Case Study of Pollution with Particulate Matter in Selected Locations of Polish Cities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Object
- point (emission from single sources, most often from high chimneys),
- household (emission from many different sources, e.g., from inhabited areas),
- transport (emissions from means of transport, mainly roads).
- Przemkowska Street (point sources),
- Slezna Street (transportation sources),
- Ustronie Street (household sources).
- Ujastek Street (point sources),
- Debnicki Bridge (transportation sources),
- Zapolskiej Street (household sources).
2.2. Measuring Equipment
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of Particle Number (PN) Distribution in Wroclaw and Cracow
3.2. Analysis of Particulate Mass (PM) Distribution in Wroclaw and Cracow
3.3. Total Average Number and Mass Concentrations of Particulate Matter in Wroclaw and Cracow
- point immission sources 1000 cm−3 (in Wroclaw), 253 cm−3 (in Cracow),
- household immission sources 750 cm−3 (in Wroclaw), 226 cm−3 (in Cracow),
- transportation immission sources 596 cm−3 (Wroclaw), 386 cm−3 (Cracow).
- point immission sources 131 µg/m3 (in Wroclaw), 287 µg/m3 (in Cracow),
- household immission sources 120 µg/m3 (in Wroclaw), 167 µg/m3 (in Cracow),
- transportation immission sources 175 µg/m3 (Wroclaw), 224 µg/m3 (Cracow).
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Pollutant | Point-Source | Transportation Source | Household Source | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wroclaw | Cracow | Wroclaw | Cracow | Wroclaw | Cracow | |
range of the diameter of the largest particles number [μm] | 0.3–0.5 | 0.3–1 | 0.3–0.5 | 0.3–1 | 0.3–0.5 | 0.3–1 |
share of particles with a diameter smaller than 1 μm | <99% | <96% | <99% | <98% | <99% | <98% |
Pollutant | Point-Source | Transportation Source | Household Source | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wroclaw | Cracow | Wroclaw | Cracow | Wroclaw | Cracow | |
range of the diameter of the largest particulate matter [μm] | 0.3–0.5 1.5–10 | 2–10 | 0.3–0.4 2–10 | 2–10 | 0.3–0.4 2–10 | 2–10 |
share of particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 1 μm | <19% | <4% | <10% | <7% | <16% | <5% |
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Jasiński, R.; Galant-Gołębiewska, M.; Nowak, M.; Ginter, M.; Kurzawska, P.; Kurtyka, K.; Maciejewska, M. Case Study of Pollution with Particulate Matter in Selected Locations of Polish Cities. Energies 2021, 14, 2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092529
Jasiński R, Galant-Gołębiewska M, Nowak M, Ginter M, Kurzawska P, Kurtyka K, Maciejewska M. Case Study of Pollution with Particulate Matter in Selected Locations of Polish Cities. Energies. 2021; 14(9):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092529
Chicago/Turabian StyleJasiński, Remigiusz, Marta Galant-Gołębiewska, Mateusz Nowak, Monika Ginter, Paula Kurzawska, Karolina Kurtyka, and Marta Maciejewska. 2021. "Case Study of Pollution with Particulate Matter in Selected Locations of Polish Cities" Energies 14, no. 9: 2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092529