Chemical elemental analysis of dustfall particulate matter and identification of pollution sources at a habour area

Wang, Hongjie; Song, Chang; Cong, Xiaochun

doi:10.1007/s11869-024-01534-1

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“…Among the diverse pollutants, the heavy metal pollution characteristics of dustfall have been extensively studied [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27], followed by the ion pollution characteristics and source analysis [28][29][30][31][32], but there are also a few works on persistent organic pollutants in dustfall [33][34][35][36]. Nevertheless, the characteristics and source analysis of total chemical components in dustfall have scarcely been examined [37,38].…”

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Pollution Characteristics and Sources of Ambient Air Dustfall in Urban Area of Beijing

Zhou,

Li,

Huang

et al. 2024

Atmosphere

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Since 2016, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Beijing Municipal Government have adjusted the minimum concentration limit for ambient air dustfall several times, indicating that they attach great importance to dustfall. To grasp the pollution characteristics and sources of dustfall, in this work, the filtration method was used to determine the insoluble dustfall and water-soluble dustfall in the urban area of Beijing. From our analysis, the influence of the meteorological parameters on dustfall was found, and the chemical components of dustfall were determined. The positive matrix factorization (PMF) model was also utilized to analyze the sources of dustfall. The results indicated that the average amount of dustfall in 2021–2022 was 4.4 t·(km2·30 d)−1, and the proportion of insoluble dustfall deposition was 82.4%. Dustfall was positively correlated with the average wind speed and temperature and negatively correlated with the relative humidity and rain precipitation. The impact of the meteorological parameters on insoluble dustfall and water-soluble dustfall was the opposite. The average proportions of crustal material, ions, organic matter, element carbon, trace elements, and unknown components were 48%, 16%, 14%, 1.4%, 0.20%, and 20%, respectively. The proportions of the crustal material and ions were the highest in spring (57%) and summer (37%). The contribution rates of fugitive dust source, secondary inorganic source, mobile source, coal combustion source, snow melting agent source, and other sources were 42.4%, 19.3%, 8.3%, 3.0%, 2.7%, and 24.3%, respectively. This study supported dustfall pollution control by analysing the pollutant characteristics and sources of dustfall from the standpoint of total chemical components. In order to better control dustfall pollution, control measures and evaluation standards for fugitive dust pollution should be formulated.

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