Pollution Characteristics of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds During Ozone Episode in Tangshan

Danying Shan; Zhenyu Du; Ting Zhang; Xiulan Zhang; Guan Cao; Zirui Liu; Siyuan Liang; Zhixiao Yao; Dianlong Shi

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Pollution Characteristics of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds During Ozone Episode in Tangshan

Danying Shan, Zhenyu Du, Ting Zhang, Xiulan Zhang, Guan Cao, Zirui Liu, Siyuan Liang, Zhixiao Yao, Dianlong Shi

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Analysis of ambient air samples for 117 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was performed from April to September 2020 in Tangshan City using preconcentration-GC/MS and high-performance liquid chromatography methods. During sampling, daily average concentration of total VOCs (TVOC) varied from 42 µg/m³ to 213 µg/m³. Contributions of alkanes, OVOCs, aromatics and halogenated hydrocarbons to TVOC were 32%, 28.7%, 18.4%, and 11.0%, respectively, and formaldehyde, propane, acetone, aldehyde, toluene, ethylene, m/p-xylene, n-butane and chloromethane were the dominate species of VOCs in Tangshan City. Results of source apportionment showed that vehicle emissions, combustion, gasoline evaporation and solvent usage were 4 important sources of VOCs in Tangshan. Aromatics contributed 48.7% to total ozone formation potential (OFP), followed by OVOCs, alkenes and alkanes, contributing 26.6%, 14.9% and 9.4% to total OFP, respectively. Arranged in descending order, the 10 species contributing most to total OFP were m/p-xylene, formaldehyde, toluene, acetaldehyde, ethylene, o-xylene, ethylbenzene, propylene, 1-butene and isopentane, and their contributions to total OFP were 19.1%, 17.3%, 11.5%, 7.7%, 7.6%, 7.6%, 3.5%, 2.0%, 2.0% and 1.5%, respectively. The sensitivity of ozone (O₃) production was studied with an empirical kinetic modeling approach (EKMA) model. It was found that ozone formation in Tangshan City was under VOC-limited conditions, indicating the importance of emission reduction of VOCs to ozone pollution control.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 10, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijema.20221006.11
Page(s)	140-144
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Source Apportionment, Ozone Formation Potential (OFP), Empirical Kinetics Modeling Approach (EKMA)

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Danying Shan

National Research Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurement (CNEAC), Beijing, China
Zhenyu Du

National Research Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurement (CNEAC), Beijing, China
Ting Zhang

National Research Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurement (CNEAC), Beijing, China
Xiulan Zhang

National Research Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurement (CNEAC), Beijing, China
Guan Cao

National Research Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurement (CNEAC), Beijing, China
Zirui Liu

State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Siyuan Liang

China National Environmental Monitoring Centre (CNEMC), Beijing, China
Zhixiao Yao

National Research Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurement (CNEAC), Beijing, China
Dianlong Shi

National Research Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurement (CNEAC), Beijing, China

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T1  - Pollution Characteristics of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds During Ozone Episode in Tangshan
AU  - Danying Shan
AU  - Zhenyu Du
AU  - Ting Zhang
AU  - Xiulan Zhang
AU  - Guan Cao
AU  - Zirui Liu
AU  - Siyuan Liang
AU  - Zhixiao Yao
AU  - Dianlong Shi
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