Field use of semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) for passive air sampling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Opportunities and limitations

Piccardo, Maria Teresa; Stella, Anna; Pala, Mauro; Balducci, Daniele; Valerio, Federico

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.003

Cited by 17 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 16 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…SPMDs have been successively used for the monitoring of PAHs in water (e.g. Wang et al, 2009) and the air (Piccardo et al, 2010;Söderström et al, 2005).…”

Section: Sampling Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Systematic differences in temperature (Cicenaite et al, 2007;Piccardo et al, 2010) or wind speed (Söderström et al, 2005) between study areas or photodegradation in open sites (Bartkow et al, 2006) could have affected our results. The average clearance rate constant of PRC (kePRC, Huckins et al, 2002) for tree-covered areas was 18% less than for open areas (results not shown), indicating that uptake rates are slightly lower in the tree-covered areas that result in an underestimation of PAH air concentrations.…”

Section: Analysesmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The sampling method used here may under-or overestimate the sampling rate of some PAH constituents. Alvarez (2013) and Piccardo et al (2010) reported that sampling rates detected under laboratory conditions do not necessarily apply in the field.…”

Section: Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations are higher in urban forests than adjacent open areas during summer but not in winter – Exploratory study

Viippola

Rantalainen

Yli‐Pelkonen

et al. 2016

Environmental Pollution

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While the potential of plants to uptake polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is widely acknowledged, empirical evidence of the effects of this process on local atmospheric PAH concentrations and human health is tenuous. We measured gaseous PAH concentrations using passive samplers in urban tree-covered areas and adjacent open, treeless areas in a near-road environment in Finland to gain information on the ability of urban vegetation to improve air quality. The ability of urban, mostly deciduous, vegetation to affect PAHs was season dependent: during summer, concentrations were significantly higher in tree-covered areas, while in the fall, concentrations in open areas exceeded those in tree-covered areas. During winter, concentrations in tree-covered areas were either lower or did not differ from those in open areas. Results of this study imply that the commonly believed notion that trees unequivocally improve air quality does not apply to PAHs studied here.

show abstract

“…SPMDs have been successively used for the monitoring of PAHs in water (e.g. Wang et al, 2009) and the air (Piccardo et al, 2010;Söderström et al, 2005).…”

Section: Sampling Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Analysesmentioning

confidence: 96%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations are higher in urban forests than adjacent open areas during summer but not in winter – Exploratory study

Viippola

Rantalainen

Yli‐Pelkonen

et al. 2016

Environmental Pollution

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…According to previous studies found in the literature [18,[23][24][25], acetonitrile/water mixture can be used as a mobile phase for the separation of PAH using C 18 as stationary phase, which was used in the present work. The ideal chromatographic separation of the PAH was reached after the evaluation of different ratios acetonitrile:water in the mixture.…”

Section: Selection Of the Operational Parameters And Analytical Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimization of a methodology for sampling of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in saline waters using a semipermeable membrane device

Gonçalves

Robaina

Reis

et al. 2015

Microchemical Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

a b s t r a c tAquatic pollution by organic compounds, many of which are toxic and carcinogenic, has aroused great concern. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are pollutants that stand out due to their carcinogenicity and potential risk to human health. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the application of semipermeable membrane devices (SPMD), consisting of low-density polyethylene filled with acetonitrile, for the sampling of some PAH (naphthalene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene and benzo(k)fluoranthene) in aqueous media. Optimization of the sampling methodology in terms of exposition time and volume of the phases (water sample and internal solvent) was performed. Also, the verification of the influence of some factors that could interfere in the sampling, such as ionic strength and temperature, was carried out. The results obtained in the present work demonstrated that an 8 cm membrane segment, filled with 3 mL acetonitrile, was able to extract the five analytes from aqueous medium. The extraction efficiency depended on the size of the substance, being observed higher extraction for the compounds with lower mass. Two saline water samples were analyzed, and recovery tests were performed to evaluate the calibration strategy. Calibration with a synthetic saline water with 50‰ salinity provided good recovery percentages (82-119%) for naphthalene, anthracene and fluoranthene, whereas for pyrene and benzo(k)fluoranthene, analyte addition approach must be employed. Also, naphthalene could be identified in a third sample of highly saline production water, indicating that the proposed sampling device can be employed for screening purposes.

show abstract

“…As described by Katsoyiannis et al (2012), atmospheric pollutants in ambient air are monitored mainly by conventional sampling methods including high volume air sampling via glass fiber filters and polyurethane foam disks using active sampling (Lee et al, 2007;Shi et al, 2010;Yang et al, 2010;Delgado-Saborit et al, 2011;Martellini et al, 2012;Cheng et al, 2013) or by passive sampling techniques (e.g., semi-permeable membrane devices, Liu et al, 2006;Piccardo et al, 2010). Since the sampling sites selected for these methods are stationary and limited, the air concentrations are somewhat site-specific.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Car Air Filters’ Efficiency as Active Samplers for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals

Cai

Xiao

Lü

et al. 2014

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this study, an innovative and inexpensive approach, based on car engine air filters (CAFs), was used to monitor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals (HMs). CAFs were collected from two taxi garages in Guangzhou and analyzed for PAHs and heavy metals. The total concentrations of eight high molecular weight PAHs (ΣPAHs) ranged from 923 to 11378 µg/CAF. The average Σ PAHs concentration in winter was slightly higher than in summer, a seasonal signal that is observed in most studies. The most abundant individual PAH was chrysene, followed by benzo

show abstract

Field use of semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) for passive air sampling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Opportunities and limitations

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

Gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations are higher in urban forests than adjacent open areas during summer but not in winter – Exploratory study

Gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations are higher in urban forests than adjacent open areas during summer but not in winter – Exploratory study

Optimization of a methodology for sampling of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in saline waters using a semipermeable membrane device

Evaluation of Car Air Filters’ Efficiency as Active Samplers for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About