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Lith. J. Phys. 61, 191–204 (2021)
 

EFFECT OF SPRING GRASS FIRES ON INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICE BUILDING
Julija Pauraitėa, Inga Garbarienėa, Agnė Minderytėa, Vadimas Dudoitisa, Gediminas Mainelisb, Lina Davulienėa, Ieva Uogintėa, Kristina Plauškaitėa, and Steigvilė Byčenkienėa
  a Department of Environmental Research, SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, 02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
b Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Email: julija.pauraite@ftmc.lt

Received 20 January 2021; revised 15 April 2021, accepted 16 April 2021

Open biomass burning (OBB) is a significant air pollution source, but it is still not clear to what extent OBB events affect indoor air quality [1]. Outdoor and indoor measurements of submicron particulate matter (PM1) were conducted on 25–29 April (2019) in the capital city Vilnius (Lithuania). Fires from neighbouring countries (Belarus, Ukraine and Russia) and in the vicinity of Vilnius broke out during the measurement campaign. The temporal evolution and transport of OBB plume were investigated by combining the air mass backward trajectory analysis and fire satellite observation (MODIS) database. Measurements of the PM1 chemical composition in real-time were performed using an aerosol chemical speciation monitor (ACSM) and an aethalometer. Organic matter was the clearly dominant component, accounting for >70%, in both indoor and outdoor PM1. The air filtering system of the office building removed approximately up to 55% of PM1. Despite a significantly lower PM1 pollution level in the office, highly acidic indoor PM1 could have harmful effects on the human health. Source apportionment of particulate carbonaceous matter revealed a significant importance of OBB-related particles (average 56%) to indoor air.
Keywords: organic aerosol, black carbon, indoor air quality, biomass burning
PACS: 92.60.Sz, 92.60.Mt, 92.60.hf

PAVASARĮ DEGINAMOS ŽOLĖS POVEIKIS PATALPŲ ORO KOKYBEI
Julija Pauraitėa, Inga Garbarienėa, Agnė Minderytėa, Vadimas Dudoitisa, Gediminas Mainelisb, Lina Davulienėa, Ieva Uogintėa, Kristina Plauškaitėa, Steigvilė Byčenkienėa

a Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centras, Vilnius, Lietuva
b Rutgerso Naujojo Džersio valstijos universitetas, Naujasis Džersis, JAV
Pavasarį deginama žolė tampa oro taršos šaltiniu, tačiau deginimo įtaka pastatų oro kokybei nėra iki galo ištirta. 1 μm skersmens kietųjų dalelių (KD1) masės koncentracija buvo matuojama biuro Vilniuje patalpoje ir pastato išorėje (lauke) atitinkamai balandžio 25–26 ir 26–29 dienomis. Šiomis dienomis dėl žolės deginimo buvo kilę gaisrai kaimyninėse šalyse (Baltarusijoje, Ukrainoje ir Rusijoje), taip pat Vilniaus miesto prieigose esančiose vietovėse. Su gaisrais siejami išmetimai į aplinką buvo tiriami naudojant atgalinių oro masių trajektorijų (HYSPLIT) ir gaisrų žemėlapio (MODIS) metodus. KD1 cheminė sudėtis buvo išmatuota aerozolio cheminės sudėties monitoriumi (ACSM) ir aetalometru. Organinės aerozolio dalelės fiksuotos tiek biure, tiek ir lauke (>70 % viso KD1). Biure oro filtravimo sistema sulaikė iki 55 % KD1 frakcijos masės koncentracijos. Nors KD1 masės koncentracijos biure buvo mažesnės, tačiau nustatytos žemesnio pH aerozolio dalelės galėjo turėti neigiamą poveikį žmogaus sveikatai. Anglies turinčių aerozolio dalelių šaltinių analizė parodė, kad vidutiniškai 56 % šių dalelių masės koncentracijos biure galimai susidarė dėl deginamos žolės.


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