Important Contribution to Aerosol Oxidative Potential from Residential Solid Fuel Burning in Central Ireland

Author:

Rinaldi Matteo1ORCID,Manarini Francesco1,Lucertini Mattia2ORCID,Rapuano Marco1,Decesari Stefano1,Paglione Marco1ORCID,Facchini Maria Cristina1,Lin Chunshui34,Ceburnis Darius4ORCID,D. O’Dowd Colin4,Buckley Paul5,Hellebust Stig5ORCID,Wenger John5ORCID,Ovadnevaite Jurgita4

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, 40129 Bologna, Italy

2. Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy

3. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology and Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, China

4. School of Physics, Ryan Institute’s Centre for Climate and & Pollution Studies and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland

5. School of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, T12 YN60 Cork, Ireland

Abstract

Numerous studies have shown negative health effects related to exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM), likely due to induced oxidative stress. In this study, we have examined ambient PM samples from Birr, a small (~5000 inhabitants) town in central Ireland, for their water-soluble DTT-based oxidative potential (OP_DTT) with a resolution of 6 h, together with online chemical characterization measurements, to assess the OP of organic aerosols, in particular from residential solid fuel burning. The OP_DTT normalized by the volume of sampled air shows a high variability, ranging from <0.1 to 3.8 nmol min−1 m−3, and a high correlation with PM mass. A lower variability was associated with the mass-normalized OP. Nevertheless, both tended to present higher values during night-time pollution episodes. Simple and multivariate linear regression approaches linked OP_DTT to residential solid fuel burning, and in particular to wood (~87%) and peat (~13%) combustion. The results of the present study show how residential solid fuel burning can have a severe impact on air quality, even in small towns, with potential negative health effects on the exposed population.

Funder

EPA Ireland through the AEROSOURCE

SAPPHIRE

National Natural Science Foundation of China

China Scholarship Council

COST Action

Irish Research Council

Science foundation Ireland

Publisher

MDPI AG

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