Jain, Srishti and Sharma, S. K. and Mandal, T. K. and Saxena, Mohit (2018) Source apportionment of PM10 in Delhi, India using PCA/APCS, UNMIX and PMF. Particuology , 37. pp. 107-118. ISSN 1674-2001

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Abstract

Source apportionment of particulate matter (PM10) measurements taken in Delhi, India between January 2013 and June 2014 was carried out using two receptor models, principal component analysis with absolute principal component scores (PCA/APCS) and UNMIX. The results were compared with previous estimates generated using the positive matrix factorization (PMF) receptor model to investigate each model's source-apportioning capability. All models used the P-10 chemical composition (organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), water soluble inorganic ions (WSIC), and trace elements) for source apportionment. The average PM10 concentration during the study period was 249.7 +/- 103.9 mu g/m(3) (range: 61.4-584.8 mu g/m(3)). The UNMIX model resolved five sources (soil dust (SD), vehicular emissions (VE), secondary aerosols (SA), a mixed source of biomass burning (BB) and sea salt (SS), and industrial emissions (IE)). The PCA/APCS model also resolved five sources, two of which also included mixed sources (SD, VE, SD+SS, (SA+BB+SS) and 1E). The PMF analysis differentiated seven individual sources (SD, VE, SA, BB, SS, IE, and fossil fuel combustion (FFC)). All models identified the main sources contributing to PM10 emissions and reconfirmed that VE, SA, BB, and SD were the dominant contributors in Delhi.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to M/s Elsevier.
Subjects:	Engineering Materials Science
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Mr. Yogesh Joshi
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2019 08:39
Last Modified:	29 Nov 2019 08:39
URI:	http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/3959

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