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Miersch, T.* ; Czech, H.* ; Hartikainen, A.* ; Ihalainen, M.* ; Orasche, J. ; Abbaszade, G. ; Tissari, J.* ; Streibel, T. ; Jokiniemi, J.* ; Sippula, O.* ; Zimmermann, R.

Impact of photochemical ageing on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) and oxygenated PAH (Oxy-PAH/OH-PAH) in logwood stove emissions.

Sci. Total Environ. 686, 382-392 (2019)
Postprint DOI PMC
Open Access Green
The combustion of spruce logwood in a modern residential stove was found to emit polycydic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OPAH) with emission factors of 404 mu g MJ(-1) of 35 analysed PAH, 317 mu g MJ(-1) of 11 analysed Oxy-PAH and 12.5 mu g MJ(-1) of 5 analysed OH-PAH, most of which are known as potential mutagens and carcinogens. Photochemical ageing in an oxidation flow reactor (OFR) degraded particle-bound PAH, which was also reflected in declining PAH toxicity equivalent (PAH-TEQ) values by 45 to 80% per equivalent day of photochemical ageing in the atmosphere. OPAH concentrations decreased less than PAH concentrations during photochemical ageing, supposedly due to their secondary formation, while 1-hydroxynaphthalene, 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene and 1,8-naphthalaldehydic acid were significantly increased after ageing. Furthermore, secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation and aromatic compounds not included in targeted analysis were investigated by thermal-optical carbon analysis (TOCA) hyphenate to resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (REMPI-TOFMS).The commonly used PAH-source indicators phenanthrene/anthracene, fluoranthene/pyrene, retene/chrysene, and indeno[cd]pyrene/benzo[ghi]perylene remained stable during photochemical ageing, enabling identification of wood combustion emissions in ambient air. On the other hand, benz[a]pyrene/benz[e]pyrene and benz[a] anthracene/chrysene were found to decrease with increasing photochemical age. Retene/chrysene was not a proper classifier for the wood combustion emissions of this study, possibly due to more efficient combustion than in open wood burning, from which this diagnostic ratio was initially derived.This study motivates in-depth investigation of degradation kinetics of particle-bound species on different combustion aerosol as well as the consequences of photochemical ageing on toxicity and identification of wood combustion emissions in ambient air.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Toxicity Equivalent ; Ec/oc ; Pear ; Diesel Exhaust Particles ; Photoionization Mass Spectrometry ; Wood Combustion; Secondary Organic Aerosol; Flight Mass-spectrometry; Oxidation Flow Reactors; Relative Rate Constants; Heterogeneous Reactions; Wood Combustion; Fine-particle; Carbonaceous Particles; Chemical-composition; Gaseous Emissions
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0048-9697
e-ISSN 1879-1026
Quellenangaben Volume: 686, Issue: , Pages: 382-392 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed