Quantifying functional group compositions of household fuel-burning emissions
Emily Y. Li,Amir Yazdani,Ann M. Dillner,Guofeng Shen,Wyatt M. Champion,James J. Jetter,William T. Preston,Lynn M. Russell,Michael D. Hays,and Satoshi Takahama
Air Methods and Characterization Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Amir Yazdani
Laboratory for Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Ann M. Dillner
Air Quality Research Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Air Methods and Characterization Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Wyatt M. Champion
Air Methods and Characterization Division, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
James J. Jetter
Air Methods and Characterization Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Air Methods and Characterization Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Infrared spectroscopy is a cost-effective measurement technique to characterize the chemical composition of organic aerosol emissions. This technique differentiates the organic matter emission factor from different fuel sources by their characteristic functional groups. Comparison with collocated measurements suggests that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in emissions estimated by conventional chromatography may be substantially underestimated.
Infrared spectroscopy is a cost-effective measurement technique to characterize the chemical...
