurements of pollutant levelsin a given geographic area. These fixed-site monitors, however, may not adequately measure exposure of humans to particles; and among the major air pollutants, particles less than 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) have received relatively little attention in indoor-outdoor and personal exposure studies. These particles reach the deepest airways and are also known to contain a number of compounds including sulfates, nitrates and carcinogens. In order to investigate the relationship between indoor and outdoor PM10 mass concentrations, a pilot investigation was conducted in 10 homes, 9 with resident asthmatics, in southern California. Sampling was conducted using PM10 and cyclone samplers inside and outside of each home with particle collection of Teflon filters. Mass was determined gravimetrically and mass concentrations were determined by pre- and post-sampling flow checks using a calibrated rotameter. PM10 and cyclone masses were reproducibly measured, as determined with paired field samples and laboratory pretesting. PM10 and cyclone masses were well correlated (R²=0.89, n=27) with slightly more mass found on the PM10 samplers, as expected. In the homes of non-smokers and asthmatics surveyed in this study, indoor concentrations were consistently lower than outdoor concentrations (ratio of PM10 indoor/outdoor medians=0.70; ratio of cyclone indoor/outdoor medians=0.79). Indoor cyclone concentrations were moderately correlated with outdoor concentrations (R²=0.56), indicating that much of the variation of indoor concentrationswas driven by variation in ambient concentration. The indoor concentrations of PM10 were less well correlated to outdoor PM10 (R²=0.34), presumably due to larger size particles or different chemical characteristics of PM10 compared to cyclone-collected particles. When data from the non-asthmatic's homes were removed, the correlations between indoor and outdoor concentrations were increased. The homes of these non-smokers and asthmatics afforded some protection from higher outdoor concentrations of particles less than 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter.     

北京某小学室内外VOC浓度及有毒害物种识别

采用美国EPA推荐的TO14/15方法定量分析了北京市某小学室内外夏季观测的空气样品,得到82种挥发性有机物（VOCs）的浓度水平及组成特征,对其中可能危害儿童健康的有毒有害物质进行了识别.结果表明,室内总VOCs浓度高于室外,烷烃是含量最丰富物种,平均占室内外空气中定量VOCs总浓度的32.8%.室内外VOCs组成相似,异戊烷、苯、甲苯、丙醛、丙烯和二氯甲烷为浓度优势物种,受到室外源的影响较大,室内的对二氯苯、环己烷及间二氯苯较为特征,前2种物质室内/室外浓度比例平均值分别为65.8和10.5,间二氯苯室内平均浓度为2.02×10^-9（体积分数）,而室外浓度低于检测限,这3种物质可能来自室内源. 1, 3-丁二烯、氯乙烯、苯和氯甲烷4种物质在学校室内、室外及儿童家中都超过1×10^-6的癌症风险值,平均风险值分别为1.3×10^-5、 6.4×10^-6、 5.1×10^-6和3.3×10^-6,小学室外、室内及儿童家中的累积癌症风险超过1×10^-6的癌症风险值24～39倍.丙烯醛未确认具有致癌性,但具有毒有害性,在室内外及儿童家中超过基准浓度13～72倍.     

Aerosols in Santiago de Chile: A study using receptor modeling with X-ray fluorescence and single particle analysis

Between 15 January and 26 February 1987, 51 fine and coarse mode aerosol samples were collected at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile Planetarium using a dichotomous sampler. The samples were analyzed by X-ray fluorescence for up to 17 elements (Mg, Al, Si, P, S, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br and Pb). Aerosol particles were individually studied by Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) and Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis (LAMMA). The data set consisting of aerosol elemental concentrations and meteorological variables was subjected to Principal Factor Analysis (PFA), allowing the identification of six fine mode particle source classes (soil, industrial, sulfate particles, traffic, residual oil, wood-burnings), and five coarse mode particle source classes (soil, industrial, traffic, residual oil, sulfate particles). Both PFA solutions explained about 81 and 90% of the total variance in the data set, respectively. The regression of elemental mass concentrations on the Absolute Principal Factor Scores allowed the estimation of the contribution of the different source classes to the Santiago aerosol. Within the fine fraction, secondary SO₄²⁻ particles were responsible for about 49% of the fine mode aerosol mass concentration, while 26, 13, 6.4 and 5.6% were attributed to wood-burning/car exhausts, residual oil combustion, soil dust/metallurgical, and soil dust/wood-burning releases, respectively. The coarse fraction source apportionment was mainly dominated by soil dust, accounting for 74% of the coarse mode aerosol mass concentration. A composite of soil dust and industrial release accounted for 13%; a composite of secondary sulfates contributed with 9%; a composite of soil dust and automotive emissions, and secondary sulfates were responsible for 4 and 0.03% of the coarse aerosol mass concentration, respectively. EPMA results are in satisfactory agreement with those from the bulk analysis and allowed the identification of eight particle types in both fine and coarse mode aerosols, pertaining to different source classes, namely soil, seaspray, secondary SO₄²⁻, metallurgical emissions and biomass burning release. EPMA also evidenced that one of the most abundant particle types corresponded to marine aerosol, having an average diameter of 0.7 μm for the fine mode and 2.2 μm for the coarse mode aerosol. LAMMA results indicate that, in fact, seaspray has been transported into the city of Santiago de Chile airshed, suffering several transformations and a sulfur enrichment. This analytical technique also provided evidence of the abundance of carbon-rich particles, which were not detected by either the bulk X-ray analysis or EPMA; they are probably due to fossil-fuel combustion releases.     

济南冬季典型商业室内环境颗粒物污染特征

2010年1月31日~2月7日,利用宽范围颗粒物分光计(WPS)对济南典型商业室内环境(超市和办公室)的颗粒物数浓度进行了研究.结果显示颗粒物数浓度主要分布在爱根模态(20~100nm),济南室内颗粒物总数浓度(10~2500nm)和国外一些发达国家相当,但质量浓度高一个数量级.超市和办公室颗粒物的日变化和粒径分布研究表明,超市和办公室颗粒物浓度主要受到室外源控制,同时办公室颗粒物浓度还受到打印机使用和吸烟的影响.超市打扫卫生和频繁的顾客流动虽使粗模态颗粒物的体积浓度提升4~7倍,但仅占颗粒物总体积浓度的5%左右.办公室内打印机的使用可使室内30nm左右的颗粒物数浓度显著升高,并且在打印机结束使用后高浓度仍可维持20min左右;吸烟使办公室100nm左右颗粒物升高且可维持6h,吸烟时白天颗粒物体积浓度是无吸烟时的2.5倍,说明即使在受到室外高浓度的颗粒物控制时,这2个室内源的贡献仍不容忽视.     

苏州工业园区室内外颗粒物中多溴联苯醚污染特征及人体暴露水平

利用大流量主动采样技术在苏州市工业园区工厂车间、办公室、住宅区和风景区,采集PM₁₀样品,GC-MS测定PM₁₀中8种PBDEs的含量.室内PM₁₀中PBDEs总浓度范围为9.22~64.15 pg·m^-3（均值为20.93 pg·m^-3）,室外样品中PBDEs总浓度范围为1.06~8.44 pg·m^-3（均值为5.11 pg·m^-3）,室内含量显著高于室外含量.PM₁₀中∑₈PBDEs平均浓度从高到低顺序依次为工业车间、办公室、住宅区和室外大气,与其他地区室内外颗粒物含量相比,苏州室内外大气颗粒物中PBDEs都处于较低水平.室内外大气中BDE-209是最主要化合物（平均占总PBDEs的63%）,其次为BDE-99和BDE-47.车间员工、办公室员工和儿童的PBDEs日呼吸摄入剂量分别为3.75、2.78和2.60 pg·（kg·d）^-1,这表明苏州居民呼吸暴露PBDEs的潜在健康危害并不明显.     

北京市冬季公共场所室内空气中TSP, PM10, PM2.5和PM1污染研究

在北京市的海淀区、朝阳区、丰台区和昌平区选择了 49个公共场所 (包括办公室、宾馆、图书馆、超市等等 ) ,分别对其室内空气中TSP ,PM10 ,PM2 5 和PM1的浓度进行了测定 ,并且对室内空气中粉尘含量的影响因素进行了分析和探讨 .研究结果表明 ,繁忙的交通状况和建筑施工将明显增加公共场所室内空气中TSP ,PM10 ,PM2 5 和PM1浓度 .频繁的室内清扫有助于降低室内空气中颗粒物的浓度 .在室内空气中 ,PM10 浓度与TSP浓度呈现明显的正向线性相关性 ,而PM2 5 和PM1的浓度与PM10 浓度的相关性较差     

大学校园室内BTEX浓度水平变化规律及健康风险

采用Tenax-TA吸附/热脱附-气相色谱法(TD-GC)对大学校园室内外空气中5种苯系物(BTEX,苯、甲苯、乙苯、间/对-二甲苯和邻二甲苯)的平均浓度进行了检测。检测结果显示,5种苯系物的平均浓度均低于国家标准值。被测空气的苯系物中甲苯所占比例最大,为27.9%～32.0%。室内BTEX浓度稍高于室外,多数采样点的室内浓度与室外浓度比值(CI/CO)大于1.0。通风可有效降低空气中苯系物浓度。大学校园室内空气中的苯对学生的致癌风险为3.67×10-7～1.09×10-6。     

北京某区域儿童夏季PM2.5的污染特征及分析

近年来,随着社会和经济的不断发展,人们对室内外空气质量的重视程度也不断提高。室内外空气质量尤其是细颗粒物污染与人群健康密切相关。北京市大气细颗粒物污染形势十分严峻,因此,相关研究也成为国内外研究的热点和难点问题。本文对北京市某区域年龄在9～11岁之间的38名健康儿童人群活动场所夏季PM2.5的污染特征作了研究评价。结果表明,运用室内外环境监测与问卷调查法相结合的研究方法,儿童人员夏季PM2.5室内外浓度呈现明显的时间、空间变化特征,并受到气象因素及室内外源排放的共同影响。     

Identification of sources of lead in the atmosphere by chemical speciation using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy

Sources of Pb pollution in the local atmosphere together with Pb species, major ions, and heavy metal concentrations in a size-fractionated aerosol sample from Higashi-Hiroshima(Japan) have been determined by X-ray absorption near-edge structure(XANES) spectroscopy, ion chromatography, and ICP-MS/AES, respectively. About 80% of total Pb was concentrated in fine aerosol particles. Lead species in the coarse aerosol particles were PbC2O4, 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2, and Pb(NO3)2, whereas Pb species in the fine aerosol particles were PbC2O4, PbSO4, and Pb(NO3)2. Chemical speciation and abundance data suggested that the source of Pb in the fine aerosol particles was different from that of the coarse ones. The dominant sources of Pb in the fine aerosol particles were judged to be fly ash from a municipal solid waste incinerator and heavy oil combustion. For the coarse aerosol particles, road dust was considered to be the main Pb source. In addition to Pb species, elemental concentrations in the aerosols were also determined. The results suggested that Pb species in size-fractionated aerosols can be used to identify the origin of aerosol particles in the atmosphere as an alternative to Pb isotope ratio measurement.     

室内外空气真菌污染状况初探

用Ａｎｄｅｒｓｅｎ生物粒子采样器和平皿沉降法分别观测了室内和室外空气真菌粒子浓度，粒数中值直径和沉降量。结果表明，室外空气真菌粒子浓度高于室内空气真菌粒子浓度，室外空气真菌粒数中值直径大于室内空气真菌数中值直径，室外空气真菌粒子沉降量大于室内空气真菌粒子沉降量。     

夏季青岛大气粗细粒子中微量元素的浓度、溶解度及干沉降通量

利用2016年6~7月在青岛采集的PM_(2.5)和总悬浮颗粒物(TSP)样品,分析其中12种微量元素总态和溶解态浓度,讨论了微量元素在粗、细粒子中的浓度及溶解度的分布特征,并估算了微量元素的沉降通量.结果表明,青岛气溶胶中地壳元素Al、Fe、Sr、Mn、Ba总态浓度的55%~60%集中在粗粒子中,人为元素Cr、Ni、V、Zn、Pb、As、Cd的65%~85%集中在细粒子中.但无论是地壳元素还是人为元素其溶解态浓度均主要分布在细粒子中,Al、Fe、Mn、Ba在细粒子中的占比为50%~80%,Cr、Ni、V、Zn、Pb、As、Cd的为70%~90%.微量元素溶解度在细粒子中的高于粗粒子中的,细粒子中微量元素的溶解态浓度与酸组分呈显著正相关,溶解度与p H呈显著负相关,表明酸化作用可能是影响细粒子中微量元素溶解度的主控因子.不同微量元素的总沉降通量中溶解态部分的贡献不同,Al和Fe溶解态部分的贡献仅为1%~2%,Sr、Ba、Cr、Pb的约为30%~40%,Mn、Ni、V、Zn、As、Cd的约为50%~60%.大气沉降的溶解态Fe可支持(194±150)mg·(m2·d)-1浮游植物碳的生产,对黄海初级生产力的贡献约为10%.     

浙江金华秋季干气溶胶中主要化学组分的消光贡献解析

造成雾霾事件的主要原因是高浓度的大气细颗粒物污染.为了深入研究大气细颗粒物的消光来源,本研究采用高时间分辨率气溶胶观测仪器获得了浙江金华秋季PM1主要化学组分浓度及干气溶胶吸收系数和散射系数演变情况.结合有机气溶胶正矩阵因子解析模型(PMF)和多元线性回归方法,建立了拟合优度很高(R2=0.977)的细颗粒物中主要化学组分与干气溶胶消光系数间的定量关系模型.结果表明,观测期间消光贡献最大的是硫酸铵,贡献率为35.1%;其次是硝酸铵,贡献率为26.7%;二次有机气溶胶(SOA)、生物质燃烧有机气溶胶(BBOA)、黑碳(BC)及氯化铵的消光贡献率分别为14.3%、11.2%、8.7%、4.0%.在一些特定污染时段,BBOA具有最大的消光贡献,是导致此时大气能见度大幅度衰减的首要因子.     

Characterization and source analysis of indoor/outdoor culturable airborne bacteria in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

The potential health risks of airborne bacteria emission from a wastewater treatment process have been concerned. However, few studies have investigated the differences in community structure between indoor and outdoor bacteria. In this work, the characterization of airborne bacteria was studied in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Beijing, China. Two indoor (i.e., fine screen room and sludge dewatering house) and two outdoor (i.e., aeration tank and control site) sampling sites were selected. An Andersen six-stage impactor was used for collecting culturable airborne bacteria in the air, and Illumina MiSeq sequencing was conducted to track the emission source of the culturable airborne bacteria. The results indicate that, compared with the outdoor aeration tank site, the concentrations of culturable airborne bacteria in the indoor fine screen room with poor ventilation were more than ten times higher and the particle size was about twice as large. The community structures of indoor and outdoor culturable airborne bacteria were obviously different. Enterobacteriaceae and opportunistic pathogens were detected in indoor culturable airborne bacteria, with wastewater and sludge dewatering machine identified as the primary sources. Conversely, Enterobacteriaceae and opportunistic pathogens were not detected in outdoor culturable airborne bacteria. Outdoor high wind speed might have resulted in rapid dilution and mixing of culturable airborne bacteria generated from the aeration tank with the ambient air. The results of the present research suggest that covering pollution sources, increasing ventilation rates, and using protective measures for personnel should be implemented to decrease the exposure risk to indoor culturable airborne bacteria.     

珠海市大气环境中氡浓度的测定

采用固体径迹探测器累积氡测定方法对珠海市不同地质背景、不同的建筑风格的房室内室、外地面水平氡浓度进行了测定。结果表明,珠海市室内、外空气中氡浓度的平均值分别为：１６４。２Ｂｑ／ｍ＾３和７５．２Ｂｑ／ｍ＾３,居全国各大城市之首,仅次于我国的个旧地区,但大多数住房室内氡浓度都低２００Ｂｑ／ｍ＾３。研究发现秋冬季的室外氡浓度高于春夏季的室外氡浓度。而室内氡浓度的浓度的变化情况则相反,春夏季高于秋冬季,室     

基于动态质量平衡的室内颗粒物沉降规律研究

目前室内颗粒物污染问题已经受到广泛关注.越来越多的流行病学研究表明,大气悬浮颗粒物浓度对人体健康存在显著的负影响.由于个人在室内滞留的时间可能超过全天时间的90％,因此剖析室外颗粒物向室内的传输渗透机理,对掌握室内微环境下的颗粒浓度水平至关重要.本实验以青岛一办公室为研究对象,使用具有4个尺寸间隔的光学计数器同时测量室内和室外的颗粒物浓度,粒径分布范围在0.3~2.5μm,采集时间为2016年4月~9月.根据实验数据,采用基于时间的动态质量平衡模型,估算了换气次数在0.03~0.25h^-1范围内的室内颗粒物渗透率和沉降速率分别为0.45~0.82h^-1和0.94~2.82m/h,并分析了这些参数随粒径大小的变化规律.其结论为进一步研究颗粒物在室内的传输机理和运动轨迹提供参数.