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Vertical Distribution of PAHs Concentrations in the Aerosol

대기 연직별 에어로졸 내 PAHs 농도분포 특성

  • Hwang, Eun Jin (Department of Environmental Engineering Chosun University) ;
  • Ahn, Kang Ho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, ERICA Campus) ;
  • Eun, Hee Ram (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Hong Ku (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Yang Woo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Ji Yi (Department of Environmental Engineering Chosun University)
  • Received : 2014.12.12
  • Accepted : 2014.12.24
  • Published : 2014.12.30

Abstract

Air samples were collected at various altitudes (from 165 to 1153 m) to observe vertical distribution of particulate PAHs concentrations using a very compact and light particle sampling package developed by Eun et al.(2013). TD-GC-MS developed by Hwang et al.(2014) was applied to PAHs analysis for effective analysis of PAHs contained trace amounts in the samples. The ranges of total PAHs concentrations were from 6.95 to $96.0ng\;m^{-3}$ on the ground and from 3.75 to $21.74ng\;m^{-3}$ at high altitude, respectively. All of particulate PAHs concentrations measured on the ground were higher than those measured at high altitude, while, the profile of individual PAH compounds between the ground and high altitude samples were similar. It means the distribution of particulate PAHs concentrations at high altitude were affected by the emission of PAHs emitted from ground.

본 연구에서는 대기 중 연직방향의 혼합에 의한 PAHs 성분의 농도 분포 특성을 파악하였다. 모든 측정기간 동안 지상에서의 총 PAHs 농도가 상공에서 관측한 결과보다 높았고, 약 4-5배정도 높았다. 고도별 PAHs성분들의 구성비율은 동일 측정날에서는 PAH 성분들의 구성비율이 유사하였지만, 측정일별로는 다른 분포를 보였다. 이를 통해 상공에서의 PAH 성분들의 농도분포는 지상의 PAH 성분들의 농도분포와 관련이 있음을 확인하였다. 특정 PAH 성분들의 분포비율을 바탕으로 지상과 상공의 PAHs 분포 및 배출특성을 살펴본 결과, 상공의 PAH 성분들은 지상에 비해 대기 체류시간이 상대적으로 높았고, 지상과 상공 모두 동일하게 바이오매스 및 석탄의 연소에 의한 배출영향이 지배적인 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 국내에서는 처음으로 고도별 입자상 PAH 성분들의 농도 특성을 파악하였다는데 의의가 있다. 하지만, 상공에서의 PAHs 농도의 보다 명확한 특성파악을 위해서는 고도별 PAHs 농도 프로파일이 작성되어야 한다. 따라서, 동일 측정일에 다양한 고도에서의 입자 시료의 확보가 요구된다.

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