Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking Emissions

In the present work, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from vehicle exhaust and cooking fumes were investigated via simulation experiments, which covered engine emissions produced during gasoline direct injection (GDI) using two kinds of fuels and cooking emissions produced by preparing three domest...

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Main Authors: Rui Tan, Song Guo, Sihua Lu, Hui Wang, Wenfei Zhu, Ying Yu, Rongzhi Tang, Ruizhe Shen, Kai Song, Daqi Lv, Wenbin Zhang, Zhou Zhang, Shijin Shuai, Shuangde Li, Yunfa Chen, Yan Ding
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author Rui Tan
Song Guo
Sihua Lu
Hui Wang
Wenfei Zhu
Ying Yu
Rongzhi Tang
Ruizhe Shen
Kai Song
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Wenbin Zhang
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Shijin Shuai
Shuangde Li
Yunfa Chen
Yan Ding
author_facet Rui Tan
Song Guo
Sihua Lu
Hui Wang
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Shijin Shuai
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description In the present work, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from vehicle exhaust and cooking fumes were investigated via simulation experiments, which covered engine emissions produced during gasoline direct injection (GDI) using two kinds of fuels and cooking emissions produced by preparing three domestic dishes. The distinct characteristics of VOCs emitted during the two processes were identified. Alkanes (73% mass fraction on average) and aromatics (15% on average) dominated the vehicle VOCs, while oxygenated VOCs (49%) and alkanes (29%) dominated the cooking VOCs. Isopentane (22%) was the most abundant species among the vehicle VOCs. N-hexanal (20%) dominated the cooking VOCs. The n-hexanal-to-n-pentanal ratio (3.68 ± 0.64) was utilized to identify cooking VOCs in ambient air. The ozone formation potential produced by cooking VOCs was from 1.39 to 1.93 times higher than that produced by vehicle VOCs, which indicates the significant potential contribution of cooking VOCs to atmospheric ozone. With the equivalent photochemical age increasing from 0 h to 72 h, the secondary organic aerosol formation by vehicle VOCs was from 3% to 38% higher than that of cooking VOCs. Controlling cooking emissions can reduce SOA pollution in a short time due to its higher SOA formation rate than that of vehicle VOCs within the first 30 h. However, after 30 h of oxidation, the amount of SOAs formed by vehicle exhaust emissions exceeded the amount of SOAs produced by cooking activities, implying that reducing vehicle emissions will benefit particle pollution for a longer time. Our results highlight the importance of VOCs produced by cooking fumes, which has not been given much attention before. Further, our study suggested that more research on semi-volatile organic compounds produced by cooking emissions should be conducted in the future.
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spelling doaj.art-2fba04686f63415396f9058c1719a0882023-11-18T00:25:08ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332023-04-0114580610.3390/atmos14050806Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking EmissionsRui Tan0Song Guo1Sihua Lu2Hui Wang3Wenfei Zhu4Ying Yu5Rongzhi Tang6Ruizhe Shen7Kai Song8Daqi Lv9Wenbin Zhang10Zhou Zhang11Shijin Shuai12Shuangde Li13Yunfa Chen14Yan Ding15State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaInstitute of Energy and Climate Research, Troposphere (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428 Jülich, GermanySchool of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100871, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emission Control and Simulation, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, ChinaIn the present work, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from vehicle exhaust and cooking fumes were investigated via simulation experiments, which covered engine emissions produced during gasoline direct injection (GDI) using two kinds of fuels and cooking emissions produced by preparing three domestic dishes. The distinct characteristics of VOCs emitted during the two processes were identified. Alkanes (73% mass fraction on average) and aromatics (15% on average) dominated the vehicle VOCs, while oxygenated VOCs (49%) and alkanes (29%) dominated the cooking VOCs. Isopentane (22%) was the most abundant species among the vehicle VOCs. N-hexanal (20%) dominated the cooking VOCs. The n-hexanal-to-n-pentanal ratio (3.68 ± 0.64) was utilized to identify cooking VOCs in ambient air. The ozone formation potential produced by cooking VOCs was from 1.39 to 1.93 times higher than that produced by vehicle VOCs, which indicates the significant potential contribution of cooking VOCs to atmospheric ozone. With the equivalent photochemical age increasing from 0 h to 72 h, the secondary organic aerosol formation by vehicle VOCs was from 3% to 38% higher than that of cooking VOCs. Controlling cooking emissions can reduce SOA pollution in a short time due to its higher SOA formation rate than that of vehicle VOCs within the first 30 h. However, after 30 h of oxidation, the amount of SOAs formed by vehicle exhaust emissions exceeded the amount of SOAs produced by cooking activities, implying that reducing vehicle emissions will benefit particle pollution for a longer time. Our results highlight the importance of VOCs produced by cooking fumes, which has not been given much attention before. Further, our study suggested that more research on semi-volatile organic compounds produced by cooking emissions should be conducted in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/5/806volatility organic compoundsvehicle exhaustcooking emissionscharacteristic ratioozone formation potentialsecondary organic aerosol
spellingShingle Rui Tan
Song Guo
Sihua Lu
Hui Wang
Wenfei Zhu
Ying Yu
Rongzhi Tang
Ruizhe Shen
Kai Song
Daqi Lv
Wenbin Zhang
Zhou Zhang
Shijin Shuai
Shuangde Li
Yunfa Chen
Yan Ding
Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking Emissions
Atmosphere
volatility organic compounds
vehicle exhaust
cooking emissions
characteristic ratio
ozone formation potential
secondary organic aerosol
title Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking Emissions
title_full Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking Emissions
title_fullStr Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking Emissions
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking Emissions
title_short Characteristics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle and Cooking Emissions
title_sort characteristics and secondary organic aerosol formation of volatile organic compounds from vehicle and cooking emissions
topic volatility organic compounds
vehicle exhaust
cooking emissions
characteristic ratio
ozone formation potential
secondary organic aerosol
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/5/806
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