Supawan Intoon. Assessment of non-exhaust PM10 level and its composition at the roadside locations in Bangkok . Master's Degree(Appropriate Technology for Resources Development). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2006.
Assessment of non-exhaust PM10 level and its composition at the roadside locations in Bangkok
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to study the relationships of PM10,
PMcoarse and PM2.5 and to study the relationships of PM10 and CO and NOx. The data
were collected during January 2001 – October 2004 from three roadside stations and
two urban background stations operated by the Pollution Control Department,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The study of mass concentrations
of PM10, PMcoarse and PM2.5 was based on the gravimetric method and were observed
at Dindang roadside station. The data were pooled as pairs of PM10 - PM2.5, PM10 -
PMcoarse and PM2.5 - PMcoarse. The ratios of the interest pairs of size range were
calculated. That ratio was used to estimate PM concentrations of interest. The values
of intercept from relationships of roadside enhancement PM10, CO and NOx were
used to determine the fraction of non – exhaust PM10. Linear regression was applied
as a statistical tool.
The results showed that there is a relationship between PM10 and PM2.5 with
1% level of significance and the PM2.5/ PM10 ratio was 0.622 (r2 = 0.903). PM10 and
PMcoarse with 1% level of significance and PMcoarse/ PM10 ratio was 0.378 (r2 =
0.539). The ratio of PMcoarse and PM2.5 was 0.568 (r2 = 0.374). It is found that the
mass concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 were higher in the dry season. The wet
season had no effect on variation of PM concentrations.
The relationship between roadside enhancement PM10 and roadside
enhancement CO at Dindang station and Nonsiwitthaya school station showed that
the fraction of non – exhaust PM10 in daily average PM10 at Dindang station was
0.40. The fraction of non – exhaust PM10 in daily average PM10 from the
relationship between roadside enhancement PM10 and roadside enhancement NOx
was 0.37. Both of the fraction values were similar. It was noticeable that the fraction
of non – exhaust PM10 in daily average PM10 was higher during the wet season than
in the dry season.