WATERSHED-BASED SOURCES OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN URBAN STORM WATER

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric D. Stein ◽  
Liesl L. Tiefenthaler ◽  
Kenneth Schiff
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Urban Storm

Occurrence and phase distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban storm-water runoff

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 383-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Smith ◽  
M. Sievers ◽  
S. Huang ◽  
S.L. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Traffic Volume ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Storm Water Runoff ◽  
Parking Lot ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Gas Station ◽  
High Traffic Volume

A total of 42 storm-water overland-flow samples were collected from four sampling sites (a highway off-ramp, a gas station, and a low- and high-traffic-volume parking lot). For each sample, the suspended-sediment and water phases were separated and analyzed for 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The gas station site produced the highest total PAH loading (2.24 g/yr/m2), followed by the high-traffic-volume parking lot (5.56 X 10-2 g/yr/m2), the highway off-ramp (5.20 × 10-2 g/yr/m2), and the low-traffic-volume parking lot (3.23 × 10-2 g/yr/m2). In several samples, one or more PAHs were detected in the aqueous phase at concentrations above its aqueous solubility. This result suggests the presence of colloidal-size particles capable of sorbing PAHs to an appreciable extent, or the presence of an oil-and-grease microemulsion. Based on rainfall and PAH data from seven discrete storm events, PAH concentrations were usually highest during the “first flush” of storm-water runoff and tapered off rapidly as time progressed. It is apparent from these analyses that storm-water runoff from parking lots, highways, and gas stations is a significant source of PAHs to the environment. Because some of the PAHs are carcinogens or suspected carcinogens, best management practices such as oil/grit separators should be implemented at “hot spots” in urban areas to mitigate potential PAH pollution.

Urban and suburban storm water runoff as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Massachusetts estuarine and coastal environments

Estuaries ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Menzie ◽  
Susanne S. Hoeppner ◽  
Jerome J. Cura ◽  
Jonathan S. Freshman ◽  
Elizabeth N. LaFrey
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Coastal Environments ◽  
Storm Water Runoff ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

The Assessment of Contamination and Source of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from the Sediments of the Someş River

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Vlad Pӑnescu ◽  
◽  
Mihaela Cӑtӑlina Herghelegiu ◽  
Sorin Pop ◽  
Mircea Anton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

1,1’-Biaceanthrylene and 2,2'-Biaceanthrylene: Models for Linking Larger Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via Five-Membered Rings

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yachu Du ◽  
Kyle Plunkett
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Electronic Properties ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Redox Potentials ◽  
Dimer Model ◽  
Optical And Electronic Properties ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

We show that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) chromophores that are linked between two five-membered rings can access planarized structures with reduced optical gaps and redox potentials. Two aceanthrylene chromophores were connected into dimer model systems with the chromophores either projected outward (2,2’-biaceanthrylene) or inward (1,1’-biaceanthrylene) and the optical and electronic properties were compared. Only the planar 2,2’-biaceanthrylene system showed significant reductions of the optical gaps (1 eV) and redox potentials in relation to the aceanthrylene monomer.<br>

1,1’-Biaceanthrylene and 2,2'-Biaceanthrylene: Models for Linking Larger Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via Five-Membered Rings

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yachu Du ◽  
Kyle Plunkett
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Electronic Properties ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Redox Potentials ◽  
Dimer Model ◽  
Optical And Electronic Properties ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

We show that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) chromophores that are linked between two five-membered rings can access planarized structures with reduced optical gaps and redox potentials. Two aceanthrylene chromophores were connected into dimer model systems with the chromophores either projected outward (2,2’-biaceanthrylene) or inward (1,1’-biaceanthrylene) and the optical and electronic properties were compared. Only the planar 2,2’-biaceanthrylene system showed significant reductions of the optical gaps (1 eV) and redox potentials in relation to the aceanthrylene monomer.<br>

EMISSION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS CONTAINED IN COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF GASOLINE ENGINES

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Assad ◽  
V. V. Grushevski ◽  
O. G. Penyazkov ◽  
I. N. Tarasenko
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Catalytic Converter ◽  
Combustion Products ◽  
Chromatography Method ◽  
Exhaust Gases ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Load Mode

The concentration of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the gasoline combustion products emitted into the atmosphere by internal combustion engines (ICE) has been measured using the gas chromatography method. The concentrations of PAHs in the exhaust gases sampled behind a catalytic converter has been determined when the ICE operates in five modes: idle mode, high speed mode, load mode, ICE cold start mode (engine warm-up) and transient mode. Using 92 RON, 95 RON and 98 RON gasoline the effect of the octane number of gasoline on the PAHs content in the exhaust gases has been revealed. The concentration of the most carcinogenic component (benzo(α)pyrene) in the exhaust gases behind a catalytic converter significantly exceeds a reference value of benzo(α)pyrene in the atmospheric air established by the WHO and the EU for ICE in the load mode.

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