低成本高分辨电化学传感技术探测大气NO2的研究

为有序疏解大气NO_2监测环境日益复杂及成本高昂的光学探测仪器缺乏灵活性的困扰,研制了基于低成本电化学传感技术的测量系统,以四电极电化学传感器为NO_2浓度传感载体,基于差分算法补偿痕量浓度下零点电流漂移的干扰,实现了对大气NO_2的定量.结果表明,系统在摆脱有线数传束缚的基础上可稳定探测NO_2,对100 ppbv的NO_2标气响应时间T9034 s,标定探得其灵敏度为0.242 m V·ppbv-1,时间分辨率为10 s时探测限为1.5 ppbv(3σ).为验证准确性,将系统置于合肥西北郊科学岛进行了连续2个昼夜的大气NO_2测量,并与参考设备CRDS系统对比,探讨了测量结果,发现除去该系统因环境湿度贴近极限工作湿度时测量结果奇异部分,二者表现出良好的一致性,R2达到0.940,线性拟合斜率为1.047±0.006,接着分析了温湿度和其他痕量气体等干扰源.研究表明,本技术可为大气NO_2高分辨在线监测提供一种低成本便携途径.     

Reactive uptake of NO2 on volcanic particles: A possible source of HONO in the atmosphere

The heterogeneous degradation of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) on five samples of natural Icelandic volcanic particles has been investigated. Laboratory experiments were carried out under simulated atmospheric conditions using a coated wall flow tube (CWFT). The CWFT reactor was coupled to a blue light nitrogen oxides analyzer (NO_x analyzer), and a long path absorption photometer (LOPAP) to monitor in real time the concentrations of NO₂, NO and HONO, respectively. Under dark and ambient relative humidity conditions, the steady state uptake coefficients of NO₂ varied significantly between the volcanic samples probably due to differences in magma composition and morphological variation related with the density of surface OH groups. The irradiation of the surface with simulated sunlight enhanced the uptake coefficients by a factor of three indicating that photo-induced processes on the surface of the dust occur. Furthermore, the product yields of NO and HONO were determined under both dark and simulated sunlight conditions. The relative humidity was found to influence the distribution of gaseous products, promoting the formation of gaseous HONO. A detailed reaction mechanism is proposed that supports our experimental observations. Regarding the atmospheric implications, our results suggest that the NO₂ degradation on volcanic particles and the corresponding formation of HONO is expected to be significant during volcanic dust storms or after a volcanic eruption.     

北京夏季大气HONO的监测研究

在2007-08-14～2007-08-24期间,利用差分光学吸收光谱（DOAS）技术,对北京市大气中HONO、NO₂和O₃等污染物进行了连续监测,分析了HONO和NO₂的日变化特征,讨论了夜间直接排放对HONO来源的贡献,进行了24 h和夜间13 h HONO非均相反应形成与黑碳气溶胶（BC）和相对湿度（RH）等要素的相关分析.结果表明,HONO和NO₂均在01:00左右达到峰值,HONO的另一峰值浓度出现在06:00,比NO₂第2个峰值出现时间07:00早1 h;夜间（19:00～次日07:00）直接排放对HONO的贡献最大达到31.3％,出现在20:00,平均贡献为15％;夜间HONO_corr/NO₂比率与BC和RH具有非常明显的相关性,说明HONO的非均相生成速率与NO₂的浓度以及反应介质BC表面的吸附水的浓度即RH成正比,得到夜间HONO平均转化率(HONO/NO₂)为0.8%·h^-1;而且RH的增加对HONO的非均相形成有利,但是当RH>80%对反应也将产生抑制作用,通过对监测期间的个例分析也证实了这一假设.     

Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS): Measurements from an instrumented aircraft

As part of the Lake Michigan Ozone Study, the NOAA instrumented King Air research aircraft made a series of flights over Lake Michigan during the summers of 1990 and 1991 to characterize the atmospheric conditions prevailing during times when O₃ concentrations exceeded the air quality standard. Most of the time, O₃ concentrations were within the normal range (40–70 ppbv) for the location and season, but higher concentrations were measured during the afternoon flights at several isolated locations. During three afternoon flights, high O₃ concentrations (> 120 ppbv) were observed along portions of the flight path; the highest 1-min average exceeded 160 ppbv. In two flights the highest O₃ concentrations were observed in the lower boundary layer over the eastern portion of the flight track; in one case the high concentrations were found over the western side of the lake throughout the boundary layer. The increased O₃ was accompanied by moderately increased SO₂ and NO_x (10–20 ppbv); outside the region of elevated O₃, the SO₂ and NO_x were less than 2–3 ppbv. The elevated zone concentrations were related to emissions from the urban region located near the southern and southwestern shores of Lake Michigan.     

Review of heterogeneous photochemical reactions of NOy on aerosol－A possible daytime source of nitrous acid (HONO) in the atmosphere

As an important precursor of hydroxyl radical, nitrous acid (HONO) plays a key role in the chemistry of the lower atmosphere. Recent atmospheric measurements and model calculations show strong enhancement for HONO formation during daytime, while they are inconsistent with the known sources in the atmosphere, suggesting that current models are lacking important sources for HONO. In this article, heterogeneous photochemical reactions of nitric acid/nitrate anion and nitrogen oxide on various aerosols were reviewed and their potential contribution to HONO formation was also discussed. It is demonstrated that HONO can be formed by photochemical reaction on surfaces with deposited HNO3 , by photocatalytic reaction of NO2 on TiO2 or TiO2 -containing materials, and by photochemical reaction of NO2 on soot, humic acids or other photosensitized organic surfaces. Although significant uncertainties still exist in the exact mechanisms and the yield of HONO, these additional sources might explain daytime observations in the atmosphere.     

Nitrous and nitric acid measurements at sites in South-East England

Measurements of HONO and HNO₃ have been made using annular denuder samplers at sites in south-east England. Whilst concentrations of HNO₃ exhibited a diurnal variation, with a maximum in mid-afternoon nitrous acid shows the opposite diurnal cycle with maximum levels at night due to daytime photolysis. Concentrations of HONO increase with those of NO₂, and elevated nighttime HONO level appear to be followed by high levels of HNO₃ the following day. Average concentrations of HONO (0.45± 0.26 ppb in 24 h samples are comparable to those of HNO₃ (0.56±0.36 ppb in 24 h samples), each representing about 5–10% of the concentration of NO₂. Although NO₂ oxidation provides the source of HNO₃ concentrations of the two compounds are not related, presumably since the formation of NH₄NO₃ aerosol limits HNO₃ concentrations at out site.     

上海中心城区二氧化氮在线测量比对研究

对比了基于腔衰减相移光谱技术(CAPS)、化学荧光法(CL)和非相干宽带腔增强吸收光谱技术(IBBCEAS)3种不同方法在线测量NO_2浓度的仪器,并于2017年5月10日—6月10日采用3台仪器对上海中心城区大气环境NO_2进行监测,验证了IBBCEAS实验装置的稳定性、灵敏度、检测下限等关键特性,证明可以实现复杂环境下大气痕量气体高精度在线监测.IBBCEAS装置与其它两种仪器监测数据的一致性较好,监测过程中上海市中心NO_2日浓度变化范围为3~63 ppbv.各仪器测量结果之间的线性关系图表明,3种方式对NO_2浓度监测较为准确,偏差普遍在10 ppbv.根据早晚高峰车流量增加情况分析可以看出,NO_2高浓度污染主要来自于车辆排放.另外发现,受局地污染源的影响,NO_2浓度随时间推移而增加.     

基于电化学传感器的大气NO2与O3监测研究

利用四电极电化学传感器开展大气NO₂和O₃监测研究.为解决温度和湿度对传感器响应的影响问题,提出了一种具有温湿度补偿与零点校正功能的大气NO₂和O₃测量结果校准模型,通过活性炭吸附特性获得干净的背景气体,实现传感器准确的零点校正,并利用实验系统实测数据结合多元线性回归方法获得校准模型参数.首先对传感器线性响应特性进行了测试,发现O₂和O₃的测量灵敏度分别为3.889 ppbv·mV^-1和4.107 ppbv·mV^-1.同时,在合肥西郊科学岛开展了为期2 d的大气NO₂和O₃连续观测,发现两者的浓度分别为0~30 ppbv和2~100 ppbv.最后将传感器观测结果与NO_x/O₃分析仪测量结果进行了回归分析,发现两者测得的NO₂线性拟合斜率为0.9701±0.0182,R²为0.8378,测得的O₃线性拟合斜率为0.9850±0.0101,R²为0.9431.研究表明,校准后的电化学传感器可用于大气NO₂和O₃的长期监测,可为推动大气环境监测技术发展提供新的思路.     

A denuder technique for the measurement of nitrous acid in urban atmospheres

A new denuder set-up for the measurement of nitrous acid in polluted atmospheres is described here. The set-up is composed of one tetrachloromercurate-coated denuder for the removal of SO₂ and two downstream sodium carbonate-coated denuders for the determination of nitrous acid by the differential technique [Febo et al., 19, 1517–1530 1990]. The removal of SO₂ is necessary in order to avoid the formation of artifact nitrite on the sulfite layer which results from the interaction between atmospheric SO₂ and the Na₂CO₃ coating. Because of this mechanism, the measurement of HONO by means of the previously used NaClNa₂CO₃Na₂CO₃ denuder set-up is heavily biased in all cases when SO₂ and NO₂ are present at high concentration levels (e.g. urban environments).     

NitroMAC: An instrument for the measurement of HONO and intercomparison with a long-path absorption photometer

NitroMAC (French acronym for continuous atmospheric measurements of nitrogenous compounds) is an instrument which has been developed for the semi-continuous measurement of atmospheric nitrous acid (HONO). This instrument relies on wet chemical sampling and detection using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-visible absorption at 540 nm. Sampling proceeds by dissolution of gaseous HONO in a phosphate buffer solution followed by derivatization with sulfanilamide/N-(1-naphthyl)-ethylenediamine. The performance of this instrument was found to be as follows: a detection limit of around 3 ppt with measurement uncertainty of 10% over an analysis time of 10 min. Intercomparison was made between the instrument and a long-path absorption photometer (LOPAP) during two experiments in different environments. First, air was sampled in a smog chamber with concentrations up to 18 ppb of nitrous acid. NitroMAC and LOPAP measurements showed very good agreement. Then, in a second experiment, ambient air with HONO concentrations below 250 ppt was sampled. While NitroMAC showed its capability of measuring HONO in moderate and highly polluted environments, the intercomparison results in ambient air highlighted that corrections must be made for minor interferences when low concentrations are measured.     

Evaluation and impact factors of indoor and outdoor gas-phase nitrous acid under different environmental conditions

As an important indoor pollutant, nitrous acid (HONO) can contribute to the concentration of indoor OH radicals by photolysis via sunlight penetrating into indoor environments, thus affecting the indoor oxidizing capability. In order to investigate the concentration of indoor HONO and its impact factors, three different indoor environments and two different locations in urban and suburban areas were selected to monitor indoor and outdoor pollutants simultaneously, including HONO, NO, NO₂, nitrogen oxides (NO_x), O₃, and particle mass concentration. In general, the concentration of indoor HONO was higher than that outdoors. In the urban area, indoor HONO with high average concentration (7.10 ppbV) was well-correlated with the temperature. In the suburban area, the concentration of indoor HONO was only about 1-2 ppbV, and had a good correlation with indoor relative humidity. It was mainly attributed to the heterogeneous reaction of NO₂ on indoor surfaces. The sunlight penetrating into indoor environments from outside had a great influence on the concentration of indoor HONO, leading to a concentration of indoor HONO close to that outdoors.     

Intercomparison of tunable diode laser and gas filter correlation measurements of ambient carbon monoxide

An intercomparison that involved a standards intercomparison, interferant spiking tests and simultaneous ambient measurements was carried out between two CO measurement systems: a tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer (TDLAS) and a gas filter correlation, non-dispersive infrared absorption instrument (GFC). Both the TDLAS and the GFC techniques responded to CO. No major interferences were found for the TDLAS system; tested species included H₂O, O₃ and OCS. The GFC instrument exhibited no interference from H₂O or O₃, but only a relatively high upper limit could be placed on the O₃ interference. For CO measurements in ambient air at levels from 100 to 1500 ppbv, the results from the two instruments agreed within their combined uncertainties. On average the GFC technique was 6% higher than the TDLAS system, and there was no systematic, constant offset. The precision of the GFC instrument was about 10%, and the precision of the TDLAS system was better than 4%.     

The chemistry of dews and frosts in indianapolis,Indiana

Dews and frosts forming on chemically clean Teflon surfaces were sampled for pH and ion concentrations during a 13-month period in urban Indianapolis, Indiana. We predicted that dews forming in this polluted atmosphere would be acidic due to absorption of SO₂, NO₂ and CO₂, but that frost pH would be neutral due to the lack of gas absorption. However, measured pH ranged from 6.0 to 7.2, and dew and frost pH were not significantly different. Anion and cation concentrations did not differ between dews and frosts, implying similar mechanisms and rates for scavenging of atmospheric chemicals. Sulfite and nitrite were present in many samples, indicating SO₂ and NO₂ absorption by both dews and frosts. The presence of ions (K⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺) lacking gaseous sources suggested that sedimentation of aerosols, primarily carbonates and salts, from surrounding agricultural lands occurred into dews and frosts as they formed. Carbonate deposition may have been responsible for near-neutral dew and frost pH. Dews sampled from sugar maple leaves were depleted of ammonium and enriched in other ions, but did not differ substantially in pH, compared to dews simultaneously sampled from Teflon. Temporal (overnight) sampling of dews on Teflon showed that dew chemistry changed substantially during the course of the night.     

青岛大气气溶胶水溶性无机离子研究:季节分布特征

为了全面了解当前青岛地区大气气溶胶中水溶性组分的特征及来源,于2008年1～12月在青岛市区连续采集了总悬浮颗粒物(TSP)样品,运用离子色谱法对其主要的水溶性阴阳离子进行了分析.结果表明,SO24-、NO3-、NH4+和Cl-是TSP中水溶性离子的主要成分,四者质量浓度之和占总水溶性离子质量浓度的86.9%.TSP及其水溶性组分存在明显的季节变化,其来源也存在多源性.Na+、NH4+、Ca2+、F-、Mg2+均为冬季最高,夏季最低,K+、PO34-为秋季最高,夏季最低,Cl-为冬季最高,秋季最低,NO3-则为春季最高,夏季最低,而SO24-为春季最高,秋季最低.不同天气对颗粒物和气溶胶中水溶性离子影响很大.颗粒物浓度在晴天时最低,其次是雾天,再次是烟雾和霾,沙尘天气下质量浓度最高.Na+、Mg2+、Ca2+、F-、Cl-和PO34-在烟雾天气下的平均浓度最高,而NH4+、K+、NO3-和SO24-则是在霾天气下质量浓度最高.     

2010年广州亚运期间空气质量与污染气象条件分析

利用2010年11月4日～12月10日广州地区NO2、O3、SO2、PM、能见度实测资料,区域空气污染指数RAQI及大气输送扩散特征参数,分析广州亚运期间空气质量与气象条件变化特征.结果表明,亚运期间空气质量比亚运前后好,能见度比亚运前后大,PM1和PM2.5浓度比亚运前后小,能见度与PM1和PM2.5有较好的反相关;亚运期间NO2和SO2日均值和小时均值均达到国家一级标准,PM10日均值和O3小时均值均满足国家二级标准,污染物得到较好的控制;广州地区SO2受本地源和外地源远距离输送叠加影响,NO2受本地源影响较大;广州周边城市NO2、SO2和PM10有向广州输送的潜势,而广州O3有向其周边城市扩散的潜势;亚运期间污染气象条件比亚运前后有利,亚运期间污染物浓度降低得益于政府实施的减排措施及良好的气象条件.     

COVID-19管控前后不同污染阶段PM2.5中二次无机离子变化特征

为探讨新冠肺炎疫情(COVID-19)管控前后不同污染阶段PM_2.5中二次无机离子变化特征,使用高分辨率(1 h)在线仪器对2019年12月15日至2020年2月15日郑州冬季气象、污染气体浓度和PM_2.5中水溶性离子水平进行在线监测,分析此次COVID-19管控前后霾过程的成因、大气污染物的日变化特征和在霾不同阶段下大气污染物的分布特征.结果表明,郑州主要受到高压脊控制,天气形势稳定,有利于大气污染物累积,二次无机气溶胶(SNA,包括SO₄^2-、NO^-₃和NH⁺₄)是水溶性离子的主要组分,占比高达90%以上,COVID-19期间居家隔离措施对霾不同阶段下大气污染物的分布特征产生不同的影响,COVID-19期间PM_2.5在干净、发生和消散阶段的浓度比COVID-19前有所提高,但是发展阶段明显降低,居家隔离明显使PM_2.5高值降低了;NO₂、SO<...     

气候变化对浙江省大气污染的影响

开展气候变化对大气污染影响的研究有利于加深对大气污染形成机理的认识.利用1996-2015年浙江省大气成分、气象观测资料,分析气候变化对大气污染的影响.结果表明,近20 a来浙江省呈年高压天气日数增多、年均气温升高、降水集中及年均净辐射、日照时数、风速、气温日较差和水汽蒸发量都下降的气候变化事实.气候变化引起大气污染扩散能力下降,1996-2015年杭州市和浙江省年均大气扩散指数分别下降了0.55和0.81,降幅分别达35.71%和42.69%.大气扩散指数与ρ（PM₁₀）、ρ（PM_2.5）及年霾日数之间呈显著负相关,当大气扩散指数增大时,大气颗粒物浓度和年霾日数均下降,反之亦然.杭州市大气扩散指数与ρ（PM₁₀）、ρ（PM_2.5）之间的相关系数分别为0.73和0.76.杭州市和浙江省大气扩散指数与年霾日数之间的相关系数分别达到0.77和0.78,T检验值则分别为28.88和30.81,说明由气候变化引起的大气扩散能力改变是影响大气污染的重要原因,但不同大气成分受气候变化的影响程度不同.影响ρ（PM₁₀）的关键气候要素是降水量、风速及相对湿度等,影响ρ（PM_2.5）的主要是辐射、气温,影响ρ（SO₂）的主要是气温,影响ρ（NO₂）及ρ（NO₃-）、ρ（NH₄+）的主要是辐射.总体来说,浙江省近20 a的气候变化事实可能有利于促进ρ（PM₁₀）、ρ（PM_2.5）、ρ（NO₂）及ρ（O₃）等上升,促进ρ（SO₂）、ρ（NO₃-）、ρ（SO₄2-）、ρ（NH₄+）等下降.      

大气NOx测量准确性问题分析

采用美国热电公司的NO-N02-NOx分析仪(Model 42i TL)和NOy分析仪(Model 42i NOy),在2011年1月-10月期间,对北京城市大气中的NO、NOx和NOy进行了连续在线测量.两台仪器对NO的测量结果具有较高的一致性(r＞0.998,p＜0.01),说明两台仪器测量精度基本一致.将NOy分析仪(Model 42i NOy)采样口处安装和不安装颗粒物过滤膜两种条件下测量的NOy结果与NO-NO2-NOx分析仪所测的NOx结果分别进行了相关性分析([NOy] =0.989x[NOx],R2 =0.993;[NOy] =1.134 ×[NOx],R2=0.959),得出以下两个结论:①以颗粒态硝酸盐为代表的颗粒物是造成NOx与NOy偏差的主要原因,其所占比例在10％左右;②目前Model 42i-TL所测NOx的浓度水平较真实值偏高,其测量值更接近气态NOy的浓度水平.为估算NO2测值被高估的程度(以2011年8月6日-15日观测数据为例),用扣除部分气态NOz物种(HONO、HNO3、PAN、PPN)的修正方法,推论出在夏季N02被高估约7％(R2=0.968).     

基于腔衰减相移光谱法的二氧化氮分析仪的设计与应用

基于腔衰减相移光谱法设计了一套二氧化氮在线分析仪,通过优化测量参数,该仪器可长期稳定运行,其时间分辨率为60 s,检出限为0.191 ppb,在0~300 ppb范围内,NO₂气体浓度与相位正切信号值具有较好的二次拟合关系,R²为0.9995.另外,该仪器在泰安站进行了长期外场观测,并与改装后的进口商品化仪器PKU-Thermo 42i-TL进行比对实验,结果表明,两者的测量结果一致性较好,R²=0.9811,表明其具有良好的运行稳定性和测定结果准确性,适用于环境大气二氧化氮浓度的在线监测.外场观测结果表明,春季泰安站二氧化氮浓度均值为12.39 ppb,有明显日变化规律.     

Laboratory tests of KI and alkaline annular denuders

Annular denuders coated with KI and with alkaline solutions have been tested for their ability to remove atmospheric pollutants including ozone, NO₂, SO₂, formaldehyde, methyl nitrate and peroxyacetyl nitrate. Tests were carried out at flow rates of 0.4–2.0 ℓ min⁻¹, using particle-free ambient air as well as purified air to study the effect of atmospheric CO₂ on alkaline denuder performance. Denuders coated with KI were efficient in removing O₃, NO₂, SO₂ (> 95%) and PAN (84±3%) but not methyl nitrate (44%) and formaldehyde (<5%). Selective removal of PAN from NO₂, and vice versa, could be obtained with annular denuders coated with NaOH, which removed 100% PAN and ⩽15% NO₂, and with alkaline guaiacol, which removed ⩾99% NO₂ and ⩽6% PAN.