A study on the Characteristics of HAPs in Residential areas affected by Industrial Complex using SIFT-MS

Abstract

In Yaeum-dong, a residential area near the industrial complex, SIFT-MS, which enables real-time continuous measurement, was used to identify the characteristics of VOCs and odorous substances. When looking at the concentrations by chemical substance group, aliphatic hydrocarbons accounted for a significant portion, showing different characteristics from other large cities. This indicates that the Yaeum-dong area is directly affected by the emission source of the nearby petrochemical complex. As an individual substance, ammonia showed the highest concentration among HAPs. Seasonal HAPs concentrations generally tended to be high in summer and low in winter. When examining concentrations by time of day, it showed characteristics of industrial areas affected by VOCs scattered and volatilized in national industrial complexes. In addition, it was confirmed that the characteristics of urban areas appearing in general metropolitan traffic congestion zones appeared at the same time. Compared with the results of other previous studies, in general, there was no significant difference in concentrations from the results of measurements in residential areas near petrochemical complexes. And it showed a much lower concentrations than the measured value in industrial complex. As a result of CPF analysis for estimating the source of pollutants, most HAPs showed high concentrations in the south wind direction, indicating that the measurement point was affected by the industrial complex.

Keywords

• hazardous air pollutants
• sift-ms
• aliphatic hydrocarbons
• petrochemical complex
• vocs