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On-Road Chemical Transformation as an Important Mechanism of NO 2 Formation.
Environmental Science & Technology 2018 April 18
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ) not only is linked to adverse effects on the respiratory system but also contributes to the formation of ground-level ozone (O3 ) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ). Our curbside monitoring data analysis in Detroit, MI, and Atlanta, GA, strongly suggests that a large fraction of NO2 is produced during the "tailpipe-to-road" stage. To substantiate this finding, we designed and carried out a field campaign to measure the same exhaust plumes at the tailpipe-level by a portable emissions measurement system (PEMS) and at the on-road level by an electric vehicle-based mobile platform. Furthermore, we employed a turbulent reacting flow model, CTAG, to simulate the on-road chemistry behind a single vehicle. We found that a three-reaction (NO-NO2 -O3 ) system can largely capture the rapid NO to NO2 conversion (with time scale ≈ seconds) observed in the field studies. To distinguish the contributions from different mechanisms to near-road NO2 , we clearly defined a set of NO2 /NO x ratios at different plume evolution stages, namely tailpipe, on-road, curbside, near-road, and ambient background. Our findings from curbside monitoring, on-road experiments, and simulations imply the on-road oxidation of NO by ambient O3 is a significant, but so far ignored, contributor to curbside and near-road NO2 .
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