Distribution of environmentally persistent free radicals in size-segregated PMs emitted from residential biomass fuel combustion

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Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) are considered as an emerging pollutant due to their potential environmental risks, but the distribution characteristics of particulate matters (PMs)-EPFRs from residential combustion source are poorly understood. In this study, biomass (corn straw, rice straw, pine and jujube wood) combustion was studied in lab-controlled experiments. More than 80% of PM-EPFRs were distributed in PMs with aerodynamic diameter (dae) ≤ 2.1 µm, and their concentration in fine PMs was about 10 times that in coarse PM (2.1 µm ≤ dae ≤ 10 µm). The detected EPFRs were carbon-centered free radicals adjacent to oxygen atoms or a mixture of oxygen- and carbon-centered radicals. The concentrations of EPFRs in coarse and fine PMs were positively correlated with char-EC, but the EPFRs in fine PMs exhibited a negative correlation with soot-EC (p < 0.05). The increase of PM-EPFRs signals with the increased dilution ratio during pine wood combustion was more significant than that from rice straw, which may be resulted from the interactions between the condensable volatiles and the transition metals. Our study provides useful information for better understanding the formation of combustion-derived PM-EPFRs, and will be instructive for its purposeful emissions control.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:449

Enthalten in:

Journal of hazardous materials - 449(2023) vom: 05. Mai, Seite 130956

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Jinfeng [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Jianwu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Di [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Zhuo [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shunling [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Bo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dilution ratio
EPFRs
Generation
Journal Article
Particle size distributions
Solid fuel

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Date Completed 06.03.2023

Date Revised 06.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130956

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353189995