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FRONTIERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 27-41Publisher
HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-012-0461-4
Keywords
volatile organic compounds (VOCs); chemical speciation; ozone formation; Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP); China
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51108006]
- Ph.D Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China [20111103120008]
- MEP's Special Funds for Research on Public Welfares [2011467003]
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This study estimates the detailed chemical profiles of China's anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions for the period of 2005-2020. The chemical profiles of VOCs for seven activity sectors are calculated, based on which the Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP) of VOCs for these sectors is evaluated. At the national level, the VOCs species emitted in 2005 include alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, aromatic compounds, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, esters, ethers and halocarbons, accounting for 26.4 wt.%, 29.2 wt.%, 21.3 wt.%, 4.7 wt.%, 5.4 wt.%, 1.7 wt.%, 2.1 wt.%, 0.7 wt. % and 2.2 wt.% of total emissions, respectively. And during 2005-2020, their mass proportions would respectively grow or decrease by - 6.9%, - 32.7%, 7.3%, 65.3%, 34.7%, - 48.6%, 108.5%, 100.5%, and 55.4%. This change would bring about a 13% reduction of POCP for national VOCs emissions in the future. Thus, although the national VOCs emissions are expected to increase by 33% over the whole period, its ozone formation potential is estimated to rise only by 14%. Large discrepancies are found in VOCs speciation emissions among provinces. Compared to western provinces, the eastern provinces with a more developed economy would emit unsaturated hydrocarbons and benzene with lower mix ratios, and aromatic compounds except benzene, oxidized hydrocarbons and halocarbons with higher mix ratios. Such differences lead to lower POCP of VOCs emitted in eastern provinces, and higher POCP of VOCs emitted in western provinces. However, due to the large VOCs emissions from Chinese eastern region, the ozone formation potential of VOCs emission in eastern provinces would be much higher than those in western provinces by about 156%-235%.
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