10th International Aerosol Conference
September 2 - September 7, 2018
America's Center Convention Complex
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Emission and Particle Size Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Oil Fumes from Domestic Cooking

YU-CHENG CHEN, Kai-Wei Ke, Chin-Yu Hsu, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

     Abstract Number: 105
     Working Group: Indoor Aerosols

Abstract
Cooking oil fume is one of the most important components of indoor air pollutants. This study was to investigate the characteristics and emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in cooking oil fumes generated by stir-frying fish. Gas- and particle-phase PAHs with 22 congeners were analyzed by GC/MS-MS. Particle size distribution of PAHs were also evaluated using Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposit Impactors (MOUDI). The mean concentration of total PAHs was 338±16.0 ng/m3, where gas- and particle-phase PAHs accounted for 93.6% and 6.4%, respectively. 2- to 4-ring PAHs were predominant. PA, FL, and Pyr were the dominant compounds of PAHs in the cooking exhaust. Particle size distribution (MMAD= 1.01 µm, GSD=4.2) showed that PAHs were mainly concentrated in the fine mode with a diameter <2.5 µm, accounting for 67.4%. The emission factors for total PAHs and BaPeq were 11850 and 29.3 ng/kg-fish.