The effects of operating conditions on semivolatile organic compounds emitted

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Theeffectsofoperatingconditionsonsemivolatileorganiccompoundsemitted

fromlight-duty,gasoline-poweredmotorvehicles

JasonS.Herringtona,MichaelD.Haysa,*,BarbaraJ.Georgeb,RichardW.Baldaufa,c

aOfficeofResearchandDevelopment,NationalRiskManagementResearchLaboratory,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,109T.W.AlexanderDrive,E343-02,ResearchTrianglePark,NC27711,USAbOfficeofResearchandDevelopment,NationalExposureResearchLaboratory,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,109T.W.AlexanderDrive,ResearchTrianglePark,NC27711,USAcOfficeofTransportationandAirQuality,NationalVehicleandFuelEmissionsLaboratory,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,2000TraverwoodDrive,AnnArbor,MI48105,USA

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Articlehistory:Received11July2011Receivedinrevisedform7February2012Accepted9February2012

Keywords:ParticulatematterMotorvehicleemissionsThermalextractionOrganicPMVehicleoperatingconditionsabstract

Athermalextraction-gaschromatography-massspectrometry(TE-GC-MS)methodwasutilizedtoquantitativelyexaminesemivolatileorganiccompounds(SVOCs)infineparticulatematter(PM2.5)collectedfromlight-duty,gasoline-poweredvehicle(LDGV)exhaust.Emissionswereanalyzedfromasubsetof18vehiclestestedintheKansasCityLight-DutyVehicleEmissionsStudy(KCVES).TheKCVESappliedtheLA92UnifiedDrivingCycle(UDC),consistingof“coldstart”,“hotstabilizedrunning”,and“warmstart”phases.ThesensitivityoftheTE-GC-MSanalysisprovidedtheopportunitytoexaminetheemissionratesandproportionsofSVOCs(includingpolycyclicaromatichydrocarbons(PAHs),hopanes,andsteranes)inPM2.5onanindividualvehiclebasisforeachUDCphase.MeantargetSVOCemissionsratesof5.01mgkmÀ1,0.28mgkmÀ1,and0.63mgkmÀ1werereportedforthecoldstart,hotstabilizedrunning,andwarmstartphases,respectively.OperatingconditionsasdepictedbyeachUDCphasesignificantlyaffectedSVOCemissionratesandproportionsinPM2.5.Thecoldstartphaseemissionratesweresignificantlyhigherthanthehotstabilizedrunningandwarmstartphasesfor89%ofthetargetSVOCs.AnincreaseinSVOCproportionsinPM2.5wasobservedduringthewarmstartphasecomparedwiththecoldstartandhotstabilizedrunningphase.Thisobservationwassignificantfor31%ofthetargetcompounds,includingchrysene,benzo[a]anthracene,andpyrene.Vehiclestestedinbothsummerandwinterprovidedemissionsdatadescribingambienttemperatureeffects.Emissionratesweresignifi-cantlyhigherinthewinterfor92%ofthetargetSVOCs.Untilnow,observationsofspecificSVOCsinmotorvehicleemissionsproducedunderchangingoperatingconditionswerescant.Suchemissionsdatamaybeusefulforemissionsmodeling,sourceapportionmentstudies,andhumanexposureassessments.Ó2012ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.

1.Introduction

Thepotentialenvironmentalandhumanhealtheffectsofmotor

vehicleemissionsareaconcernatglobal,regional,andlocalscales.

Particulatematter(PM)emittedfrommotorvehiclesisapollutant

ofspecificinterestowingtoitsinfluenceonclimate,visibility,local

airquality,andhumanhealth(Dockeryetal.,1993).

PMemittedbymotorvehiclesshowscomplexphysicaland

chemicalproperties.Motorvehicleexhaustgenerallyproduces

atri-modalparticlesizedistributionwithnuclei,accumulation,and

coarsemodes(Kittelson,1998).Theparticlenumberconcentration

invehicleexhaustistypicallyexplainedbynucleimodeparticles,

whichaccountsforlessthan20%oftheparticlemass.ThevastmajorityofPMmassiscontainedintheaccumulationmode

instead,wherecoagulationandcondensationmechanismsgovern

particlegrowth.Lessmass(5to20%)iscontainedinthecoarse

mode(Bagleyetal.,1998;Kerminenetal.,1997;Kittelson,1998;

Kleemanetal.,2000),whichisregularlyattributedtoengineor

exhaustsystemdeteriorationorparticlere-entrainment.

Organiccarbon(OC)constitutesroughlyhalfofthecarbona-

ceousPMemissionsfrommotorvehicles(Fraseretal.,1998;

PiersonandBrachaczek,1983;Weingartneretal.,1997).Organic

matterinPMemittedfromlight-duty,gasoline-poweredvehicles

(LDGVs)comprisesawiderangeofcompoundclassesincluding

polycyclicaromatichydrocarbons(PAH),normal-,branched-and

cyclic-alkanes,aromaticacids,andhopanes,andsteranes(Reilly

etal.,1998).Multipleindividualsemivolatileorganiccompounds

(SVOCs)withintheseclassesareroutinelyusedinsourceappor-

tionmentstudiesasorganicmarkers(RizzoandScheff,2007).For

example,thereisampleevidencethatatmospheric

concentrations*Correspondingauthor.Tel.:þ19195413984;fax:þ19195419721.E-mailaddress:hays.michael@epa.gov(M.D.

Hays).ContentslistsavailableatSciVerseScienceDirect

AtmosphericEnvironment

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er.com/locate/atmosenv

1352-2310/$eseefrontmatterÓ2012ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.doi:

10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.043AtmosphericEnvironment54(2012)53e59ofindeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene,dibenz[ah]anthracene,benzo[ghi]per-

ylene,andcoronenePAHareinfluencedbyLDGVs(Schaueretal.,

1996).OrganiccompoundsinPMemittedfrommotorvehicles

werealsoidentifiedasapossiblecauseofadversehealtheffects