Composition and sources of winter haze in the Bakken oil and gas extraction region

被引:30
作者
Evanoski-Cole, A. R. [1 ]
Gebhart, K. A. [2 ]
Sive, B. C. [3 ]
Zhou, Y. [1 ]
Capps, S. L. [4 ]
Day, D. E.
Prenni, A. J. [3 ]
Schurman, M. I. [1 ]
Sullivan, A. P. [1 ]
Li, Y. [1 ,6 ]
Hand, J. L. [5 ]
Schichtel, B. A. [2 ]
Collett, J. L., Jr. [1 ]
机构
[1] Colorado State Univ, Dept Atmospher Sci, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[2] Natl Pk Serv, Air Resources Div, Ft Collins, CO USA
[3] Natl Pk Serv, Air Resources Div, Lakewood, CO USA
[4] Univ Colorado, Dept Mech Engn, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[5] Colorado State Univ, Cooperat Inst Res Atmosphere, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[6] Arizona Dept Environm Qual, Air Qual Div, Phoenix, AZ USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Oil and natural gas; Bakken; Aerosol; Particulate matter; Haze; THERMODYNAMIC-EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; BLACK CARBON; INTEGRATING NEPHELOMETERS; ALKYL NITRATES; UNITED-STATES; EMISSIONS; FINE; AMMONIUM; BASIN; SITE;
D O I
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.02.019
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
In the past decade increased use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling has dramatically expanded oil and gas production in the Bakken formation region. Long term monitoring sites have indicated an increase in wintertime aerosol.nitrate and sulfate in this region from particulate matter (PM2.(5)) measurements collected between 2000 and 2010. No previous intensive air quality field campaign has been conducted in this region to assess impacts from oil and gas development on regional fine particle concentrations. The research presented here investigates wintertime PM2.5 concentrations and composition as part of the Bakken Air Quality Study (BAQS). Measurements from BAQS took place over two wintertime sampling periods at multiple sites in the United States portion of the Bakken formation and show regionally elevated episodes of PM2.5 during both study periods. Ammonium nitrate was a major contributor to haze episodes. Periods of air stagnation or recirculation were associated with rapid increases in PM2.5 concentrations. Volatile organic compound (VOC) signatures suggest that air masses during these episodes were dominated by emissions from the Bakken region itself. Formation rates of alkyl nitrates from alkanes revealed an air mass aging timescale of typically less than a day for periods with elevated PM2.5. A thermodynamic inorganic aerosol model (ISORROPIA) was used to investigate gas-particle partitioning and to examine the sensitivity of PM2.5 concentrations to aerosol precursor concentrations. Formation of ammonium nitrate, the dominant component, was most sensitive to ammonia concentrations during winter and to nitric acid concentrations during early spring when ammonia availability increases. The availability of excess ammonia suggests capacity for further ammonium nitrate formation if nitrogen oxide emissions increase in the future and lead to additional secondary formation of nitric acid. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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