Determination of levoglucosan in biomass combustion aerosol by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

Engling, Guenter; Carrico, Christian M.; Kreidenweis, Sonia M.; Collett, Jeffrey L.; Day, Derek E.; Malm, William C.; Lincoln, Emily; Hao, Wei Min; Iinuma, Yoshiteru; Herrmann, Hartmut

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.12.069

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“…Galactosan was the third most abundant anhydrosugar in the wood smoke samples. Levoglucosan, mannosan, and galactosan were emitted in varying ratios, probably due to differences in the relative content of cellulose and hemicellulose in different biofuels (Engling et al, 2006). Biomass pyrolysis products are a complex combination of the products from the individual pyrolysis of cellulose, hemicellulose, and extractives, each of which has its own chemical degradation pathways.…”

Section: Woodstovementioning

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Organic compounds in PM2.5 emitted from fireplace and woodstove combustion of typical Portuguese wood species

Gonçalves

Alves

Fernandes

et al. 2011

Atmospheric Environment

112

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a b s t r a c tThe aim of this study is the further characterisation of PM 2.5 emissions from the residential wood combustion of common woods grown in Portugal. This new research extends to eight the number of biomass fuels studied and tries to understand the differences that the burning appliance (fireplace versus woodstove) and the combustion temperature (cold and hot start) have on emissions. Pinus pinaster (Maritime pine), Eucalyptus globulus (eucalypt), Quercus suber (cork oak), Acacia longifolia (Golden wattle), Quercus faginea (Portuguese oak), Olea europea (Olive), Quercus ilex rotundifolia (Holm oak) and briquettes produced from forest biomass waste were used in the combustion tests. Determinations included fine particle emission factors, carbonaceous content (OC and EC) by a thermaleoptical transmission technique and detailed identification and quantification of organic compounds by gas chromatographyemass spectrometry. Fine particle emission factors from the woodstove were lower than those from the fireplace. For both combustion appliances, the OC/EC ratio was higher in "cold start" tests (1.56 AE 0.95 for woodstove and 2.03 AE 1.34 for fireplace). These "cold start" OC/EC values were, respectively, for the woodstove and the fireplace, 51% and 69% higher than those obtained in "hot start" experiments. The chromatographically resolved organics included n-alkanes, n-alkenes, PAHs, n-alkanals, ketones, n-alkanols, terpenoids, triterpenoids, phenolic compounds, phytosterols, alcohols, n-alkanoic acids, n-di-acids, unsaturated acids and alkyl esters of acids. The smoke emission rate and composition varied widely depending on fuel type, burning appliance and combustion temperature.

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Section: Woodstovementioning

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Organic compounds in PM2.5 emitted from fireplace and woodstove combustion of typical Portuguese wood species

Gonçalves

Alves

Fernandes

et al. 2011

Atmospheric Environment

112

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“…125 A new method has been developed by Collett and co-workers on the basis of high-performance anionexchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection. 126,127 The method has the advantage that the laborious procedures for the GC-MS analysis are avoided. The technique has been used to study the composition of emissions from several burning biomass sources 127 and to identify the contribution of wood smoke to the PM 2.5 present during the winter in Fresno, CA.…”

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Review of Recent Advances in Detection of Organic Markers in Fine Particulate Matter and Their Use for Source Apportionment

Lin

Lee

Eatough

2010

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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Fine particulate matter is believed to be more toxic than coarse particles and to exacerbate health problems such as respiratory and cardiopulmonary diseases. Specific organic compounds within atmospheric fine particulate material can be used to differentiate specific inputs from various emissions and thus is helpful in identifying the major urban air pollution sources that contribute to these health problems. Particular marker compounds that carry signature information about different emission sources (i.e., gasoline or diesel motor vehicles, wood smoke, meat cooking, vegetative detritus, and cigarette smoke) are reviewed. Aerosol organic types (e.g., from mass spectrometry data, which can also help in elucidation of carbonaceous material sources) are also discussed. Apportionment of the primary source contributions and atmospheric processes contributing to fine particulate matter and fine particulate organic material concentrations are outlined. This review provides an overview of the latest developments in chemical characterization approaches for identification and quantification of compounds in complex organic mixtures associated with fine atmospheric particles and their use in chemical mass balance (CMB) and positive matrix factorization (PMF) source apportionment models.

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“…A detailed description of the analytical method can be found elsewhere (Engling et al, 2006;Iinuma et al, 2009). Briefly, a portion (2.2 cm 2 ) of each quartz fiber filter was extracted with 2.0 mL of de-ionized water (> 18.2 M resistivity) under ultrasonic agitation for 60 min.…”

Section: Chemical Analysesmentioning

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Assessing the regional impact of indonesian biomass burning emissions based on organic molecular tracers and chemical mass balance modeling

Engling

Betha

et al. 2014

Atmos. Chem. Phys.

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Abstract. Biomass burning activities commonly occur in Southeast Asia (SEA), and are particularly intense in Indonesia during the dry seasons. The effect of biomass smoke emissions on air quality in the city state of Singapore was investigated during a haze episode in October 2006. Substantially increased levels of airborne particulate matter (PM) and associated chemical species were observed during the haze period. Specifically, the enhancement in the concentration of molecular tracers for biomass combustion such as levoglucosan by as much as two orders of magnitude and the diagnostic ratios of individual organic compounds indicated that biomass burning emissions caused a regional smoke haze episode due to their long-range transport by prevailing winds. With the aid of air mass backward trajectories and chemical mass balance modeling, large-scale forest and peat fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan were identified as the sources of the smoke aerosol, exerting a significant impact on air quality in downwind areas, such as Singapore.

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Determination of levoglucosan in biomass combustion aerosol by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

Cited by 304 publications

References 39 publications

Organic compounds in PM2.5 emitted from fireplace and woodstove combustion of typical Portuguese wood species

Organic compounds in PM2.5 emitted from fireplace and woodstove combustion of typical Portuguese wood species

Review of Recent Advances in Detection of Organic Markers in Fine Particulate Matter and Their Use for Source Apportionment

Assessing the regional impact of indonesian biomass burning emissions based on organic molecular tracers and chemical mass balance modeling

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