Diesel particulate matter emission factors and air quality implications from in–service rail in Washington State, USA

Developmental Biology

Juliane L. Fry⁵  Greg Hof¹  Jeffrey Thayer²  Justin Putz¹  Benjamin Ayres⁵  Daniel A. Jaffe⁴  Sofya Malashanka⁴  Jeffrey R. Pierce³ 

[1] University of Washington–Bothell, School of STEM, Bothell, WA USA$$;University of Washington–Seattle, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA USA$$;Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO USA$$;University of Washington–Bothell, School of STEM, Bothell, WA USA$$University of Washington–Seattle, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA USA$$;Reed College, Department of Chemistry, Reed College, Portland, OR USA$$

关键词: Diesel particulate matter;    diesel emissions;    train emissions;    coal dust;    DPM;   

DOI  :  10.5094/APR.2014.040

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Dokuz Eylul Universitesi * Department of Environmental Engineering

【 摘 要 】

We sought to evaluate the air quality implications of rail traffic at two sites in Washington State. Our goals were to quantify the exposure to diesel particulate matter (DPM) and airborne coal dust from current trains for residents living near the rail lines and to measure the DPM and black carbon emission factors (EFs). We chose two sites in Washington State, one at a residence along the rail lines in the city of Seattle and one near the town of Lyle in the Columbia River Gorge (CRG). At each site, we made measurements of size–segregated particulate matter (PM₁, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀), CO₂ and meteorology, and used a motion–activated camera to capture video of each train for identification. We measured an average DPM EF of 0.94 g/kg diesel fuel, with an uncertainty of 20%, based on PM₁ and CO₂ measurements from more than 450 diesel trains. We found no significant difference in the average DPM EFs measured at the two sites. Open coal trains have a significantly higher concentration of particles greater than 1 μm diameter, likely coal dust. Measurements of black carbon (BC) at the CRG site show a strong correlation with PM₁ and give an average BC/DPM ratio of 52% from diesel rail emissions. Our measurements of PM_2.5 show that living close to the rail lines significantly increases PM_2.5 exposure. For the one month of measurements at the Seattle site, the average PM_2.5 concentration was 6.8 μg/m³ higher near the rail lines compared to the average from several background locations. Because the excess PM_2.5 exposure for residents living near the rail lines is likely to be linearly related to the diesel rail traffic density, a 50% increase in rail traffic may put these residents over the new U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards, an annual average of 12 μg/m³.

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