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Maryam Zare Shahne1, Mohammad Arhami1, Vahid Hosseini2
1Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
Fine particulate matter cause profound adverse health effects in Iran. Road traffic is one of the main sources of particulate matter (PM) in urban areas, and has a large contribution in PM2.5 and organic carbon concentration, in Tehran, Iran. The composition of fine PM vehicle emission is poorly known, so this paper aims to determine the mixed fleet source profile by using the analysed data from the two internal stations and the emission factor for PM light-duty vehicles emission. Tunnels are ideal media for extraction vehicle source profile and emission factor, due to vehicles are the only source of pollutant in the urban tunnels. In this study, PM samples were collected simultaneously in two road tunnel stations and at a background site in Niyayesh tunnel in Tehran, Iran. The tunnel samples show a large contribution for some elements and ions, such as Fe (0.23 μg μg-1 OC), Al (0.02 μg μg-1 OC), Ca (0.055 μg μg-1 OC), SO4 (0.047 μg μg-1 OC), Docosane (0.0017 μg μg-1 OC), Triacontane (0.016 μg μg-1 OC), Anthracenedione (0.0003 μg μg-1 OC) and Benzo-perylene (0.0002 μg μg-1 OC). In overall, on-road gasoline vehicle fleets source profile extracted in this study is similar to composite profiles derived from roadside tunnel measurment performed in other countries during the last decades. The PM2.5 emission factor for Tehran's light-duty vehicle fleet has been extracted 16.23 mg km-1. vehicle-1and 0.09 g kg-1. The profile would be used for Chemical Mass Balance Model studies for Iran and other countries with a similar road traffic fleet mix. Also, it would be very suitable for use in emission inventories improvement. The results of this study can be used for choosing the best management strategies and provide comperhensive insight to fine PM traffic emission in Tehran.
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