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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Particulate Modeling and Control Strategy of Atlanta, Georgia

Park, Sun-kyoung 23 November 2005 (has links)
Particles reduce visibility, change climate, and affect human health. In 1997, the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 mm) was promulgated. The annual mean PM2.5 mass concentrations in Atlanta, Georgia exceed the standard, and control is needed. The first goal of this study is to develop the control strategies of PM2.5 in Atlanta, Georgia. Based on the statistical analysis of measured data, from 22% to 40% of emission reductions are required to meet the NAAQS at 95% CI. The estimated control levels can be tested using the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model to better assess if the proposed levels will achieve sufficient reduction in PM2.5. The second goal of this study is to analyze various uncertainties residing in CMAQ. For the model to be used in such applications with confidence, it needs to be evaluated. The model performance is calculated by the relative agreement between volume-averaged predictions and point measurements. Up to 14% of the model error for PM2.5 mass is due to the different spatial scales of the two values. CMAQ predicts PM2.5 mass concentrations reasonably well, but CMAQ significantly underestimates PM2.5 number concentrations. Causes of the underestimation include that assumed inaccurate particle density and particle size of the primary emissions in CMAQ, in addition to the expression of the particle size with three lognormal distributions. Also, the strength and limitations of CMAQ in performing PM2.5 source apportionment are compared with those of the Chemical Mass Balance with Molecular Markers. Finally, the accuracy of emissions, one of the important inputs of CMAQ, is evaluated by the inverse modeling. Results show that base level emissions for CO and SO2 sources are relatively accurate, whereas NH3, NOx, PEC and PMFINE emissions are overestimated. The emission adjustment for POA and VOC emissions is significantly different among regions.
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Seasonal Variation of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds and Sulfur-containing Odors Correlated to the Emission Sources of Petrochemical Complexes

Liu, Chih-chung 21 August 2012 (has links)
Neighboring northern Kaohsiung with a dense population of petrochemical and petroleum industrial complexes included China Petroleum Company (CPC) refinery plant, Renwu and Dazher petrochemical industrial plants. In recent years, although many scholars have conducted regional studies, but are still limited by the lack of relevant information evidences (such as odorous matters identification and VOCs fingerprint database), while unable to clearly identify the causes of poor ambient air quality. By sampling and analyzing VOCs, we will be able to understand the major sources of VOCs in northern Kaohsiung and their contribution, and to provide the air quality management and control countermeasures for local environmental protection administration. In this study, we sampled and analyzed the speciation of VOCs and sulfur-containing odorous matters (SOMs) in the CPC refinery plants, Renwu and Dazher petrochemical complexes simultaneously with stack sampling. The sampling of VOCs and SOMs were conducted on January 7th, 14th, and 19th, 2011 (dry season) and May 6th, 13rd, and 23rd, 2011 (wet season). We established the emission source database, investigated the characteristics of VOC fingerprints, and estimate the emission factor of each stack. It helps us understand the temporal and spatial distribution of VOCs and ascertain major sources and their contribution of VOCs. Major VOCs emitted from the stacks of the CPC refinery plant were toluene and acetone. It showed that petroleum refinery processes had similar VOCs characteristics and fingerprints. The fingerprints of stack emissions at Renwu and Dashe industrial complexes varied with their processes. Hydrogen sulfide was the major sulfur-containing odorous matter in all petrochemical plants. Compared to other petrochemical complexes, Renwu industrial complex emitted a variety of SOMs species as well as relatively high concentrations of sulfur-containing odorous matters. The petrochemical industrial complexes in the industrial ambient of VOCs analysis results showed that isobutane, butane, isopentane, pentane, propane of alkanes, propene of alkenes, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, styrene of aromatics, 2-Butanone (MEK), acetone, of carbonyls are major species of VOCs. In addition, ethene+acetylene+ethane (C2), 1,2-dichloroethane, chloromethane, dichloromethane, MTBE were also occasionally found. Sulfur-containing odorous matter (SOMs) analytical results showed that major odorous matters included hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide. The highest hydrogen sulfide concentration went up to 5.5 ppbv. In this study, the species of VOCs were divided into alkanes, alkenes, aromatics, carbonyls, and others. The temporal and spatial distribution of various types of VOCs strongly correlated with near-surface wind direction. The most obvious contaminants were alkanes, aromatics, and carbonyls of the dispersion to the downwind. Generally, the ambient air surrounding the petrochemical industrial complexes was influenced by various pollutants in the case of high wind speeds. It showed that stack emission and fugitive sources had an important contribution to ambient air quality. TSOMs and hydrogen sulfide emitting mainly from local sources resulted in high concentration of TSOMs and hydrogen sulfide surrounding the petrochemical industrial complex. Principal component analysis (PCA) results showed that the surrounding areas of petrochemical industrial complexes, regardless of dry or wet seasons, were mainly influenced by the process emissions and solvent evaporation. The impact of traffic emission sources ranked the second. Chemical mass balance receptor modeling showed that stack emissions from the CPC refinery plants contributed about 48 %, while fugitive emission sources and mobile sources contributed about 30 % and 11%, respectively. The stack emissions from Renwu industrial complex contributed about 75 %, while fugitive emission sources and mobile sources contributed about 17 % and 5 %, respectively. The stack emissions from Dazher industrial complex contributed about 68 %, while fugitive emission sources and mobile sources contributed about 21 % and 2 %, respectively.
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Redistribution of seats in American state legislatures

Douglas, John W. January 1950 (has links)
No description available.
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Alocação de custos indiretos de uma estrutura de vendas compartilhada: um caso aplicado

Yarussi, Fernando Modesto 15 August 2013 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:32:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Modesto Yarussi.pdf: 264914 bytes, checksum: 1e597b01e38c56d322db4835218f6241 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-15 / The objective of this study is to verify, by means of action research, how to establish criteria to ensure the correct and proper allocation of selling costs, providing transparency in the technical aspects of the distribution of costs. Additionally aims to meet the expectations of internal users, featured by controller of business areas. This research was developed in a multinational company, from electric and electronic sector, which makes use of a shared organizational structure Sales. The data collection was performed using semi-structured interviews in order to identify the necessary elements to input for a framework that would meet the requirements of internal users. Based on the literature and information of these users, the results provided the elaboration of a method of cost allocation aiming to supply an immediate demand of the studied company. / O objetivo deste estudo é verificar, por meio de uma pesquisa-ação, como estabelecer critérios que garantam a alocação adequada dos custos de uma estrutura de vendas, proporcionando transparência sob os aspectos técnicos da distribuição de gastos. Adicionalmente objetiva-se atender as expectativas dos usuários internos, caracterizados pelos gerentes de controladoria das áreas de negócios. Esta pesquisa foi desenvolvida em uma empresa multinacional, do setor eletroeletrônico, a qual se serve de uma estrutura compartilhada de vendas. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas de maneira a identificar os elementos necessários para contribuição de um modelo que atendesse as exigências dos usuários internos. Com base na literatura e informações desses usuários, os resultados proporcionaram a elaboração de um modelo de alocação de custos visando ao atendimento de uma demanda imediata da empresa estudada.
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Optimization of Just-in-Time Sequencing Problems and Supply Chain Logistics

Thapa, Gyan January 2015 (has links)
This dissertation presents a comprehensive and comparative progress in sequencing approaches of mixed-model just-in-time (JIT) sequencing problem together with discrete apportioment problem (DAP). The goal of JIT sequencing problem (JITSP) is to keep the rate of usage of parts as constant as possible along the assembly lines, and the goal of DAP is to divide a given integer number of delegates proportionally among the states or the parties according to their population or votes. Furthermore, the supply chain logistics problem is also reported in here with some real life applications.The single-level JITSP, known as the product rate variation problem (PRVP), is pseudo-polynomially solvable. The total PRVP minimizes sum deviation and the bottleneck PRVP minimizes the maximum deviation between the actual production and the ideal production. The assignment approach solves total PRVP whereas the perfect matching works for bottleneck PRVP solving the problem in pseudo-polynomial time. The multi-level JITSP, known as the output rate variation problem (ORVP), is NP-hard in most of the cases. However, some sequencing heuristics and dynamic programming are devised for near optimal solutions. And the pegging assumption reduces the ORVP into weighted case of PRVP. In this dissertation, the total PRVP with square and absolute deviations are considered and mean-based divisor methods are devised for the equitably efficient solution. The simultaneous dealing to the PRVP and DAP establishes the interlink between the production sequencing problem and integer seat allocating problem. The new upper bottlenecks are investigated and the problems are solved comparatively. The bottleneck PRVP instances for small deviations and cyclic sequences for total PRVP are shown to be optimal. The bicriterion sequencing is discussed with Pareto optimal solutions.The production sequencing problem is simultaneously dealt with supply chain logistics to balance overall supply chain system. The cross-docking supply chain logistics problem is formulated with a proposition to be solved. The real-world applications of JITSP and supply chain are listed and some open problems are pointed out as the closing of the dissertation.
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Solutions to discrete distribution problems by means of cooperative game theory

Kohl, Martin 13 May 2016 (has links)
Diese Dissertation präsentiert Modelle zur Lösung von Verhandlungsproblemen mit diskreten Strukturen. Hauptgrundlage der Betrachtung ist dabei die Erweiterung und Anwendung von Theorien der kooperativen Spieltheorie. Insbesondere der Shapley-Wert spielt eine wichtige Rolle. Als erste Problemklasse werden kooperative Spiele präsentiert, bei denen einige Spiele feste Auszahlungen erhalten. Als zweite Problemklasse werden kooperative Spiele untersucht, deren Lösungen ausschließlich ganzzahlig sein dürfen.
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Studying the contribution of urban areas to fine sediment and associated element contents in a river bed

David, Telse 16 October 2012 (has links)
Urban wet weather discharge impairs the receiving water and sediment quality. Among other factors, particulate matter plays a role. It increases the suspended sediment load of the receiving water and may thus enhance the clogging of the bed sediment which serves as an important river habitat. This thesis investigates how much urban areas may contribute to the fine sediment and associated element load which is retarded by the bed sediment. It is based on an extensive field study. The study area was the Bode River, a mid-sized stream in Central Germany. About 10 km upstream of the river mouth, the sampling campaign took place close to Staßfurt, a town of 20’000. During the sampling campaign, the intrusion of fine sediment into the bed sediment was captured by sediment traps. Furthermore three possible sources of this fine sediment were sampled. Within the Town of Staßfurt, we sampled urban wet weather discharge at three sites to capture urban areas. As second source naturally occurring fine sediment was considered. Therefore we took sediment cores upstream of the Town of Staßfurt. As third source, the impact of the upstream catchment was captured by taking suspended sediment samples. For all sample types, particle-bound element contents were determined to establish element patterns of the receptor and the source sites. The rationale thereby is that the element pattern at the receptor sites results from the element patterns of the sources. Consequently the contribution of the sources can be calculated by mixing models. In the study area, particulate matter from urban areas is distinct from river borne fine sediment due to elevated copper, zinc, nitrogen and phosphorus contents. We conducted an in-depth analysis of this element pattern by a cluster analysis. It revealed that the particle-bound element pattern is source specific whereby nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon are related to sewage and behave differently than most metals such as copper which mainly originate from surface runoff. The degree to which element patterns agree from site to site is limited by the variability encountered within sample sets from individual sites. Thereby the variability of the element pattern depends on the complexity of the catchment. The contribution of urban areas to fine sediment and associated elements which were captured by sediment traps was calculated by a mixing model. Based on this mixing model, about 10% of the fine sediment originate from urban areas. Thereby the impact of the Town of Staßfurt could not be detected leading to the conclusion that upstream urban areas contribute most. Because of the elevated content of e.g. copper and zinc, urban areas contribute up to 40% and thus disproportionally high to particle-associated copper and zinc load. The source apportionment of the fine sediment is little influenced by the elements considered in the mixing model. Different element patterns showed that the median contribution of urban areas ranges from 0 – 20%. This lies within the interquartile range of the initial mixing model. Another result of the measurement campaign ist that sediment traps over-estimated the anthropogenic impact because they did not resemble the surrounding bed sediment. When they were exposed, they were completely free from fine sediment and hence served as sink of suspended sediment. During the sampling campaign, one source was not directly taken into account. It was possible, though, to delineate this source by nonnegative matrix factorization. Within the Town of Staßfurt, a soda ash production site discharges into the Bode River. The nonnegative matrix factorization uncovered that the soda ash production site is a major source of particulate matter and contributes up to 30% of the fine sediment captured by the traps downstream of the Town of Staßfurt. This source dilutes most element contents as it mainly consists of carbonates. This was revealed by studying the element binding according to the BCR extraction scheme. This thesis shows that urban areas may be a major source of particulate matter and especially associated elements retarded by the bed sediment. It shows that the element contents form a viable pattern to calculate how much urban areas contribute to fine sediment by mixing models. The thesis further shows that nonnegative matrix factorization is a viable tool to delineate such a distinct source as soda ash production site. / Misch- und Regenwasserentlastungen beeinträchtigen die Qualität von Vorflutgewässern. Unter anderem gelangt Feinsediment während Entlastungsereignissen in Vorflutgewässer. Dieses erhöht die Fracht an suspendiertem Sediment und verstärkt die Kolmatierung der Gewässersohle. Damit ist das hyporheische Interstitial, das ein wichtiges Fließgewässerhabitat ist, vom Eintrag von Feinsediment betroffen. Diese Arbeit untersucht, wie sehr urbane Flächen zur Feinsedimentfracht und zur Fracht von partikulär gebundenen Elementen beitragen können, die im Bettsediment zurückgehalten werden. Sie beruht auf einer umfangreichen Messkampagne. Das Untersuchungsgebiet dafür war die Bode, ein mittelgroßer Fluss in Mitteldeutschland. Etwa 10 km flussaufwärts der Mündung fand die Messkampagne nahe der Kleinstadt Staßfurt statt. Im Rahmen dieser Messkampagne haben wir den Eintrag von Feinsediment in das Bettsediment durch Sedimentkörbe erfasst. Drei Quellen dieses Feinsediments haben wir berücksichtigt. In Staßfurt wurden eine Regen- und zwei Mischwassereinleitungen beprobt, um urbane Flächen zu erfassen. Als zweite Quelle wurde natürlich vorkommendes Feinsediment berücksichtigt. Dafür haben wir Sedimentkerne flussaufwärts von Staßfurt genommen. Als dritte Quelle haben wir das stromaufwärts liegende Einzugsgebiet erfasst, indem wir das suspendierte Sediment beprobt haben. Für alle Proben wurde der Elementgehalt bestimmt, um das Elementmuster des Feinsediments, das ins Bettsediment eingetragen wurde, und der Quellen zu ermitteln. Der Grund für diese Messstrategie war, dass das Elementmuster des Feinsediments in den Körben aus den Elementmustern der Quellen, Regen- bzw. Mischwassereinleitungen, natürlich vorkommendes Feinsediment und suspendiertes Sediment aus dem Einzugsgebiet, resultieren sollte. Damit ist es möglich, den Beitrag über Mischungsmodelle zu berechnen. Im Untersuchungsgebiet unterscheidet sich das Feinsediment, das von urbanen Flächen stammt, von dem flussbürtigen Feinsediment aufgrund erhöhter Kupfer-, Zink-, Stickstoff- und Phosphorgehalte. Wir haben das Elementmuster der urbanen Flächen mit einer Clusteranalyse genauer untersucht. Dies ergab, dass das partikulär gebundene Elementmuster quellenspezifisch ist, wobei sich Stickstoff, Phosphor und Kohlenstoff Abwasser zuordnen lassen, während die meisten Metalle wie Kupfer und Zink hauptsächlich aus dem Oberflächenabfluss stammen. Das Maß, zu dem die Muster von Messpunkt zu Messpunkt übereinstimmen, wird durch die Variabilität beschränkt, die die Proben eines Messpunktes aufweisen. Diese Variabilität hängt dabei von der Komplexität des Einzugsgebiets ab. Über eine Mischungsrechnung konnten wir berechnen, wie viel urbane Flächen zur Fracht von Feinsediment und daran gebundenen Elementen in den Sedimentkörben beitrugen. Im Untersuchungsgebiet stammen etwa 10 % des Feinsediments, das durch die Sedimentkörbe aufgefangen wurde, von urbanen Flächen. Der Beitrag der Stadt Staßfurt konnte dabei aber nicht von dem Beitrag weiter flussaufwärts gelegener urbaner Gebiete getrennt werden. Daraus folgt, dass weiter stromaufwärts liegende Gebiete mehr beitragen als Staßfurt. Wegen des erhöhten Gehalts an z.B. Kupfer und Zink tragen urbane Flächen ca. 40 % und damit überproportional hoch zur partikulär gebundenen Kupfer- und Zinkfracht bei. Für die Berechung des Quellenbeitrags zum Feinsediment spielt es keine große Rolle, welche Elemente in der Mischungsrechnung berücksichtigt werden. Verschiedene Elementmuster ergeben, dass der Medianbeitrag urbaner Flächen zwischen 0 und 20 % liegt. Dies entspricht dem Interquartilsabstand der ursprünglichen Mischungsrechnung. Ein weiteres Resultat der Untersuchungen ist, dass die Sedimentkörbe den anthropogenen Einfluss überschätzten, weil sie das umgebende Bettsediment nicht exakt abbildeten und als Falle funktionierten. Innerhalb Staßfurts gibt es ein Sodawerk, das seine Produktionsabwässer in die Bode einleitet. Während der Messkampagne wurde diese Quelle nicht direkt erfasst. Es war trotzdem möglich, diese Quelle durch nicht-negative Matrix-Faktorisierung zu identifizieren. Die nicht-negative Matrix-Faktorisierung ergab, dass das Abwasser des Sodawerks eine Hauptquelle des Feinsediments der Bode ist. Bis zu 30 % des Feinsediments in den Sedimentkörben flussabwärts von Staßfurt lassen sich dem Sodawerk zuordnen. Dieses Feinsediment besteht hauptsächlich aus Karbonaten und verdünnt die meisten Elementgehalte. Dies wurde deutlich, indem die Elementbindungen nach dem BCR Extraktionsschema untersucht wurden. Diese Arbeit zeigt die Relevanz, die urbane Flächen als Quelle von Feinsediment und daran gebundener Elementfracht haben, die ins Interstitial eingetragen werden. Sie zeigt, dass die Elementgehalte ein Muster bilden, mit dem es möglich ist, über eine Mischungsrechnung zu klären, wie viel urbane Flächen zum Feinsediment beitragen. Die Arbeit zeigt ferner, dass nicht-negative Matrix-Faktorisierung ermöglicht, eine so charakteristische Quelle wie ein Sodawerk zu identifizieren.
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Fraction primaire et secondaire de l'aérosol organique : méthodologies et application à un environnement urbain méditerranéen, Marseille

El Haddad, Imad 17 January 2011 (has links)
La mise en place de politiques efficaces visant à la réduction des niveaux de concentrations en PM exige la connaissance préalable des sources primaires et secondaires de l’aérosol organique, une fraction majoritaire des PM demeurant encore mal appréhendée. Les travaux réalisés au cours de cette thèse s’inscrivent dans le cadre du projet FORMES qui avait pour principal objectif d’évaluer et de contraindre les principales méthodes de quantification de l’influence des différentes sources de la fraction organique de l’aérosol en milieu récepteur et d’en optimiser les procédures. La caractérisation physico-chimique de l’aérosol s’est articulée autour de deux campagnes de mesures intensives de 15 jours chacune dans deux environnements urbains très contrastés : Marseille en été, et Grenoble en hiver. Ce travail de thèse s’est concentré sur le cas de Marseille, un environnement très complexe, combinant une activité photo oxydante très intense à un ensemble d’émissions primaires qui incluent les sources industrielles et les émissions par les bateaux.L’analyse CMB appliquée sur le cas de Marseille a montré que les sources primaires sont dominées par les émissions véhiculaires contribuant à 17 % du carbone organique (OC). Bien que les sources industrielles contribuent faiblement à la masse de l’aérosol (2.5 % de l’OC), ces émissions contrôlent les concentrations des HAP et de certains métaux lourds. Ces sources contribuent également, en moyenne sur la période, à environ 30% du nombre des particules ultrafines (Dp<50 nm), ce qui augmente probablement leurs effets sanitaires. Contrairement à Grenoble, où la combustion de bois est une source prépondérante (environ 70 % de l’OC), à Marseille ces émissions ne constituent qu’une source minoritaire, contribuant à 0.8 % de l’OC. Toutefois, la principale information révélée par la déconvolution de sources par CMB est que les sources primaires considérées ne permettent d’expliquer, que 22 % de l’OC mesuré ; 78 % du carbone restant non expliqué. Cette fraction est associée majoritairement à l’aérosol organique secondaire (SOA). En combinant les résultats CMB aux mesures 14C, il a été montré que plus que 70% de cet aérosol est très vraisemblablement d’origine biogénique. En conséquence, les contributions du SOA formé à partir de l’isoprène, l’&#945;-pinène et le &#946;-caryophyllène ont été examinées moyennant une approche basée sur les marqueurs de cet aérosol. Le SOA issu de ces précurseurs a été estimé comme contribuant uniquement à 4.3 % de l’OC, laissant une grande fraction de ce carbone non-attribuée. Cette sous-estimation est la conséquence de trois causes : (i) les incertitudes associées à l’approche utilisée, (ii) des précurseurs biogéniques non-considérés et (iii) le vieillissement de l’aérosol secondaire au cours de son transport dans l’atmosphère, comme suggéré par les mesures d’organosulfates et de la fraction polycarboxylique de type HULIS. Cette dernière fraction peut contribuer à près de 40% de l’OC non-attribué. / Tougher particulate matter regulations around the world and especially in Europe point out the need of source apportionment studies in order to better understand the different primary and secondary sources of organic aerosol, a major fraction of particulate matter that remains not well constrained. The work carried out in this thesis takes part of the FORMES project whose main objective is the source apportionment of the organic aerosol using different approaches, including mainly CMB modelling, AMS/PMF and radiocarbon (14C) measurements. The aerosol characterisation was performed within two intensive field campaigns conducted in two contrasted urban environments: Grenoble during winter and Marseille during summer. The present work focuses on the Marseille case study that presents a particularly complex environment, combining an intense photochemistry to a mixture of primary emissions including shipping and industrial emissions. Primary organic carbon (POC) apportioned using CMB modelling contributed on average for only 22% and was dominated by vehicular emissions accounting on average for 17% of OC. Even though, industrial emissions contribute for only 2.3% of the total OC, they are associated with ultrafine particles and high concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and heavy metals such as Pb, Ni and V, which most likely relate them with acute health outcomes. Whereas in Grenoble the organic aerosol was dominated by wood burning smoke (70% of OC), this source was negligible in Marseille contributing for less than 1% of OC. The main result from this source apportionment exercise is that 78% of OC mass cannot be attributed to the major primary sources and remains un-apportioned; this fraction is mostly associated with secondary organic aerosol. Radiocarbon measurements suggest that more than 70% of this fraction is of modern origins, assigned predominantly to biogenic secondary organic carbon (BSOC). Therefore, contributions from three traditional BSOC precursors, isoprene, &#945;-pinene and &#946;-caryophellene, were considered using a marker based approach. The aggregate contribution from BSOC derived from these precursors was estimated at only 4.2% of total OC. As a result, these estimates underpredict the high loading of OC. This underestimation can be associated with (i) uncertainties underlying the marker-based approach, (ii) presence of other SOC precursors and (iii) further processing of fresh SOC, as indicated by organosulfates (RSO4) and HUmic LIke Substances (HULIS) measurements. This HULIS can contribute up to 40% of the unattributed OC.
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Sources des aérosols en milieu urbain : cas de la ville de Paris / Aerosol composition and source apportionment in urban areas : case of Paris City Metropolitan Area

Abidi, Ehgere 18 December 2013 (has links)
La connaissance des sources des particules dans le milieu ambiant est devenue une préoccupation majeure depuis que leur impact sur la santé est avéré. Ainsi, une connaissance détaillée de la nature des fines particules (PM) et de leurs sources, devient nécessaire pour quantifier l’importance des émissions sur la masse totale en PM. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif de ce travail est de mieux connaître la composition chimique et les sources de l’aérosol organique. Les travaux réalisés s’intègrent dans le cadre du projet MEGAPOLI. Deux campagnes ont été conduites en région parisienne en été et en hiver sur deux sites urbain (LHVP) et suburbain (SIRTA). Une caractérisation chimique des PM2.5 a été effectuée. La contribution des sources primaires des PM2.5 fut calculée par modélisation CMB et les résultats furent par la suite intercomparés à ceux obtenus par les approches AMS/PMF et radiocarbone 14C. L’analyse CMB montra qu’en hiver, les principales sources contributrices sont les sources primaires, dominées par les émissions véhiculaires et la combustion de la biomasse. En été, les concentrations de PM2.5 sont gouvernées par les espèces secondaires. D’après l’approche basée sur les marqueurs organiques secondaires, le SOA biogénique traditionnel contribue faiblement à la masse de PM2.5. La comparaison des deux approches CMB et AMS-PMF a montré qu’en hiver, les différences ont été observées pour les deux sources majeures d’aérosol organique : combustion de biomasse et source véhiculaire. En été, les différences obtenues sont moins marquées. Les comparaisons des résultats de modélisation CMB avec les mesures de 14C, approche totalement indépendante, montrèrent un bon accord. / Knowing the sources of airborne fine particulate matter in ambient area became a major concern since their adverse effects on health were. Then, knowing in detail the nature and the sources of the fine particles (PM) is necessary to quantify the relative importance of the emissions on the total PM concentration. In this context, the main objective is to better know the chemical composition and the sources of the organic aerosol. This works is integrated within the MEGAPOLI framework. Two intensive campaigns were led in Paris region in summer and in winter at an urban (LHVP) and a suburban (SIRTA) sites. During the both sampling campaigns, a complete PM2.5 chemical characterization was made. The contributions of the PM2.5 primary sources were calculated by CMB modelling and the results were intercompared with those obtained by the AMS/PMF and the radiocarbon 14C approaches. The CMB analysis showed that in winter, the main contributing sources were primary, dominated by vehicular exhaust and biomass burning. In summer, the PM2.5 ambient concentrations were mainly governed by secondary species. According to the approach based on the secondary organic markers, the traditional biogenic SOA contribution to the PM2.5 mass was. The both CMB and AMS-PMF approaches comparison showed that in winter, the differences were particularly observed for both major organic aerosol sources: biomass burning and vehicular exhaust. In summer, the differences between both approaches were less visible. The comparisons of the CMB modeling approach results with the radiocarbon 14C measurements, a totally independent approach, show a very good agreement between both approaches
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Caractérisation de l'aérosol industriel et quantification de sa contribution aux PM2.5 atmosphériques / Characterization of industrial aerosol and quantifying its contribution to atmospheric PM2.5

Sylvestre, Alexandre 19 July 2016 (has links)
La connaissance des principales sources de l’aérosol permet d’améliorer, d’adapter et de cibler les mesures prises pour réduire les concentrations de particules fines. Ainsi, l’identification et la hiérarchisation des sources de particules fines sont des étapes essentielles à la mise en place d'une politique efficace d'amélioration de la qualité de l'air. Le travail mené durant cette thèse s’inscrit dans cette démarche puisqu'il avait pour objectif de quantifier les sources de PM2.5 en milieu industriel. Afin de répondre à cet objectif, deux campagnes de prélèvements ont été réalisés dont une sous les vents des principales activités industrielles afin de caractériser leurs émissions (profils) et une en zones urbaines caractéristiques de l’exposition de la population aux particules fines. Les résultats ont permis d'obtenir des empreintes représentatives des principales activités industrielles de la zone d'étude. L’analyse ME-2 menée a permis, avec la combinaison d’analyses radiocarbones, de déterminer que la source de combustion de biomasse est la source majoritaire pendant l’automne et l’hiver où les épisodes de PM2.5 ont été observés. La source industrielle est la source majoritaire des PM2.5 au printemps et en été mais ne constitue pas un driver fort de la concentration des PM2.5. Toutefois, cette étude a montré que les sources industrielles impactent significativement la population de particules (taille, composition, etc.) dans la zone d’étude. / In order to limit the impact of air quality on human health, public authorities need reliable and accurate information on the sources contribution. So, the identification of the main sources of PM2.5 is the first step to adopt efficient mitigation policies. This work carry out in this thesis take place in this issue and was to determine the main sources of PM2.5 inside an industrial area. To determinate the main sources of PM2.5, two campaigns were lead to collect daily PM2.5 to: 1/ determine the enrichment of atmospheric pollutants downwind from the main industrial activities and 2/ collect PM2.5 in urban areas characteristic of the population exposition. Results allowed to obtain very representative profiles for the main industrial activities implanted inside the studied area. ME-2 analysis, combined to radiocarbon measurements, allowed to highlight the very high impact of Biomass Burning sources for all the PM2.5 pollution events recorded from early autumn to March. This study showed that industrial sources, even if they are the major sources during spring and summer, are not the major PM2.5 driver. However, this study highlights that industrial sources impact significantly the aerosol population (size, composition, etc.) in the studied area.

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