HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2019, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (21): 87-91.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2019.21.018

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Emission characteristics of polyaromatic hydrocarbon in PM2.5 from indoor combustion of biomass fuels

WU Cheng-wang1, LIN Shu2, SUN Jun-jun1, LI Mu-fei1, ZHOU Xin1, CHENG Chen3   

  1. 1.Environmental Monitoring Center of Zhejiang,Hangzhou 310012,China;
    2.Zhejiang University of Technology,Hangzhou 310032,China;
    3.CLP Haikang Group Limited Company,Hangzhou 311121,China
  • Received:2019-05-22 Online:2019-11-10 Published:2019-11-27

Abstract: Three households in typical rural areas of Zhejiang province were used as experimental sites, and the different types of biomass fuels were used as energy sources to study the emission characteristics of fifteen kind of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in different types of stoves in PM2.5 and different places (kitchen, bedroom, living room). At the same time, the toxicity equivalent factor was used to evaluate the impact of PAHs on the health of the population. The results showed that, the concentration of PAHs in PM2.5 produced by different households and fuels in farmer 1 and 2 was living room>kitchen>bedroom. When farmers 3 burn bamboo and mushroom, the concentration of PAHs in PM2.5 in different indoor locations was kitchen > living room > bedroom, while burning wood, the concentration of PM2.5 in bedroom was slightly higher than the living room. The concentration of PAHs in PM2.5 produced by biomass fuel in three households was ranked as follows: farmer 2(204.11 ng/m3)> farmer 3(141.65 ng/m3)> farmer 1(128.14 ng/m3). All kinds of PAHs in PM2.5 showed an overall change trend of 5~6 rings >3~4 rings>2 rings in kitchen, but in living room and bedroom, farmer 1 and farmer 2 showed an overall change trend of 2~3 rings>5~6 rings>4 rings, and farmer 3 show an overall change trend of 5~6 rings>2~3 rings>4 rings. Biomass fuel combustion using bamboo and wood produced less PAHs than mushrooms. The ILCR in different fuels in different locations was between 10-6 and 10-4, indicating a potential cancer risk in three households.

Key words: biomass fuels, PM2.5, polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), ring distribution, risk assessment

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