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Characteristics of Particle Growth and Chemical Composition of High Concentrated Ultra Fine Dusts (PM2.5) in the Air around the Power Plant

고농도 초미세먼지 출현 시 발전소 주변 대기 입자 성장 및 화학조성 특성

  • Suji, Kang (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation) ;
  • Jinho, Sung (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation) ;
  • Youngseok, Eom (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation) ;
  • Sungnam, Chun (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
  • Received : 2022.08.18
  • Accepted : 2022.09.16
  • Published : 2022.12.30
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Abstract

Ultrafine Particle number and size distributions were simultaneously measured at rural area around the power plant in Dangjin, South Korea. New Particle formation and growth events were frequently observed during January, 2021 and classified based on their strength and persistence as well as the variation in geometric mean diameter(GMD) on January 12, 21 and 17. In this study, we investigated mechanisms of new particle growth based on measurements using a high resolution time of flight aerosol mass spectrometer(HR-ToF-AMS) and a scanning mobility particle sizer(SMPS). On Event days(Jan 12 and 21), the total average growth rate was found to be 8.46 nm/h~24.76 nm/hr. These growth rate are comparable to those reported for other urban and rural sites in South Korea using different method. Comparing to the Non-Event day(Jan 17), New Particle Growth mostly occurred when solar radiation is peaked and relative humidity is low in daytime, moreover enhanced under the condition of higher precusors, NO2 (39.9 vs 6.2ppb), VOCs(129.5 vs 84.6ppb), NH3(11 vs 4.7ppb). The HR-ToF-AMS PM1.0 composition shows Organic and Ammoniated nitrate were dominant species effected by emission source in domestic. On the other hand, The Fraction of Ammoniated sulfate was calculated to be approximately 16% and 31% when air quality is inflow from China. Longer term studies are needed to help resolve the relative contributions of each precusor species on new particle growth characteristics.

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본 연구는 한전-발전5사 공동 연구과제의 일환으로 수행되었습니다.

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