Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 846, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157317
Keywords
Cooking emissions; Carbonyl compounds; Volatile organic compounds; Emission factors and inventory; OFP
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Funding
- Second National Survey on Pollution Sources
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41773130, 41403093]
- Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project [201904010265]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [2015A030313868]
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Cooking in China not only provides nutrition but also promotes economic growth. The specific cooking styles in China produce carbonyls that have adverse effects on the environment and human health. This study quantitatively evaluated the contribution of carbonyls to common VOCs from cooking activities in China and suggested that control measures targeting carbonyls might be more efficient.
Cooking in China supply the large population with nutrition and, as a commercial activity, it also promotes the economic growth of Chinese society. The specific cooking styles in China can produce complex volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. The resulting adverse effects on the environment and human health of carbonyls from cooking should not be ignored. We quantitatively evaluated the contribution of carbonyls to common VOCs (carbonyl/VOC ratio) from cooking activities in China through the establishment and comparison of the source profiles, emission factors (EFs), emission amount and ozone formation potential (OFP). It was found that carbonyls are crucial components of VOCs from commercial, canteen and residential cooking activities (COC, CAC and REC, respectively). The carbonyl/VOC ratio from cooking activities in China had EFs, emissions, and a total OFP of 22-65 %, 23-34 %, and 49-104 %, respectively. The high OFP was due to the high OFP emissions intensity (OFPEI) and maximum incremental reactivity (MIR) values of carbonyls. This indicates that to alleviate O-3 pollution, OFP-based control measures that target carbonyls might be more efficient than measures that target common VOCs. Priority should be given to emission controlling COC emissions, specifically those from medium- and large-scale catering. Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and hexanal were the key carbonyl species that form O-3 in the environment. Our findings imply that cooking-emitted carbonyls should not be overlooked in investigations of O-3 formation and that these compounds should be subject to strict regulations.
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