Source apportionment of VOCs and their impact on air quality and health in the megacity of Seoul
- Title
- Source apportionment of VOCs and their impact on air quality and health in the megacity of Seoul
- Author
- 김기현
- Keywords
- VOCs; Ozone; PM2.5; Receptor model; CMAQ; BenMAP
- Issue Date
- 2019-04
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Citation
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, v. 247, Page. 763-774
- Abstract
- The source apportionment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was examined using receptor models (positive matrix factorization and chemical mass balance) and a chemical transport model (CTM). The receptor model-based analysis was performed using the datasets collected from four different sites from the megacity of Seoul during the years 2013-2015. The contributions of VOC emission sources to ozone (O-3) and PM2.5 concentrations and the subsequent health effects in the study area were also assessed during a photochemically active period (June 2015) using a three-dimensional CTM, Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ), and the Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP). The solvent use and the on-road mobile emission sources were found to exert dominant controls on the VOC levels observed in the target city. VOCs transported from regions outside of Seoul accounted for a significant proportion (up to approximately 35%) of ambient VOC levels during the study period. The solvent use accounted for 3.4% of the ambient O-3 concentrations during the day (daily mean of 2.6%) and made insignificant contributions to PM2.5 (<1%) during the simulation period. Biogenic VOC made insignificant contributions to O-3 (<1%) and a small contribution to PM2.5 during the day (5.6% with a daily mean of 2.4%). The number of premature deaths attributed indirectly (O-3 and PM2.5 formations via the oxidation of VOCs) to solvent use is expected to be significant. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749118338065?via%3Dihubhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/110981
- ISSN
- 0269-7491; 1873-6424
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.102
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING(건설환경공학과) > Articles
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