| Title: | Strong relations of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) formation to alkene and nitrous acid during various episodes |
| Author(s): | Qiao X; Sun M; Wang Y; Zhang D; Zhang R; Zhao B; Zhang J; |
| Address: | "State Key Joint Laboratory for Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. State Key Joint Laboratory for Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; Beijing Ecological Environment Assessment and Complaints Center, Beijing, 100161, China. College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. School of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. School for Environment and Sustainability and Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States. State Key Joint Laboratory for Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. Electronic address: jbzhang@pku.edu.cn" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121465 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-6424 (Electronic) 0269-7491 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) is one of the critical secondary pollutants in photochemical smog. This study investigated the relationship between PAN and PAN precursors with the Regional Atmospheric Chemical Mechanism version 2 model in six episodes recorded in Zhengzhou. In all episodes, peroxyacetyl radical (PA) was primarily produced by acetaldehyde oxidation, with more than 70% contributions. In photochemical episodes and photochemical-haze co-occurring episodes (combined episodes), methylglyoxal secondarily contributes 8.1%-10.6% to PA while in haze pollution, the propagation of other radicals to PA is the second most important source (12.0%-19.1%). Among anthropogenic non-methane hydrocarbons, alkene restricted PAN formation as first-generation precursors, with the relative incremental reactivity of PAN (RIR(PAN)) more than 0.6 during three-type episodes. Nitrous acid (HONO) also played important role in PAN formation. Especially during photochemical episodes, RIR(PAN)(HONO) reached 0.79, which was comparable to the RIR(PAN) value of alkene. Through sensitivity analysis of the relative formation of PAN to O(3) (the amount of PAN generated when 100 ppb O(3) formed), HONO was identified as the key precursor of PAN in haze pollution by promoting the oxidation of NMHC, while alkene predominated the relative formation of PAN to O(3) in photochemical and combined pollution through producing acetaldehyde. The sensitivity of PAN to HONO is obviously enhanced with higher NOx/VOC ratios during photochemical and combined pollution" |
| Keywords: | *Air Pollutants/analysis Alkenes/analysis Nitrous Acid Seasons Acetaldehyde/analysis *Ozone/analysis Nitrogen dioxide Peroxyacetyl nitrate Sensitivity analysis Volatile organic compounds; |
| Notes: | "MedlineQiao, Xueqi Sun, Mei Wang, Yifei Zhang, Dong Zhang, Ruiqin Zhao, Bu Zhang, Jianbo eng England 2023/03/24 Environ Pollut. 2023 Jun 1; 326:121465. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121465. Epub 2023 Mar 21" |
