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Shen W, Wang M, Dong X. Enhanced Aging of Black Carbon under Recent Clean Air Actions and Future Carbon Neutrality Scenario in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:13697-13706. [PMID: 39026181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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China has implemented strict emission control measures, but it is unclear how they affect black carbon (BC) aging and light absorption. Here, we use the Community Atmosphere Model version 6 (CAM6) with the four-mode version of the Modal Aerosol Module coupled with machine learning (MAM4-ML) to simulate BC aging during 2011-2018 and 2050/2100 following a carbon neutrality scenario (SSP1-2.6), respectively. During 2011-2018, the mass ratio of coatings to BC (RBC) widely increased (5.4% yr-1) over the east of China. The increased secondary organic aerosol (SOA) coatings dominate (88%) the increased RBC, while the sulfate coatings decrease. The drivers of BC coating changes come from the different magnitudes of emission reductions in secondary aerosol precursors (i.e., volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and SO2) and BC. During 2011-2018, the increased RBC enhances the BC mass absorption cross section (MAC, 0.7% yr-1). In 2050/2100 for SSP1-2.6, emission control leads to further increased RBC (95/145%) and BC MAC (12/17%). For both 2011-2018 and 2050/2100, the enhanced BC MAC partly offsets the declining direct radiative effect (DRE) of BC due to direct emission reduction. As a result, the full impact of direct emission reductions of BC on BC DRE is only 75% for 2011-2018 and 90/94% for 2050/2100.
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- Wenxiang Shen
- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences and Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences and Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences and Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Ma Q, Chu B, He H. Revealing the Contribution of Interfacial Processes to Atmospheric Oxidizing Capacity in Haze Chemistry. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:6071-6076. [PMID: 38551192 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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The atmospheric oxidizing capacity is the most important driving force for the chemical transformation of pollutants in the atmosphere. Traditionally, the atmospheric oxidizing capacity mainly depends on the concentration of O3 and other gaseous oxidants. However, the atmospheric oxidizing capacity based on gas-phase oxidation cannot accurately describe the explosive growth of secondary particulate matter under complex air pollution. From the chemical perspective, the atmospheric oxidizing capacity mainly comes from the activation of O2, which can be achieved in both gas-phase and interfacial processes. In the heterogeneous or multiphase formation pathways of secondary particulate matter, the enhancement of oxidizing capacity ascribed to the O2/H2O-involved interfacial oxidation and hydrolysis processes is an unrecognized source of atmospheric oxidizing capacity. Revealing the enhanced oxidizing capacity due to interfacial processes in high-concentration particulate matter environments and its contribution to the formation of secondary pollution are critical in understanding haze chemistry. The accurate evaluation of atmospheric oxidizing capacity ascribed to interfacial processes is also an important scientific basis for the implementation of PM2.5 and O3 collaborative control in China and around the world.
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- Qingxin Ma
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Liu Q, Liu Y, Yang Z, Qi X, Schauer JJ. High loadings of carbonaceous aerosols from wood smoke in the atmosphere of Beijing from 2015 to 2017: Implications for energy transition policy. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 344:123240. [PMID: 38154780 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Recently, biomass has been regarded as a promising option for solid energy in China, which is promoted in the residential sector and firing power plants. We collected 200 PM2.5 samples (particulate matter with a aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 μm) at multi-sites across Beijing from three individual sampling cases from 2015 to 2017. The levels of OC, OC fractions, EC, EC fractions, as well as K+ were measured. Then, we adopted the Positive Matrix Factorization 5.0 to apportion the sources of carbonaceous aerosols. The source apportionment results were compared with the estimates of source contribution using the bottom-up technical method with the latest emission inventories after the Action Plan was put into effect in 2013. Our results demonstrate that high pollution of carbonaceous aerosols originated from wood smoking based on the receptor modeling and bottom-up technical method in Beijing from 2015 to 2017. Future energy transition policy should focus on the technologies and regulations for reducing emissions from renewable biomass fuel combustion. This study highlights the importance of regulations that address emissions controls on fuels replacing coal combustion to meet the needs to mitigate air pollution from primary energy use.
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- Qingyang Liu
- Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical and Chemical Analysis), Beijing, 100089, China; College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical and Chemical Analysis), Beijing, 100089, China; Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing, 100074, China.
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- Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing, 100074, China
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- Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical and Chemical Analysis), Beijing, 100089, China
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- Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Wu B, Wu Z, Yao Z, Shen X, Cao X. Refined mass absorption cross-section of black carbon from typical non-road mobile machinery in China based on real-world measurements. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 908:168579. [PMID: 37967631 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) is becoming a more prominent contribution of black carbon (BC), and mass absorption cross-section (MAC) as an essential parameter to characterize the BC optical property is still not clear. In this study, we explored the impacts of key factors on the MAC of BC based on real-world measurements from 41 typical NRMM. We characterized the organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), and found MAC values of BC from NRMM increase as the OC/EC mass ratios increase, since the OC coating can enhance BC light absorption. With more stringent emission standards, the MAC values of all tested NRMM show a significant decreasing trend. Meanwhile, we found the absorption coefficients obtained by filter-based (bfilter) and in-situ-based (bin-situ) methods present good correlation for NRMM in this study, but bfilter are significantly higher than bin-situ when bfilter are above 40,000 Mm-1. Furthermore, we have refined the MAC values under different emission standards, and recommended a more appropriate MAC value (11.5 ± 3.4 m2/g) of NRMM at 550 nm wavelength, which is 1.5 times of the MAC value (7.5 m2/g) commonly used in previous studies. Our results will be indispensable for accurate BC quantification from NRMM and climate radiative effects prediction.
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- Bobo Wu
- School of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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Peng Y, Cao LM, Wei J, Cheng Y, Yu K, Du K, Huang XF. Key drivers to heterogeneity evolution of black carbon-containing particles in real atmosphere. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 897:166394. [PMID: 37597544 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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The evolution of black carbon (BC) particles during atmospheric aging led to the complexity of their environmental and climate effect assessment. This study simultaneously measured the heterogeneous distribution of multi-level microphysical properties of BC-containing particles (i.e., BC mass concentration, coating amounts, and morphology) by a suite of state-of-the-art instruments, and investigated how atmospheric processing influence these heterogeneities. Our field measurements show that the mixing states of atmospheric BC-containing particles exhibit a clear dependence on BC core diameters. The particles with small BC core sizes (80-160 nm) are coated and reshaped more rapidly in real atmosphere, with coating-to-BC mass ratios (MR) and non-spherical fractions of 5.1 ± 1.2 and 61 ± 19 %, respectively. Conversely, the particles with large core sizes (240-320 nm) are thinly coated and fractal, with MR and non-spherical fractions of 4.0 ± 0.3 and 74 ± 15 %, respectively. Furthermore, primary emissions result in low heterogeneity in coating amount but great heterogeneity in morphology between BC-containing particles of different sizes, while photochemical processing would enhance heterogeneity in coating amount but weaken the heterogeneity in morphology. Overall, our field measurement of multi-level microphysical properties highlights that BC core size and atmospheric processing are the key factors that drive the heterogeneity evolution of BC-containing particles in real atmosphere.
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- Yan Peng
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Observation Supersite, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Observation Supersite, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China; Environmental Laboratory, PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Observation Supersite, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Observation Supersite, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Environmental Laboratory, PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution, Shenzhen 518057, China; Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Observation Supersite, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Chen S, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Tian J, Wang J, Ho SSH, Li L, Ran W, Han Y, Pavese G, Cao J. Heterogeneous characteristics and absorption enhancement of refractory black carbon in an urban city of China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 879:162997. [PMID: 36966831 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In this study, field measurement was conducted using an integrated online monitoring system to characterize heterogeneous properties and light absorption of refractory black carbon (rBC). rBC particles are mainly from the incomplete combustion of carbonaceous fuels. With the data collected from a single particle soot photometer, thickly coated (BCkc) and thinly coated (BCnc) particles are characterized with their lag times. With different responses to the precipitation, a dramatical decline of 83 % in the number concentration of BCkc is shown after rainfall, while that of BCnc decreases by 39 %. There is a contrast in core size distribution that BCkc is always with larger particle sizes but has smaller core mass median diameters (MMD) than BCnc. The mean rBC-containing particle mass absorption cross-section (MAC) is 6.70 ± 1.52 m2 g-1, while the corresponding rBC core is 4.90 ± 1.02 m2 g-1. Interestingly, there are wide variations in the core MAC values which range by 57 % from 3.79 to 5.95 m2 g-1, which are also closely related to those of the whole rBC-containing particles with a Pearson correlation of 0.58 (p < 0.01). Errors would be made if we eliminate the discrepancies and set the core MAC as a constant when calculating absorption enhancement (Eabs). In this study, the mean Eabs is 1.37 ± 0.11 while the source apportionment shows that there are five contributors of Eabs including secondary aging (37 %), coal combustion (26 %), fugitive dust (15 %), biomass burning (13 %) and traffic-related emissions (9 %). Secondary aging is found to be the highest contributor due to the liquid phase reactions in formations of secondary inorganic aerosol. Our study characterizes property diversities and provides insights into the sources impacting the light absorption of rBC and will be helpful for controlling it in the future.
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- Shuoyuan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China; Guanzhong Plain Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Treatment National Observation and Research Station, Xi'an 710061, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, NV 89512, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; Guanzhong Plain Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Treatment National Observation and Research Station, Xi'an 710061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China; Guanzhong Plain Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Treatment National Observation and Research Station, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Tito Scalo, PZ 85050, Italy
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Zito P, Podgorski DC, Tarr MA. Emerging Chemical Methods for Petroleum and Petroleum-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2023; 16:429-450. [PMID: 37314877 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-091522-110825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Despite the fact that oil chemistry and oils spills have been studied for many years, there are still emerging techniques and unknown processes to be explored. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in a revival of oil spill research across a wide range of fields. These studies provided many new insights, but unanswered questions remain. Over 1,000 journal articles related to the Deepwater Horizon spill are indexed by the Chemical Abstract Service. Numerous ecological, human health, and organismal studies were published. Analytical tools applied to the spill include mass spectrometry, chromatography, and optical spectroscopy. Owing to the large scale of studies, this review focuses on three emerging areas that have been explored but remain underutilized in oil spill characterization: excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy, black carbon analysis, and trace metal analysis using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
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- Phoebe Zito
- Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA;
- Chemical Analysis and Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA;
- Chemical Analysis and Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA;
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