Volatile Chemical Product Enhancements to Criteria Pollutants in the United States
Abstract
Volatile chemical products (VCPs) are a significant source of reactive organic carbon emissions in the United States with a substantial fraction (>20% by mass) serving as secondary organic aerosol (SOA) precursors. Here, we incorporate a new nationwide VCP inventory into the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model with VCP-specific updates to better model air quality impacts. Model results indicate that VCPs mostly enhance anthropogenic SOA in densely populated areas with population-weighted annual average SOA increasing 15-30% in Southern California and New York City due to VCP emissions (contribution of 0.2-0.5 μg m-3). Annually, VCP emissions enhance total population-weighted PM2.5 by ~5% in California, ~3% in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and 1-2% in most other states. While the maximum daily 8 h ozone enhancements from VCP emissions are more modest, their influence can cause a several ppb increase on select days in major cities. Printing Inks, Cleaning Products, and Paints and Coatings product use categories contribute ~75% to the modeled VCP-derived SOA and Cleaning Products, Paints and Coatings, and Personal Care Products contribute ~81% to the modeled VCP-derived ozone. Overall, VCPs enhance multiple criteria pollutants throughout the United States with the largest impacts in urban cores.
- Authors:
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[1];
[2];
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Postdoctoral Fellow in the Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, United States
- Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- General Dynamics Information Technology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, United States
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- Research Org.:
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USEPA
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1830278
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1871499
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0014664
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Volume: 56 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-936X
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; volatile chemical products; reactive organic carbon; secondary organic aerosol; ozone; PM2.5; air quality impacts
Citation Formats
Seltzer, Karl M., Murphy, Benjamin N., Pennington, Elyse A., Allen, Chris, Talgo, Kevin, and Pye, Havala O. T. Volatile Chemical Product Enhancements to Criteria Pollutants in the United States. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c04298.
Seltzer, Karl M., Murphy, Benjamin N., Pennington, Elyse A., Allen, Chris, Talgo, Kevin, & Pye, Havala O. T. Volatile Chemical Product Enhancements to Criteria Pollutants in the United States. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04298
Seltzer, Karl M., Murphy, Benjamin N., Pennington, Elyse A., Allen, Chris, Talgo, Kevin, and Pye, Havala O. T. Mon .
"Volatile Chemical Product Enhancements to Criteria Pollutants in the United States". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04298.
@article{osti_1830278,
title = {Volatile Chemical Product Enhancements to Criteria Pollutants in the United States},
author = {Seltzer, Karl M. and Murphy, Benjamin N. and Pennington, Elyse A. and Allen, Chris and Talgo, Kevin and Pye, Havala O. T.},
abstractNote = {Volatile chemical products (VCPs) are a significant source of reactive organic carbon emissions in the United States with a substantial fraction (>20% by mass) serving as secondary organic aerosol (SOA) precursors. Here, we incorporate a new nationwide VCP inventory into the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model with VCP-specific updates to better model air quality impacts. Model results indicate that VCPs mostly enhance anthropogenic SOA in densely populated areas with population-weighted annual average SOA increasing 15-30% in Southern California and New York City due to VCP emissions (contribution of 0.2-0.5 μg m-3). Annually, VCP emissions enhance total population-weighted PM2.5 by ~5% in California, ~3% in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and 1-2% in most other states. While the maximum daily 8 h ozone enhancements from VCP emissions are more modest, their influence can cause a several ppb increase on select days in major cities. Printing Inks, Cleaning Products, and Paints and Coatings product use categories contribute ~75% to the modeled VCP-derived SOA and Cleaning Products, Paints and Coatings, and Personal Care Products contribute ~81% to the modeled VCP-derived ozone. Overall, VCPs enhance multiple criteria pollutants throughout the United States with the largest impacts in urban cores.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.est.1c04298},
journal = {Environmental Science and Technology},
number = 11,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {11}
}
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