Characterization and Identification of the Sources of Chromium, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Nickel, Manganese and Iron in Pm10 Particulates at the Two Sites of Kolkata, India

Monitoring of ambient PM₁₀ (particulate matter which passes through a size selective impactor inlet with a 50% efficiency cut-off at 10 μm aerodynamic diameter) has been done at residential (Kasba) and industrial (Cossipore) sites of an urban region of Kolkata during November 2003 to November 2004. These sites were selected depending on the dominant anthropogenic activities. Metal constituents of atmospheric PM₁₀ deposited on glass fibre filter paper were estimated using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES). Chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) are the seven toxic trace metals quantified from the measured PM₁₀ concentrations. The 24 h average concentrations of Cr, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Mn and Fe from ninety PM₁₀ particulate samples of Kolkata were found to be 6.9, 506.1, 79.1, 3.3, 7.4, 2.4 and 103.6 ng/m³, respectively. The 24 h average PM₁₀ concentration exceeded national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) as specified by central pollution control board, India at both residential (Kasba) and industrial (Cossipore) areas with mean concentration of 140.1 and 196.6 μg/m³, respectively. A simultaneous meteorology study was performed to assess the influence of air masses by wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, relative humidity and temperature. The measured toxic trace metals generally showed inverse relationship with wind speed, relative humidity and temperature. Factor analysis, a receptor modeling technique has been used for identification of the possible sources contributing to the PM₁₀. Varimax rotated factor analysis identified four possible sources of measured trace metals comprising solid waste dumping, vehicular traffic with the influence of road dust, road dust and soil dust at residential site (Kasba), while vehicular traffic with the influence of soil dust, road dust, galvanizing and electroplating industry, and tanning industry at industrial site (Cossipore).     

Spatial & temporal variations of PM10 and particle number concentrations in urban air

The size of particles in urban air varies over four orders of magnitude (from 0.001 μm to 10 μm in diameter). In many cities only particle mass concentrations (PM10, i.e. particles <10 μm diameter) is measured. In this paper we analyze how differences in emissions, background concentrations and meteorology affect the temporal and spatial distribution of PM10 and total particle number concentrations (PNC) based on measurements and dispersion modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. PNC at densely trafficked kerbside locations are dominated by ultrafine particles (<0.1 μm diameter) due to vehicle exhaust emissions as verified by high correlation with NOx. But PNC contribute only marginally to PM10, due to the small size of exhaust particles. Instead wear of the road surface is an important factor for the highest PM10 concentrations observed. In Stockholm, road wear increases drastically due to the use of studded tires and traction sand on streets during winter; up to 90% of the locally emitted PM10 may be due to road abrasion. PM10 emissions and concentrations, but not PNC, at kerbside are controlled by road moisture. Annual mean urban background PM10 levels are relatively uniformly distributed over the city, due to the importance of long range transport. For PNC local sources often dominate the concentrations resulting in large temporal and spatial gradients in the concentrations. Despite these differences in the origin of PM10 and PNC, the spatial gradients of annual mean concentrations due to local sources are of equal magnitude due to the common source, namely traffic. Thus, people in different areas experiencing a factor of 2 different annual PM10 exposure due to local sources will also experience a factor of 2 different exposure in terms of PNC. This implies that health impact studies based solely on spatial differences in annual exposure to PM10 may not separate differences in health effects due to ultrafine and coarse particles. On the other hand, health effect assessments based on time series exposure analysis of PM10 and PNC, should be able to observe differences in health effects of ultrafine particles versus coarse particles.     

低Reynolds数雨滴表面流体滑移及重力效应对粒子清除的影响

采用拉格朗日法求解了低Reynolds数雨滴以终端下落速度时对大气气溶胶粒子的捕集效率,为考察雨滴表面流体滑移效应,采用Hadamard-Rybczynski流场描述低Reynolds数下雨滴的绕流特征,数值计算中考虑了粒子的惯性碰撞与拦截捕集机理,分析和讨论了雨滴表面流体滑移及粒子重力效应作用对粒子捕集效率的影响.结果表明,若忽略雨滴表面流体滑移及粒子的重力效应,则数值计算结果与已有分析结果一致.当考虑雨滴表面流体滑移效应,则粒子捕集效率有一定程度增加,增加幅度与雨滴尺寸、粒子尺度及粒子密度等参量均有关.粒子所受的重力对雨滴捕集粒子的能力起削弱作用,其削弱程度依赖于粒子拦截参数(R)和Stokes数(St)的大小,在0.2St0.3区间,重力作用对粒子捕集的削弱作用最为显著.     

TiO2气溶胶快速去除空气中的芥子气模拟剂

在自制反应器内,通过喷射法将纳米TiO_2分散成气溶胶形式,用以降解空气中的芥子气模拟剂二乙基硫醚(DES)。利用自行设计的一套气溶胶沉降行为评价装置,对TiO_2气溶胶的释放条件进行了优化。系统研究了相对湿度、反应温度、光强、催化剂加入量、反应物浓度等因素对DES降解速率和彻底矿化速率的影响。结果表明:TiO_2气溶胶对2.80 mg/L(近似芥子气快速致死浓度)DES降解的半衰期由涂覆型TiO_2的34.5 min缩短至8.5 min;TiO_2气溶胶光催化降解DES的最佳相对湿度为35%,此时CO_2最快生成速率可达34.64μg/(L·min),150 min内彻底矿化比例达66.1%;对于1.5 L反应器,催化剂加入量为30 mg时降解DES的量效比达到最佳状态;TiO_2气溶胶光催化适用于含低浓度DES空气的快速净化。     

城市土地利用类型与PM2.5浓度相关性研究——以武汉市为例

随着我国工业化的不断发展,在我国的主要经济发展地区的雾霾天气不断爆发,使我国的大气环境日益恶化,严重影响了人们的日常生活和身体健康。PM2.5作为雾霾的重要组成成分,也日渐成为环境领域的研究热点问题。随着全球性变化研究领域逐渐加强了对土地利用与生态环境的相关研究,因此无论从法律和社会经济发展的角度,还是从生态资源保护与环境可持续发展的角度,土地利用与PM2.5的相关研究都显得相当重要。研究目的:分析武汉市各类用地类型与PM2.5浓度的相关性程度。研究方法:使用ENVI与ArcGIS对武汉市2013年MODIS气溶胶产品进行空间分析与插值处理,再应用SPSS将其与武汉市2013年10个观测点的PM2.5浓度数据作相关性分析,以证实MODIS气溶胶厚度与PM2.5浓度的相关性,并建立两者的线性回归方程,然后利用计算后的武汉市整体PM2.5浓度分布与各土地利用类型进行相关性研究。研究结果:武汉市PM2.5浓度有明显的空间分布特征,绿化面积比例与PM2.5浓度呈显著负相关,建设用地面积比例与PM2.5浓度呈显著正相关,未利用地面积比例虽然与PM2.5浓度呈正相关,但相关性较低,而耕地与水体对PM2.5浓度没有显著影响。研究结论:土地利用类型对武汉市PM2.5浓度的分布有显著的影响,其与搭载MODIS传感器的遥感卫星监测方式的结合能成为研究大范围特定区域PM2.5浓度空间格局的新方法,并且增加城市绿化面积,控制建设用地规模能有效减少PM2.5浓度。     

Partial neutralization of rain by seaspray: the case of Recôncavo, Bahia-Brazil

In the Recôncavo of Bahia (located between 12°33′ and 13°10′S and 38°00′and 39°00′W), there are significant discharges of SO₂ and NO_x due to local, industrial and urban activities. The incoming air masses from the Atlantic Ocean are enriched with seaspray, which neutralizes part of the rain acidity. The extent of seaspray neutralization of rain acidity was quantified in four sites of the region, each with different loads of seaspray. Rain samples were obtained daily at the same time, integrating the precipitation of the previous 24 h, using wet-only collectors and analyzed for pH by potentiometry and for sodium by flame photometry. The amount of rain acidity in Recôncavo neutralized by seaspray ranged from <1% up to 88% and depended on the site. On average, neutralization ranged from 5% to 18%.     

大气污染与平流层气溶胶

本文简述了大气污染与气溶胶的关系，论述了平流层气溶胶对地球辐射收支的影响，从而说明平流层气溶胶的光学性质的变化将影响全球大气环境，在此基础上，计算了不同背景平流层气溶胶的光学常数和光学特性参数。并使用模式光学常数计算了３种火山模工气溶胶的光学特性参数。同时，考察了这些特性参数对光学常数的敏感性。结果表明，后向散射系数对光学常数的变化最敏感，对于某些波长，它的相对变化可比光学常数的相对变化大一个数量     

硫酸铵作为人工气溶胶模拟尘源的研究

硫酸盐、铵盐等水溶性无机盐粒子是大气气溶胶的重要组成部分,为进一步提高高效过滤器性能测试实验的精度,提出了过滤器测试标准要求外的新的人工尘气溶胶发生液（NH4）2SO4,并通过一系列实验,从相关性、粒谱分布、分散度等方面对其气溶胶粒子能否满足测试气溶胶的要求进行验证分析。实验结果表明,（NH4）2SO4和KCl间的相关系数R2为0.994 78,相关性很好;NaCl、KCl和（NH4）2SO4气溶胶的几何标准差分别为0.88、0.85和0.87,呈单分散且分散程度接近,可很好的满足测试气溶胶要求。还获得了可控参数喷气压力与发生溶液质量浓度对（NH4）2SO4气溶胶粒谱分布的影响规律：随喷气压力的增加,气溶胶粒子的粒径减小,分布集中;而随发生溶液质量浓度的增加,粒径增大,导致分散度增加。质量浓度和喷气压力对（NH4）2SO4和KCl气溶胶粒径和分散度作用规律的一致性进一步表明（NH4）2SO4作为测试气溶胶的可行性。     

气溶胶吸湿性的影响因素及其对光学特性的影响

吸湿性是气溶胶重要的理化性质之一,气溶胶吸湿增长不仅会通过大气辐射效应影响气候,还对大气能见度有重要影响。介绍了气溶胶粒径吸湿增长与散射吸湿增长的概念,总结了测量气溶胶吸湿增长的方法,分析了粒径、化学组分、污染条件和混合状态对吸湿性的影响。结果表明：气溶胶的吸湿增长会使颗粒物含水量增多,改变气溶胶消光能力,从而对大气能见度以及气溶胶辐射强迫造成影响。未来,建议着重关注高相对湿度（相对湿度大于95%）下的气溶胶吸湿增长,加强气溶胶吸湿增长的垂直观测研究,并广泛开展吸湿和脱水2种环境下的气溶胶散射吸湿增长的测量和研究。

     

乙二醛和甲基乙二醛的来源及其环境效应

乙二醛和甲基乙二醛作为多种挥发性有机物的氧化反应中间产物,是臭氧和二次有机气溶胶的关键前体物。乙二醛和甲基乙二醛有着复杂的来源,既能通过多种自然或人为源直接排放,也可由诸多挥发性有机物二次氧化生成。由于排放及其前体物浓度与组成存在差异,乙二醛及甲基乙二醛的浓度与来源特征在时间与空间分布上均有所不同,从而使其环境效应也呈现明显的时空分布差异。围绕乙二醛与甲基乙二醛的污染特征及环境效应,综述乙二醛和甲基乙二醛的浓度水平、时空分布、来源特征,并总结分析其在臭氧和二次有机气溶胶生成中的作用。在此基础上,讨论和分析未来关于乙二醛和甲基乙二醛的研究的方向。