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Swift SJ, Sixtová N, Omezzine Gnioua M, Španěl P. A SIFT-MS study of positive and negative ion chemistry of the ortho-, meta- and para-isomers of cymene, cresol, and ethylphenol. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37377058 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02123h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) is a soft ionisation technique based on gas phase ion-molecule reaction kinetics for the quantification of trace amounts of volatile organic compound vapours. One of its previous limitations is difficulty in resolving isomers, although this can now be overcome using different reactivities of several available reagent cations and anions (H3O+, NO+, O2+˙, O-˙, OH-, O2-˙, NO2-, NO3-). Thus, the ion-molecule reactions of these eight ions with all isomers of the aromatic compounds cymene, cresol and ethylphenol were studied to explore the possibility of their immediate identification and quantification without chromatographic separation. Rate coefficients and product ion branching ratios determined experimentally for the 72 reactions are reported. DFT calculations of their energetics confirmed the feasibility of the suggested reaction pathways. All positive ion reactions proceeded fast but largely did not discriminate between the isomers. The reactivity of the anions was much more varied. In all cases, OH- reacts by proton transfer forming (M-H); NO2- and NO3- were unreactive. The differences observed for product ion branching ratios can be used to identify isomers approximately.
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- Stefan J Swift
- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of CAS, v.v.i, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague, Czechia.
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of CAS, v.v.i, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague, Czechia.
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of CAS, v.v.i, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague, Czechia.
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 120 00 Prague, Czechia
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of CAS, v.v.i, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague, Czechia.
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Evaluation of Typical Volatile Organic Compounds Levels in New Vehicles under Static and Driving Conditions. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19127048. [PMID: 35742297 PMCID: PMC9223280 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19127048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In modern societies, the air quality in vehicles has received extensive attention because a lot of time is spent within the indoor air compartment of vehicles. In order to further understand the level of air quality under different conditions in new vehicles, the vehicle interior air quality (VIAQ) in new vehicles with three different brands was investigated under static and driving conditions, respectively. Air sampling and analysis are conducted under the requirement of HJ/T 400-2007. Static vehicle tests demonstrate that with the increasing of vehicle interior air temperature in sunshine conditions, a higher concentration and different types of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) release from the interior materials than that in the environment test chamber, including alkanes, alcohols, ketones, benzenes, alkenes, aldehydes, esters and naphthalene. Driving vehicle tests demonstrate that the concentration of VOCs and total VOCs (TVOC) inside vehicles exposed to high temperatures will be reduced to the same level as that in the environment test chamber after a period of driving. The air pollutants mainly include alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons. However, the change trends of VOCs and TVOC vary under different conditions according to various kinds of factors, such as vehicle model, driving speed, air exchange rate, temperature, and types of substance with different boiling points inside the vehicles.
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Chen X, Zhang B, Wang D, Chen L, Du Z, Wu Y. Traceability of VOCs in tire inner liner by chromatography-mass spectrometry. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:9685-9692. [PMID: 34499301 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16284-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Many parts of the vehicle cabin generate volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and some are hazardous and/or odorous to humans. In this study, VOCs in the inner liner of automobile spare tire, including raw rubbers and resins, were detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with an extracting method of static headspace sampling (SHS). The results demonstrated that the sources of VOCs can be traced back to raw rubbers and resins: alkylphenol resins can release a large amount of 2,4,4-trimethyl-1-pentene and 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl-3-heptene; chlorobutyl rubber (CIIR) contained 3-methyl-pentane, and methyl-cyclopentane, and these VOCs are odorous. When alkylphenol resin and natural rubber (NR) with low VOCs were used to replace the corresponding resin and NR in the initial formulation, the total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) in the inner liner could be reduced. We expected that the information gained from this work could provide a basic reference for the manufacture of environmental-friendly tire products.
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- Xin Chen
- The Key Laboratory of Beijing on Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- College of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- The Key Laboratory of Beijing on Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Zhong Ce Rubber Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, 310014, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhong Ce Rubber Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, 310014, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
- The Key Laboratory of Beijing on Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Beijing on Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Jensen A, Liu Z, Tan W, Dix B, Chen T, Koss A, Zhu L, Li L, de Gouw J. Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Changzhou, China. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 2021; 48:e2021GL095560. [PMID: 34924637 PMCID: PMC8667654 DOI: 10.1029/2021gl095560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 prompted strict lockdowns, reduced human activity, and reduced emissions of air pollutants. We measured volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using a proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry instrument in Changzhou, China from 8 January through 27 March, including periods of pre-lockdown, strict measures (level 1), and more relaxed measures (level 2). We analyze the data using positive matrix factorization and resolve four factors: textile industrial emissions (62 ± 10% average reduction during level 1 relative to pre-lockdown), pharmaceutical industrial emissions (40 ± 20%), traffic emissions (71 ± 10%), and secondary chemistry (20 ± 20%). The two industrial sources showed different responses to the lockdown, so emissions from the industrial sector should not be scaled uniformly. The quantified changes in VOCs due to the lockdowns constrain emission inventories and inform chemistry-transport models, particularly for sectors where activity data are sparse, as the effects of lockdowns on air quality are explored.
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- Andrew Jensen
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
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- School of Environmental and Chemical EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghaiChina
- Changzhou Institute of Environmental ScienceChangzhouChina
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
- Environment Research InstituteShandong UniversityQingdaoChina
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- School of Environmental and Chemical EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
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Baysal E, Uzun UC, Ertaş FN, Goksel O, Pelit L. Development of a new needle trap-based method for the determination of some volatile organic compounds in the indoor environment. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 277:130251. [PMID: 33774250 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are a large group of chemicals mostly found in indoor environments such as homes and workplaces. Long term exposure to certain VOCs can cause symptoms in some individuals and therefore, monitoring and controlling air quality can help better manage chronic respiratory diseases. In this study, we aimed to develop an easy-to-use, economical, in house needle trap-based methodology to detect certain VOCs to be used for public and occupational health. For this purpose, a multi-bed (packed with PDMS/Carbopack-X/Carboxen-1000) needle trap device (NTD) was utilized for sampling, enrichment, and injection of the VOCs into the gas chromatography. The performance of the developed method was investigated for the analysis of the group known as BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene). Operational and instrumental parameters such as sampling flow rate and relative humidity, desorption time and temperature were optimized, and the analytical figures of merit of the proposed method have indicated that very low levels of BTEX in air samples can be easily determined by this new method. Overall results have shown that multi-bed NTD offers a high sensitive procedure for sampling and analysis of BTEX in concentration range of 0.002-0.298 mg/m3 in indoor air.
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- Ertan Baysal
- Ege University Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- Ege University Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- Ege University Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey; EgeSAM-Ege University Translational Pulmonary Research Center, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Immunology, Allergy and Asthma, Laboratory of Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey; EgeSAM-Ege University Translational Pulmonary Research Center, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- Ege University Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey; EgeSAM-Ege University Translational Pulmonary Research Center, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
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Deng B, Hou K, Chen Y, Chen Z, Duan X, Huang Z, Tao D. Quantitative detection, sources exploration and reduction of in-cabin benzene series hazards of electric buses through climate chamber experiments. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 412:125107. [PMID: 33516107 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, a large-scale in-cabin benzene series hazard detection is firstly performed on 20 electric buses by a full-scale climate chamber. The sources of BTEX are analyzed deeply by parts detection, and a series of effective measures are performed to reduce BTEX. Firstly, the in-cabin BTEX pollution with considerations of a series of parameters, such as interior configuration, environment temperature, vehicle age, and ventilation mode, is analyzed. The result shows that: 1) The VOCs concentrations decrease with vehicle age, higher configuration level and better ventilation system (particularly, fresh wind mode reduce VOCs fastly), while increases with environment temperature; 2) BTEX in bus cabins occupy approximatively 70.1% of TVOC, thus the BTEX overproof is the main culprit which causes VOCs to exceed standard. Then, measurements on components/materials VOCs releases were performed in a small climate chamber to discriminate key species and their sources. Xylene released from glues materials is found as a key species that causes BTEX/VOC to exceed limitation. Lastly, some measures, such as optimizations of materials selection and manufacturing crafts, are adopted to improve in-cabin pollution, and positive effects are obtained. For example, ethylbenzene and xylene released from HL 125 (a polyurethane adhesive) decrease by 2456% and 1930% respectively after improvement. And in-cabin xylene and TVOC decrease by 2274% and 222%, respectively, and all of them are lower than limitation value.
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- Banglin Deng
- College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China.
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- College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; Electric Bus R&D Center of BYD Commercial Vehicle R&D Institute, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
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- College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Modeling In-Vehicle VOCs Distribution from Cabin Interior Surfaces under Solar Radiation. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12145526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In-vehicle air pollution has become a public health priority worldwide, especially for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from the vehicle interiors. Although existing literature shows VOCs emission is temperature-dependent, the impact of solar radiation on VOCs distribution in enclosed cabin space is not well understood. Here we made an early effort to investigate the VOCs levels in vehicle microenvironments using numerical modeling. We evaluated the model performance using a number of turbulence and radiation model combinations to predict heat transfer coupled with natural convection, heat conduction and radiation with a laboratory airship. The Shear–Stress Transport (SST) k-ω model, Surface-to-surface (S2S) model and solar load model were employed to investigate the thermal environment of a closed automobile cabin under solar radiation in the summer. A VOCs emission model was employed to simulate the spatial distribution of VOCs. Our finding shows that solar radiation plays a critical role in determining the temperature distribution in the cabin, which can increase by 30 °C for directly exposed cabin surfaces and 10 °C for shaded ones, respectively. Ignoring the thermal radiation reduced the accuracy of temperature and airflow prediction. Due to the strong temperature dependence, the hotter interiors such as the dashboard and rear board released more VOCs per unit time and area. A VOC plume rose from the interior sources as a result of the thermal buoyancy flow. A total of 19 mg of VOCs was released from the interiors within two simulated hours from 10:00 am to noon. The findings, such as modeled spatial distributions of VOCs, provide a key reference to automakers, who are paying increasing attention to cabin environment and the health of drivers and passengers.
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Qin D, Guo B, Zhou J, Cheng H, Chen X. Indoor air formaldehyde (HCHO) pollution of urban coach cabins. Sci Rep 2020; 10:332. [PMID: 31941990 PMCID: PMC6962397 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57263-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Urban coach cabin is an important indoor environment for long journey, formaldehyde (HCHO) is a carcinogenic gas and damages indoor air quality of cabins. In order to control the HCHO pollution, the air samples inside cabins were analysed with a thermally desorbed gas chromatograph, and the HCHO diffusion was simulated with a methodology of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Results show that through the experimental monitoring, the HCHO pollution level range from 33.6 to 142.3 μg/m3, decrease quickly with time, and the attenuation trendline is univariate cubic equation. Through the CFD simulation, the indoor temperature and HCHO level of cabin front and rear ends are higher than ones of other areas for the insufficient air supply and the unreasonable arrangement of air exhaust outlet. Moreover, through the CFD simulation, the HCHO level decreases with height growth of breathing zone and increasing air supply speed, and fresh air lead to diffusion of HCHO pollution from cabin seat area to the surrounding area. Through the CFD simulation, the HCHO pollution under the wind speeds of 3~5 m/s is higher than the HCHO limit level from indoor air standard of China vehicles, which shows that the HCHO emission of cabin seat has an important impact on airborne HCHO pollution inside vehicle cabins.
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- Daocong Qin
- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Waste Resource Recovery, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China.
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Moreno T, Pacitto A, Fernández A, Amato F, Marco E, Grimalt JO, Buonanno G, Querol X. Vehicle interior air quality conditions when travelling by taxi. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2019; 172:529-542. [PMID: 30852456 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Vehicle interior air quality (VIAQ) was investigated inside 14 diesel/non-diesel taxi pairs operating simultaneously and under normal working conditions over six weekday hours (10.00-16.00) in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Parameters measured included PM10 mass and inorganic chemistry, ultrafine particle number (N) and size, lung surface deposited area (LDSA), black carbon (BC), CO2, CO, and a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Most taxi drivers elected to drive with windows open, thus keeping levels of CO2 and internally-generated VOCs low but exposing them to high levels of traffic-related air pollutants entering from outside and confirming that air exchange rates are the dominant influence on VIAQ. Median values of N and LDSA (both sensitive markers of VIAQ fluctuations and likely health effects) were reduced to around 104 #/cm3 and < 20 µm2/cm3 respectively under closed conditions, but more than doubled with windows open and sometimes approached 105 #/cm3 and 240 µm2/cm3. In exceptional traffic conditions, transient pollution peaks caused by outside infiltration exceeded N = 106 #/cm3 and LDSA= 1000 µm2/cm3. Indications of self-pollution were implicated by higher BC and CO levels, and larger UFP sizes, measured inside diesel taxis as compared to their non-diesel pair, and the highest concentrations of CO (>2 ppm) were commonly associated with older, high-km diesel taxis. Median PM10 concentrations (67 µg/m3) were treble those of urban background, mainly due to increased levels of organic and elemental carbon, with source apportionment calculations identifying the main pollutants as vehicle exhaust and non-exhaust particles. Enhancements in PM10 concentrations of Cr, Cu, Sn, Sb, and a "High Field Strength Element" zircon-related group characterised by Zr, Hf, Nb, Y and U, are attributed mainly to the presence of brake-derived PM. Volatile organic compounds display a mixture which reflects the complexity of traffic-related organic carbon emissions infiltrating the taxi interior, with 2-methylbutane and n-pentane being the most abundant VOCs, followed by toluene, m-xylene, o-xylene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, ethylbenzene, p-xylene, benzene, and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. Internally sourced VOCs included high monoterpene concentrations from an air freshener, and interior off-gassing may explain why the youngest taxi registered the highest content of alkanes and aromatic compounds. Carbon dioxide concentrations quickly climbed to undesirable levels (>2500 ppm) under closed ventilation conditions and could stay high for much of the working day. Taxi drivers face daily occupational exposure to traffic-related air pollutants and would benefit from a greater awareness of VIAQ issues, notably the use of ventilation, to encourage them to minimise possible health effects caused by their working environment.
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- Teresa Moreno
- Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Studies (IDAEA), CSIC, 18-26 Jordi Girona, Barcelona 08034, Spain.
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- Dept. of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Studies (IDAEA), CSIC, 18-26 Jordi Girona, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Studies (IDAEA), CSIC, 18-26 Jordi Girona, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Studies (IDAEA), CSIC, 18-26 Jordi Girona, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Studies (IDAEA), CSIC, 18-26 Jordi Girona, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Dept. of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy; International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Studies (IDAEA), CSIC, 18-26 Jordi Girona, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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Kaunelienė V, Meišutovič-Akhtarieva M, Martuzevičius D. A review of the impacts of tobacco heating system on indoor air quality versus conventional pollution sources. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 206:568-578. [PMID: 29778082 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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With the introduction of novel and potentially less polluting nicotine containing products to the market, the impacts of their usage to indoor air quality as opposed to conventional pollution sources must be reviewed and considered. This review study aimed to comparatively analyse changes in indoor air quality as the consequence of tobacco heating system (THS) generated pollution against general indoor air quality in various micro-environments, especially with combustion-based pollution sources present. Indoor concentrations of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, toluene, nicotine and PM2.5 were reviewed and compared; concentrations of other harmful and potentially harmful substances (HPHCs) were discussed. Generally, the usage of THS has been associated with lower or comparable indoor air pollutant concentrations compared against other conventional indoor sources or environments, in most cases distinguishable above background, thus potentially being associated with health effects at prolonged exposures as any other artificial air pollution source. In the controlled environment the use of THS (as well as an electronic cigarette) resulted in the lowest concentrations of formaldehyde, benzene, toluene, PM2.5, among majority researched pollution sources (conventional cigarettes, waterpipe, incense, mosquito coils). The exposure to significantly higher pollution levels of benzene, toluene, and formaldehyde occurred in public environments, especially transport micro-environments. Such low levels of conventionally-assessed indoor pollutants resulting from the use of new nicotine containing products raise challenges for epidemiological studies of second-hand exposure to THS aerosol in real-life environments.
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- Violeta Kaunelienė
- Department of Environmental Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, LT50254, Lithuania.
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, LT50254, Lithuania
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, LT50254, Lithuania
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Khan MFS, Wu J, Liu B, Cheng C, Akbar M, Chai Y, Memon A. Fluorescence and photophysical properties of xylene isomers in water: with experimental and theoretical approaches. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:171719. [PMID: 29515881 PMCID: PMC5830770 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A thorough analysis of the photophysical properties involved in electronic transitions in excitation-emission spectra of xylene isomers has been carried out using the time-dependent density functional theory (PBEPBE/6-31 + G(d,p)) method. For the first time a structural and spectroscopic investigation to distinguish isomers of xylene, a widespread priority pollutant, was conducted experimentally and theoretically. The fluorescence properties of xylene isomers (sole and mixture (binary and ternary)) in water were studied. The fluorescence peak intensities of xylenes were linearly correlated to concentration, in the order of p-xylene > o-xylene > m-xylene at an excitation/emission wavelength (ex/em) of 260 nm/285 nm for o-, m-xylene and ex/em 265 nm/290 nm for p-xylene at the same concentration. The theoretical excitation/emission wavelengths were at ex/em 247 nm/267 nm, 248 nm/269 nm and 251 nm/307 nm for o-, m- and p-xylene, respectively. The vertical excitation and emission state energies of p-xylene (ex/em 4.94 eV/4.03 eV) were lower and the internal conversion energy difference (0.90 eV) was higher than those of m-xylene (ex/em 5.00 eV/4.60 eV) (0.4 eV) and o-xylene (ex/em 5.02 eV/4.64 eV) (0.377 eV). The order of theoretical emission and oscillator strength (0.0187 > 0.0175 > 0.0339) for p-xylene > o-xylene > m-xylene was observed to be in agreement with the experimental fluorescence intensities. These findings provide a novel fast method to distinguish isomers based on their photophysical properties.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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Lu YY, Lin Y, Zhang H, Ding D, Sun X, Huang Q, Lin L, Chen YJ, Chi YL, Dong S. Evaluation of Volatile Organic Compounds and Carbonyl Compounds Present in the Cabins of Newly Produced, Medium- and Large-Size Coaches in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2016; 13:ijerph13060596. [PMID: 27314375 PMCID: PMC4924053 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13060596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An air-conditioned coach is an important form of transportation in modern motorized society; as a result, there is an increasing concern of in-vehicle air pollution. In this study, we aimed to identify and quantify the levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and carbonyl compounds (CCs) in air samples collected from the cabins of newly produced, medium- and large-size coaches. Among the identified VOCs and CCs, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein/acetone, and isovaleraldehyde were relatively abundant in the cabins. Time was found to affect the emissions of the contaminants in the coaches. Except for benzaldehyde, valeraldehyde and benzene, the highest in-vehicle concentrations of VOCs and CCs were observed on the 15th day after coming off the assembly line, and the concentrations exhibited an approximately inverted U-shaped pattern as a function of time. Interestingly, this study also showed that the interior temperature of the coaches significantly affected the VOCs emissions from the interior materials, whereas the levels of CCs were mainly influenced by the relative humidity within the coaches. In China, guidelines and regulations for the in-vehicle air quality assessment of the coaches have not yet been issued. The results of this study provide further understanding of the in-vehicle air quality of air-conditioned coaches and can be used in the development of both specific and general rules regarding medium- and large-size coaches.
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- Yan-Yang Lu
- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
- Center for Excellence in Urban Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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Raboni M, Torretta V, Viotti P. Airborne toluene removal for minimizing occupational health exposure by means of a trickle-bed biofilter. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:11751-11758. [PMID: 26946504 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6352-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The paper presents the experimental results on a biotrickling pilot plant, with a water scrubber as pre-treatment, finalized to the treatment of an airborne toluene stream in a working place. The air stream was characterized by a very high variability of the inlet concentrations of toluene (range: 4.35-68.20 mg Nm(-3)) with an average concentrations of 16.41 mg Nm(-3). The pilot plant has proved its effectiveness in toluene removal, along a 90-day experimentation period, in steady-state conditions. The scrubbing pre-treatment has achieved an average removal efficiency of 69.9 %, but in particular it has proven its suitability in the rough removal of the toluene peak concentrations, allowing a great stability to the following biological process. The biotrickling stage has achieved an additional average removal efficiency of 75.6 %, confirming the good biodegradability of toluene. The biofilm observation by a scanning confocal laser microscope has evidenced a biofilm thickness of 650 μm fully penetrated by toluene degrading bacteria. Among the micro-population Pseudomonas putida resulted the dominant specie. This bacterium can therefore be considered the responsible for most of the toluene degradation. The whole experimented process has determined an average 92.7 % for toluene removal efficiency. This result meets the most stringent limits and recommendations for occupational safety, given by authoritative organizations in the USA and EU; it also meets the odorous threshold concentration of 11.1 mg Nm(-3).
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- Massimo Raboni
- School of Industrial Engineering, University LIUC-Cattaneo, Corso Matteotti 22, I-21053, Castellanza, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnologies and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, I-21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Roma "La Sapienza", Via Eudossiana 18, I-00184, Rome, Italy.
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Chen X, Feng L, Luo H, Cheng H. Health risk equations and risk assessment of airborne benzene homologues exposure to drivers and passengers in taxi cabins. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:4797-4811. [PMID: 26538262 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5678-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Interior air environment and health problems of vehicles have attracted increasing attention, and benzene homologues (BHs) including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, and styrene are primary hazardous gases in vehicular cabins. The BHs impact on the health of passengers and drivers in 38 taxis is assessed, and health risk equations of in-car BHs to different drivers and passengers are induced. The health risk of in-car BHs for male drivers is the highest among all different receptors and is 1.04, 6.67, and 6.94 times more than ones for female drivers, male passengers, and female passengers, respectively. In-car BHs could not lead to the non-cancer health risk to all passengers and drivers as for the maximal value of non-cancer indices is 0.41 and is less than the unacceptable value (1.00) of non-cancer health risk from USEPA. However, in-car BHs lead to cancer health risk to drivers as for the average value of cancer indices is 1.21E-04 which is 1.21 times more than the unacceptable value (1.00E-04) of cancer health risk from USEPA. Finally, for in-car airborne benzene concentration (X, μg/m(3)) to male drivers, female drivers, male passengers, and female passengers, the cancer health risk equations are Y = 1.48E-06X, Y = 1.42E-06X, Y = 2.22E-07X, and Y = 2.13E-07X, respectively, and the non-cancer health risk equations are Y = 1.70E-03X, Y = 1.63E-03X, Y = 2.55E-04X, and Y = 2.45E-04X, respectively.
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- Xiaokai Chen
- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yunnan University of Nationalities, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
- National Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Industrial Resource Recycling, Kunming, 650500, China
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Torretta V, Collivignarelli MC, Raboni M, Viotti P. Experimental treatment of a refinery waste air stream, for BTEX removal, by water scrubbing and biotrickling on a bed of Mitilus edulis shells. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2015; 36:2300-2307. [PMID: 25744082 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2015.1026289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The paper presents the results of a two-stage pilot plant for the removal of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) from a waste air stream of a refinery wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The pilot plant consisted of a water scrubber followed by a biotrickling filter (BTF). The exhausted air was drawn from the main works of the WWTP in order to prevent the free migration to the atmosphere of these volatile hazardous contaminants. Concentrations were detected at average values of 12.4 mg Nm(-3) for benzene, 11.1 mg Nm(-3) for toluene, 2.7 mg Nm(-3) for ethylbenzene and 9.5 mg Nm(-3) for xylene, with considerable fluctuation mainly for benzene and toluene (peak concentrations of 56.8 and 55.0 mg Nm(-3), respectively). The two treatment stages proved to play an effective complementary task: the water scrubber demonstrated the ability to remove the concentration peaks, whereas the BTF was effective as a polishing stage. The overall average removal efficiency achieved was 94.8% while the scrubber and BTF elimination capacity were 37.8 and 15.6 g BTEX d(-1) m(-3), respectively. This result has led to outlet average concentrations of 1.02, 0.25, 0.32 and 0.26 mg Nm(-3) for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene, respectively. The paper also compares these final concentrations with toxic and odour threshold concentrations.
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- Vincenzo Torretta
- a Department of Biotechnologies and Life Sciences , Insubria University of Varese , Via G.B. Vico, 46, I-21100 Varese , Italy
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Brodzik K, Faber J, Łomankiewicz D, Gołda-Kopek A. In-vehicle VOCs composition of unconditioned, newly produced cars. J Environ Sci (China) 2014; 26:1052-1061. [PMID: 25079635 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(13)60459-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The in-vehicle volatile organic compounds (VOCs) concentrations gains the attention of both car producers and users. In the present study, an attempt was made to determine if analysis of air samples collected from an unconditioned car cabin can be used as a quality control measure. The VOCs composition of in-vehicle air was analyzed by means of active sampling on Carbograph 1TD and Tenax TA sorbents, followed by thermal desorption and simultaneous analysis on flame ionization and mass detector (TD-GC/FID-MS). Nine newly produced cars of the same brand and model were chosen for this study. Within these, four of the vehicles were equipped with identical interior materials and five others differed in terms of upholstery and the presence of a sunroof; one car was convertible. The sampling event took place outside of the car assembly plant and the cars tested left the assembly line no later than 24 hr before the sampling took place. More than 250 compounds were present in the samples collected; the identification of more than 160 was confirmed by comparative mass spectra analysis and 80 were confirmed by both comparison with single/multiple compounds standards and mass spectra analysis. In general, aliphatic hydrocarbons represented more than 60% of the total VOCs (TVOC) determined. Depending on the vehicle, the concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons varied from 12% to 27% of total VOCs. The very short period between car production and sampling of the in-vehicle air permits the assumption that the entire TVOC originates from off-gassing of interior materials. The results of this study expand the knowledge of in-vehicle pollution by presenting information about car cabin air quality immediately after car production.
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- Krzysztof Brodzik
- BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Institute Ltd, Sarni Stok 93, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
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- BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Institute Ltd, Sarni Stok 93, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland
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- BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Institute Ltd, Sarni Stok 93, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland
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- BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Institute Ltd, Sarni Stok 93, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland
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