| Title: | Rethinking hydrocarbons build-up on urban roads: A perspective on volatilisation under global warming scenarios |
| Author(s): | Wijesiri B; Liu A; Hong N; Zhu P; Yang B; Zhao X; Goonetilleke A; |
| Address: | "College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld, 4001, Australia. College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld, 4001, Australia; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecological Remediation, Shenzhen, 518060, China. Electronic address: liuan@szu.edu.cn. College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecological Remediation, Shenzhen, 518060, China. Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.044 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-6424 (Electronic) 0269-7491 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Stormwater is viewed as an alternative resource to mitigate water shortages. However, stormwater reuse is constrained due to the presence of many toxic pollutants such as hydrocarbons. Effective mitigation requires robust mathematical models for stormwater quality prediction based on an understanding of pollutant processes. However, the rise in global temperatures will impose changes to pollutant processes. This study has proposed a new perspective on modelling the build-up process of hydrocarbons, with a focus on volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Among organic compounds, VOCs are the most susceptible to changes as a result of global warming due to their volatility. Seven VOCs, namely, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, para-xylene, meta-xylene, ortho-xylene and styrene in road dust were investigated. The outcomes are expected to lay the foundation to overcoming the limitations in current modelling approaches such as not considering the influence of temperature and volatility, on the build-up process. A new conceptualisation is proposed for the classical build-up model by mathematically defining the volatility of VOCs in terms of temperature. Uncertainty in the re-conceptualised build-up model was quantified and was used to understand the build-up patterns in the future scenarios of global warming. Results indicated that for the likely scenarios, the variability in VOCs build-up gradually increases at the beginning of the dry period and then rapidly increases after around seven days, while the build-up reaches a near-constant value in a shorter dry period, limiting the variability. These initial research outcomes need to be further investigated given the expected impacts of global warming into the future" |
| Keywords: | "Environmental Monitoring/*methods *Global Warming Hydrocarbons/*analysis *Models, Theoretical Rain/*chemistry Temperature Uncertainty Urbanization Volatilization Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis Global warming Hydrocarbons Stormwater pollutant process;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineWijesiri, Buddhi Liu, An Hong, Nian Zhu, Panfeng Yang, Bo Zhao, Xu Goonetilleke, Ashantha eng England 2019/06/30 Environ Pollut. 2019 Sep; 252(Pt B):950-959. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.044. Epub 2019 Jun 11" |
