Environmental Simulation Chambers

by Barnes, Ian; Rudzinski, Krzysztof J.

• ISBN13: 9781402042300
• ISBN10: 1402042302
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

The book gives in the first instance descriptions of different types of so-called environment chambers or photoreactors used mainly for the simulation and/or investigation of important chemical processes occurring in the atmosphere. The types of reactor described include outdoor and indoor chambers, temperature regulated chambers and glass and Teflon foil chambers The practical use of chambers is demonstrated in contributions by leading scientists in the field of atmospheric chemistry using, in many cases, current results. The types of atmospherically relevant investigations described include the measurement of reactivities, the measurement of radicals, the measurement of photolysis frequencies and products, kinetic and product studies on the oxidation of different types of hydrocarbons by important oxidant species (OH, N03, 03), formation of secondary organic aerosol from hydrocarbon oxidation etc. A special section includes contributions from eastern European countries which highlight some of the environmental research being performed in these countries. An abridged version of a specially commissioned review by the JRC Ispra on the status of environmental research in eastern European countries is also included in this section.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Simulation Chamber Facilities

Overview on the Development of Chambers for the Study of Atmospheric Chemical Processes

The UCR EPA Environmental Chamber

Investigations of Secondary Organic Aerosol in the UCR EPA Environmental Chamber

Field Measurements and Modelling Motivated Design of a Programme of Aerosol Chamber Experiments

Chamber Simulations of Cloud Chemistry: The ADA Chamber

New ON-line Mass Spectrometer for Identification of Reaction Products in the Aqueous Phase: Application to the OH Oxidation of N-methyl-pyrrolidone Under Atmospheric Conditions

Dynamic Chamber System to Measure Gaseous Compounds Emissions and Atmospheric-Biospheric Interactions

Chemical Process Studies. Chamber Studies on the Photolysis of Aldehydes

Determination of Photolysis Frequencies for Selected Carbonyl Compounds in the EUPHORE Chamber

Remote Sensing of Glyoxal by Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS): Advancements in Simulation Chamber and Field Experiments

Aromatic Hydrocarbon Oxidation: the Contribution of Chamber Photooxidation Studies

FT-JR Kinetic Study on the Gas Phase Reactions of the OH Radical with a Series of Nitroaromatic Compounds

Atmospheric Fate of Unsaturated Ethers

Atmospheric Oxidation of the Chlorinated Solvents, 1 ,1, 1 -Trichioroethane, Trichioroethene and Tetrachioroethene

Simulation Chamber Study of the Oxidation of Acetic Acid by OH Radicals: Detection of Reaction Products by CW-CRDS in the Near-Infrared Range

Kinetics, Products and Mechanism of O(3P) Atom Reactions with Alkyl Iodides

Kinetics of the Reaction between CF2O and CH3OH

New Kinetic and Spectroscopic Measurements in the CF3O + NO System

Kinetic Study of the Temperature Dependence of the OH Initiated Oxidation of Dimethyl Sulphide

Environmental Chamber Studies of Ozone Formation Potentials of Volatile Organic Compounds

Evaluation of the Detailed Tropospheric Chemical Mechanism, MCM v3, Using Environmental Chamber Data: Butane and its Degradation Products

Studies on Nitrate-affected Oxidation and their Perspectives

Heterogeneous and Aqueous-Phase Transformations of lsoprene

Investigations of Atmospheric Transformation of Diesel Emissions in the European Photoreactor (EUPHORE)

Investigations of Real Car Exhaust in Environmental Simulation Chambers: Results from the INFORMATEX and DIFUSO Projects

The EUROCHAMP Integrated Infrastructure Initiative

Air Pollution Studies Survey on Atmospheric Chemistry Research in Some new EU Member States and Candidate Countries

New Measurements of NMVOC Concentrations in the City Air of Wuppertal, Germany: Input Data for Chemical Mass Balance Modelling

Surface and Total Ozone Over Bulgaria

Heavy Metals in the Environment: an Everlasting Problem

Atmospheric Wet Deposition Monitoring in Iasi, Romania

Problems of Air Quality in Tashkent City

Precipitation Quality in the Different Zones of the Tashkent Region in Relation to Photo-Chemical Reactions

Influence of Atmospheric Aerosol Contamination on the Regional Climate in Central Asia

Air Pollution and Ecosystems Buffer Capacity Assessment in the Industrial Regions of Ukraine

Two Neutral Network Methods in Estimation of Air Pollution Time Series

List of Participants with Addresses

Author Index

Subject Index

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