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Studying the Interactions of Harmful Volatile Organic Compounds with Soot Particles using Dynamic Vapour Sorption

Written by: Jon G. Bell (belj@zhaw.ch) Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as benzene and formaldehyde, are characterised by high vapour pressures and, therefore, can easily adsorb to the surface of airborne soot particles, accumulating at the vapour-solid soot interface, within pores, or between the carbon core turbostratic graphene layers. These VOC-loaded, nanometric particles are extremely […]

09.12.2022 J. Edebeli

Kategorie: Aviation and Air Quality

PM in Zurich, measured as LDSA (example at Schimmelstrasse)

We introduced you to the concept of lung deposited surface area (LDSA) and our network of LDSA sensors in a previous post. The idea of monitoring very fine particulate matter (PM) comes from the knowledge that up to 90% of number concentration of ambient PM comprises of particles less than 500 nm of which ultrafine […]

07.09.2022 J. Edebeli

Kategorie: Aviation and Air Quality

Conference Report: 5th International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere, Climate – TAC-5

A long-awaited return The previous installment of the TAC conferences, TAC-4, was the best conference I attended during my PhD back in 2015. A perfect combination of topics and social activities in a small Bavarian town away from touristy temptations. Naturally, TAC-5 had been on my radar, and it was initially supposed to follow the […]

17.08.2022 Lukas Durdina

Kategorie: Meetings

Paper published: First reported nonvolatile particulate matter emissions of a business jet aircraft measured according to a new international emissions standard

Particle emissions of small turbine engines are unknown and unregulated Jet engines for commercial airliners in production now and in the future are certified for particle emissions from a virtual landing and take-off cycle. However, one potentially large group of engines is left out. Small jet engines (<26.7 kN rated thrust), found on business jets, […]

03.11.2020 Lukas Durdina

Kategorie: Publications

Deployment of a new LDSA-sensor network

For a few months now, our group and our students have been doing field measurements using Partector 2, a portable particulate matter (PM) sensor from naneos particle solutions gmbh. This very nice portable device utilizing induced currents (Fierz et al, 2014) measures the lung-deposited surface area (LDSA, see e.g. the paper of Sager & Castranova, […]

04.05.2020 Julien Anet

Kategorie: Aviation and Air Quality

COVID-19: A unique air quality study?

Of course, COVID-19 also affected us, leading to working from home, interruption of routine aircraft turbine emission measurements at SR Technics, or to additional workload linked to remote teaching activities. On a positive note, COVID-19 offered the unique situation of drastic reductions in road as well as air traffic. At Zurich airport, there were days […]

20.04.2020 Julien Anet

Kategorie: Aviation and Air Quality

Meteorology and Environment in Aviation

Tag: air pollution

Studying the Interactions of Harmful Volatile Organic Compounds with Soot Particles using Dynamic Vapour Sorption

PM in Zurich, measured as LDSA (example at Schimmelstrasse)

Conference Report: 5th International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere, Climate – TAC-5

Paper published: First reported nonvolatile particulate matter emissions of a business jet aircraft measured according to a new international emissions standard

Deployment of a new LDSA-sensor network

COVID-19: A unique air quality study?