Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a Village
Urban air pollution is widely recognized. Recently, there have been a few projects that examined air quality in rural areas (e.g., AUPHEP project in Austria, WOODUSE project in Denmark). Here we present the results within the International Cooperation Project RER/2/005 targeted at studying the effe...
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| author | A. Zwozdziak L. Samek I. Sowka L. Furman M. Skrętowicz |
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| description | Urban air pollution is widely recognized. Recently, there have been a few projects that examined air quality in rural areas (e.g., AUPHEP project in Austria, WOODUSE project in Denmark). Here we present the results within the International Cooperation Project RER/2/005 targeted at studying the effect of local combustion processes to air quality in the village of Brzezina in the countryside north-west of Wroclaw (south western Poland). We identified the potential emission sources and quantified their contributions. The ambient aerosol monitoring (PM10 and elemental concentrations) was performed during 4 measurement cycles, in summer 2009, 2010 and in winter 2010, 2011. Some receptor modeling techniques, factor analysis-multiple linear regression analysis (FA-MLRA) and potential source localization function (PSLF), have been used. Different types of fuel burning along with domestic refuse resulted in an increased concentration of PM10 particle mass, but also by an increased in various other compounds (As, Pb, Zn). Local combustion sources contributed up to 80% to PM10 mass in winter. The effect of other sources was small, from 6 to 20%, dependently on the season. Both PM10 and elemental concentrations in the rural settlement were comparable to concentrations at urban sites in summer and were much higher in winter, which can pose asignificant health risk to its inhabitants. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a74f6d5642b74a89872fdeae0921dffd2025-08-20T03:39:36ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2012-01-01201210.1100/2012/956401956401Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a VillageA. Zwozdziak0L. Samek1I. Sowka2L. Furman3M. Skrętowicz4Institute of Environmental Protection Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology (WUT), Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Avenuo, 30-059 Krakow, PolandInstitute of Environmental Protection Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology (WUT), Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Avenuo, 30-059 Krakow, PolandInstitute of Environmental Protection Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology (WUT), Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, PolandUrban air pollution is widely recognized. Recently, there have been a few projects that examined air quality in rural areas (e.g., AUPHEP project in Austria, WOODUSE project in Denmark). Here we present the results within the International Cooperation Project RER/2/005 targeted at studying the effect of local combustion processes to air quality in the village of Brzezina in the countryside north-west of Wroclaw (south western Poland). We identified the potential emission sources and quantified their contributions. The ambient aerosol monitoring (PM10 and elemental concentrations) was performed during 4 measurement cycles, in summer 2009, 2010 and in winter 2010, 2011. Some receptor modeling techniques, factor analysis-multiple linear regression analysis (FA-MLRA) and potential source localization function (PSLF), have been used. Different types of fuel burning along with domestic refuse resulted in an increased concentration of PM10 particle mass, but also by an increased in various other compounds (As, Pb, Zn). Local combustion sources contributed up to 80% to PM10 mass in winter. The effect of other sources was small, from 6 to 20%, dependently on the season. Both PM10 and elemental concentrations in the rural settlement were comparable to concentrations at urban sites in summer and were much higher in winter, which can pose asignificant health risk to its inhabitants.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/956401 |
| spellingShingle | A. Zwozdziak L. Samek I. Sowka L. Furman M. Skrętowicz Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a Village The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a Village |
| title_full | Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a Village |
| title_fullStr | Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a Village |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a Village |
| title_short | Aerosol Pollution from Small Combustors in a Village |
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