URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/19214285-2984-41C3-9DB9-4A37E83F2C6E | - |
Identifier | http://aaqr.org/VOL11_No6_November2011/1_AAQR-10-09-OA-0080_632-642.pdf | - |
Identifier | https://doi.org/ 10.4209/aaqr.2010.09.0080 | - |
Language | en | - |
Extent | 10 pages | en |
Title | Indoor and outdoor particle number and mass concentrations in three houses in Athens. Sources, sinks and variability of aerosol parameters. | en |
Creator | Konstantinos Eleftheriadis | en |
Creator | Evangelia Diapouli | en |
Creator | Angeliki A. Karanasiou | en |
Creator | Sterios Vratolis | en |
Creator | Ove Hermansen | en |
Creator | Ian Colbeck | en |
Creator | Lazaridis Michail | en |
Creator | Λαζαριδης Μιχαηλ | el |
Content Summary | The scope of this work was to characterize PM mass and number concentration at typical residential microenvironments
in the centre of Athens and to examine the relative contribution of the indoor and outdoor sources. Three residential flats
located in densely populated residential areas were studied, during a warm and cold period of 2002. PM10, PM2 and black
carbon (BC) mass concentrations, as well as ultrafine and accumulation mode particle number size distributions were
recorded indoors and outdoors simultaneously. Outdoor concentrations of all size fractions were significant, and indicative
of urban sites affected by heavy traffic. Indoor levels were generally lower than the corresponding outdoor ones.
Nevertheless, elevated indoor concentrations were recorded, caused by increased ambient air penetration in the indoor
microenvironments and/or indoor particle generation. The mean 24-hr indoor PM10 concentration at all residences was
35.0 ± 10.7 μg/m3
during the warm period and 31.8 ± 7.8 μg/m3
during the cold period. The corresponding PM2
concentration was 30.1 ± 11.1 μg/m3
and 27.2 ± 3.6 μg/m3
during warm and cold periods, respectively. Regression
analysis of indoor and outdoor concentration data revealed that indoor BC may be considered mainly of outdoor origin. A
large fraction of the outdoor-generated PM2 and ultrafine and accumulation mode particles also seems to penetrate indoors,
causing elevated indoor levels. Regarding indoor particle generation, cooking was the strongest contributor in residential
microenvironments. | en |
Type of Item | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | en |
Type of Item | Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές | el |
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
Date of Item | 2015-11-12 | - |
Date of Publication | 2011 | - |
Subject | Air--Pollution--Control | en |
Subject | Air contaminants | en |
Subject | Air pollutants | en |
Subject | Air pollution | en |
Subject | Air pollution control | en |
Subject | Air toxics | en |
Subject | Airborne pollutants | en |
Subject | Atmosphere--Pollution | en |
Subject | Contaminants, Air | en |
Subject | Control of air pollution | en |
Subject | Pollutants, Air | en |
Subject | Toxics, Air | en |
Subject | air pollution | en |
Subject | air pollution control | en |
Subject | air contaminants | en |
Subject | air pollutants | en |
Subject | air toxics | en |
Subject | airborne pollutants | en |
Subject | atmosphere pollution | en |
Subject | contaminants air | en |
Subject | control of air pollution | en |
Subject | pollutants air | en |
Subject | toxics air | en |
Bibliographic Citation | E. Diapouli, K. Eleftheriadis, A.A. Karanasiou, S. Vratolis, I. Colbeck, M. Lazaridis ,"Indoor and outdoor particle number and mass concentrations in three houses in Athens. Sources, sinks and variability of aerosol parameters," Aer. and Air Quality Res.,vol. 11, pp.632–642,2011.doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.09.0080 | en |