Chemical Fingerprinting of Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols from Sugar Cane Combustion : Complementary Findings from Field and Laboratory Studies

© 2024 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society..

Agricultural fires are a major source of biomass-burning organic aerosols (BBOAs) with impacts on health, the environment, and climate. In this study, globally relevant BBOA emissions from the combustion of sugar cane in both field and laboratory experiments were analyzed using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The derived chemical fingerprints of fresh emissions were evaluated using targeted and nontargeted evaluation approaches. The open-field sugar cane burning experiments revealed the high chemical complexity of combustion emissions, including compounds derived from the pyrolysis of (hemi)cellulose, lignin, and further biomass, such as pyridine and oxime derivatives, methoxyphenols, and methoxybenzenes, as well as triterpenoids. In comparison, laboratory experiments could only partially model the complexity of real combustion events. Our results showed high variability between the conducted field and laboratory experiments, which we, among others, discuss in terms of differences in combustion conditions, fuel composition, and atmospheric processing. We conclude that both field and laboratory studies have their merits and should be applied complementarily. While field studies under real-world conditions are essential to assess the general impact on air quality, climate, and environment, laboratory studies are better suited to investigate specific emissions of different biomass types under controlled conditions.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

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ACS earth & space chemistry - 8(2024), 3 vom: 21. März, Seite 533-546

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Englisch

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Hartner, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Gawlitta, Nadine [VerfasserIn]
Gröger, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Orasche, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Czech, Hendryk [VerfasserIn]
Geldenhuys, Genna-Leigh [VerfasserIn]
Jakobi, Gert [VerfasserIn]
Tiitta, Petri [VerfasserIn]
Yli-Pirilä, Pasi [VerfasserIn]
Kortelainen, Miika [VerfasserIn]
Sippula, Olli [VerfasserIn]
Forbes, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Zimmermann, Ralf [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00301

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NLM370227409