ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Determination and Characteristic Analysis
of Atmospheric Carbonyl Compounds
in a North China Plain Hub City
| 1 | School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Co-Innovation Center for Green Building of Shandong Province,
Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy Utilization Technologies in Building of Ministry of Education,
Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, China |
| 2 | Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
| 3 | Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| 4 | Jinan Academy of Environmental Sciences, Jinan, China |
| 5 | State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy
of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Kai Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
Submission date: 2018-08-25
Final revision date: 2018-12-03
Acceptance date: 2018-12-15
Online publication date: 2019-09-10
Publication date: 2019-12-09
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(1):861–869
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ABSTRACT
The concentration and variation trend of atmospheric carbonyl compounds in Jinan were first
measured during autumn 2017 for three continuous weeks at a 3-h time resolution. A total of 14 types
of carbonyls were identified, among which acetone, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde were the most
abundant carbonyls and their concentrations were 3.75±2.21 ppbv, 2.65±1.67 ppbv, 1.83±1.17 ppbv,
respectively; formaldehyde and acetaldehyde showed similar diurnal variation trends. Butyraldehyde
and isovaleraldehyde were another two important carbonyl compounds with concentrations of
1.05±0.59 ppbv and 1.04±0.47 ppbv, respectively. The average C1/C2 ratio was 1.90, which indicated
that anthropogenic sources were the main contributor of atmospheric carbonyls. The correlation analysis
showed that the measured carbonyls had different sources. Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, butyraldehyde
and isovaleraldehyde were the most important OVOC contributors to ·OH reactivity and O3 formation.
