Emission Characteristics and Potential Exposure Assessment of Aerosols and Ultrafine Particles at Two French Airports
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- Study design
- Source emissions: engine exhaust sampling
- Aerosol sampling at the medium-haul work area
- Single-probe trolley devices for simultaneous aerosol analyses
- Compact device for particle collection on membranes
- Membrane analyses
3. Results
3.1. Source Emissions: Engine Exhausts
3.2. Aerosol Measurements at the Medium-Haul Area Workstation
4. Discussion
4.1. Source Emissions: Engine Exhausts
4.2. Aerosol Measurements at the Medium-Haul Workstation Area
4.3. Exposure Assessment of Aerosols
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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TXRF Chemical Identification | SEM-EDX Chemical Identification | |||
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Sources of Emission | Micrometric Size | Submicronic Size | Micrometric Particles | Nanometric Particles |
Aircraft engine GE90 (long haul) | Fe, S, Si | Br, Fe, S, Ti, | Al, Ca, Cl, O, Si, S, Ti | C, O |
Aircraft engine CFM56-5B (medium haul) | Br, Ca, Fe, K, Mn, S, Si, Ti | Fe, S, Ti, Zn | Al, Ca, Fe, K, Na, O, Si, S, Zn | C, O, Na, S |
Pushback tractor 256 (old generation) | Ca, Fe, K, S, Si, Ti, Zn | Ca, S, Fe | Ca, F, O | C, O |
Pushback tractor 270 (new generation) | Ca, Fe, S, Si | Br, Fe, S, Ti, Zn | Cr, O, S | C, O |
Generator set | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Gasoline car | Ca, K, S, Si | Ca, K, S, Si | Cr, Mo, O | C, O |
Diesel van |
Aethelometer at the Medium-Haul Area | Integrative Filter Sampling at Ambient Concentration (Distance 5 km) | TXRF Chemical Identification at the Medium-Haul Area | SEM-EDX Chemical Identification at the Medium-Haul Area | |||
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Source of Emission | [EC] (μg/m3) | [EC] (μg/m3) | Micrometric Size | Submicronic Size | Micrometric Particles | Nanometric Particles |
Medium-haul aircraft area | 1.8 ± 0.6 | 4.8 ± 0.6 | Ca, Fe, K, S, Si, Ti | Br, Ca, Zn | Al, Ca, Mg, O, Si | Ca, C, O, S, Si |
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Artous, S.; Zimmermann, E.; Philippot, C.; Jacquinot, S.; Locatelli, D.; Tarantini, A.; Suehs, C.; Touri, L.; Clavaguera, S. Emission Characteristics and Potential Exposure Assessment of Aerosols and Ultrafine Particles at Two French Airports. Air 2024, 2, 73-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/air2010005
Artous S, Zimmermann E, Philippot C, Jacquinot S, Locatelli D, Tarantini A, Suehs C, Touri L, Clavaguera S. Emission Characteristics and Potential Exposure Assessment of Aerosols and Ultrafine Particles at Two French Airports. Air. 2024; 2(1):73-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/air2010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleArtous, Sébastien, Eric Zimmermann, Cécile Philippot, Sébastien Jacquinot, Dominique Locatelli, Adeline Tarantini, Carey Suehs, Léa Touri, and Simon Clavaguera. 2024. "Emission Characteristics and Potential Exposure Assessment of Aerosols and Ultrafine Particles at Two French Airports" Air 2, no. 1: 73-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/air2010005