Impact of Biomass Combustion on Urban Fine Particulate Matter in Central and Northern Europe

Saarikoski, Sanna; Sillanpää, Markus; Saarnio, Karri; Hillamo, Risto; Pennanen, Arto; Salonen, Raimo O.

doi:10.1007/s11270-008-9623-1

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“…The relationship between levoglucosan and K ws is considerably less close at our sites than was reported by Caseiro et al (2009) from measurements in Vienna, Graz and Salzburg. It is also lower than that reported by Saarikoski et al (2008) between monosaccharide anhydrides and potassium in four central and northern European cities. Additionally, the relationship between Delta-C and levoglucosan is weaker than that observed by Wang et al (2011) despite the fact that their data were not corrected for potassium from other sources.…”

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Comparison of methods for evaluation of wood smoke and estimation of UK ambient concentrations

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Abstract. Airborne concentrations of the wood smoke tracers, levoglucosan and fine potassium have been measured at urban and rural sites in the United Kingdom alongside measurements with a multi-wavelength aethalometer. The UK sites, and especially those in cities, show low ratios of levoglucosan to potassium in comparison to the majority of published data. It is concluded that there may be two distinct source types, one from wood stoves and fireplaces with a high organic carbon content, best represented by levoglucosan, the other from larger, modern appliances with a very high burn-out efficiency, best represented by potassium. Based upon levoglucosan concentrations and a conversion factor of 11.2 from levoglucosan to wood smoke mass, average concentrations of wood smoke including winter and summer sampling periods are 0.23 µg m −3 in Birmingham and 0.33 µg m −3 in London, well below concentrations typical of other northern European urban areas. There may be a further contribution from sources of potassium-rich emissions amounting to an estimated 0.08 µg m −3 in Birmingham and 0.30 µg m −3 in London. Concentrations were highly correlated between two London sites separated by 4 km suggesting that a regional source is responsible. Data from the aethalometer are either supportive of these conclusions or suggest higher concentrations, depending upon the way in which the data are analysed.

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Comparison of methods for evaluation of wood smoke and estimation of UK ambient concentrations

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“…Watson et al (2007) suggested a value of 4.2 for residential wood burning. OC/EC ratio 0.71 represents traffic, 0.8 heavy duty diesel vehicles and 2.2 light duty gasoline vehicles (Saarikoski et al, 2008b). For biomass burning OC/EC ratio reported was 7.7 (Zhang et al, 2007;Feng et al, 2009) and it was 12 for long range transport (Saarikoski et al, 2008b).…”

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Characterization of Particulate Matter and Carbonaceous Aerosol over Two Urban Environments in Northern India

Panicker

Ali

Beig

et al. 2015

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Monitoring and simultaneous sampling of Particulate matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5 ) was carried out for the first time over two urban sites in Northern India (Jabalpur and Udaipur) during December 2010-November 2012 (up to August 2012 over Udaipur). The samples of PM 2.5 were analyzed for elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) using advanced DRI Thermal optical carbon Analyzer. The monthly mean PM 10 values were as high as 149 ± 44 µg m -3 over Jabalpur (JBL) and 171 ± 42.2 µg m -3 over Udaipur (UDPR). PM 2.5 mass over JBL varied between 25-79 µg m -3 and over UDPR between 24-82 µg m -3. The monthly mean OC concentration varied from 12.5 ± 7.3 µg m -3 to 28.4 ± 10.7 µg m -3 over JBL and from 7.8 ± 2.9 to 39.7 ± 11.6 µg m -3 over UDPR. The variation of monthly mean EC concentration was from 3.9-10.3 µg m -3 over JBL and from 3-10.9 µg m -3 over UDPR. The contribution of TC to PM 2.5 was in the range of 31-75% over JBL and 30-83% over UDPR. The EC showed higher concentration in winter and minimal values in monsoon. The OC/EC ratio showed low variation over JBL compared to that over UDPR suggesting spectrum of sources responsible for EC and OC components over UDPR. Formation of secondary organic carbon (SOC) was also recognized as a potential component altering OC/EC ratio. Up on extracting the sub fractions, it is found that OC2 and OC3 are the major component over both the sites contributing up to 51% to the total OC in different months. EC1 (EC component derived at 580°C) was found to be the major EC component contributing up to 79% over the sites.

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“…However, it is well known that biomass combustion in domestic appliances is a significant emission source for air pollutants (Kocbach Bølling et al, 2009). Several studies were carried out in North America (e.g., Rogge et al, 1998, Purvis et al, 2000, Fine et al, 2004 andmore recently -in Europe (e.g., Boman et al, 2003, Saarikoski et al, 2008, Hellen et al, 2008, Caseiro et al, 2009. Together with NO x and CO, wood smoke consistently produces particulate matter (PM), contributing for a relevant share to the total PM2.5 and PM10 emitted.…”

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Contribution of wood combustion to PAH and PCDD/F concentrations in two urban sites in Northern Italy

Piazzalunga

Anzano

Collina

et al. 2013

Journal of Aerosol Science

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The use of residential wood combustion represents an important renewable energy source, but it contributes in a considerable way to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) concentration in urban as well as in rural sites. Moreover, recent studies pointed out wood burning as an important source of PAH.In the present work, the influence of wood combustion on PM was studied, investigating its contribution to the carbonaceous PM fraction and to benzo (

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Impact of Biomass Combustion on Urban Fine Particulate Matter in Central and Northern Europe

Cited by 74 publications

References 47 publications

Comparison of methods for evaluation of wood smoke and estimation of UK ambient concentrations

Comparison of methods for evaluation of wood smoke and estimation of UK ambient concentrations

Characterization of Particulate Matter and Carbonaceous Aerosol over Two Urban Environments in Northern India

Contribution of wood combustion to PAH and PCDD/F concentrations in two urban sites in Northern Italy

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