Outdoor-to-indoor transport of ultrafine particles: Measurement and model development of infiltration factor.

Autor: Chen, Chen1 (AUTHOR), Yao, Mingyao1 (AUTHOR), Luo, Xu1 (AUTHOR), Zhu, Yulin1 (AUTHOR), Liu, Zhaoyang2,3 (AUTHOR), Zhuo, Hanchen1 (AUTHOR), Zhao, Bin1,4 (AUTHOR) binzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn
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Zdroj: Environmental Pollution. Dec2020, Vol. 267, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
Abstrakt: Ambient ultrafine particles (UFPs: particles of diameter less than 100 nm) cause significant adverse health effects. As people spend most time indoors, the outdoor-to-indoor transport of UFPs plays a critical role in the accuracy of personal exposure assessments. Herein, a strategy was proposed to measure and analyze the infiltration factor (F inf) of UFPs, an important parameter quantifying the fraction of ambient air pollutants that travel inside and remain suspended indoors. Ninety-three measurements were conducted in 11 residential rooms in all seasons in Beijing, China, to investigate F inf of UFPs and its associated influencing factors. A multilevel regression model incorporating eight possible factors that influence infiltration was developed to predict F inf and F infSOA (defined as the ratio of indoor to outdoor UFP concentrations without indoor sources, but with indoor secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation). It was found that the air change rate was the most important factor and coagulation was considerable, while the influence of SOA formation was much smaller than that of other factors. Our regression model accurately predicted daily-average F inf. The annually-averaged F inf of UFPs was 0.66 ± 0.10, which is higher than that of PM 2.5 and PM 10 , demonstrating the importance of controlling indoor UFPs of outdoor origin. Image 1 • Indoor and outdoor UFPs and influencing factors were measured in 93 experiments. • A multilevel regression model was developed to predict UFP infiltration factors. • The coagulation effects on the infiltration of UFPs can't be neglected. • Indoor UFP concentrations originated outdoor can be accurately predicted. • A larger fraction of outdoor UFPs remain suspended indoors than PM 2.5 and PM 10. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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