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Simulating indoor inorganic aerosols of outdoor origin with the inorganic aerosol thermodynamic equilibrium model ISORROPIA
Indoor air, v 32(7), pp e13075-n/a
Jul 2022
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Abstract
Outdoor aerosols can transform and have their composition altered upon transport indoors. Herein, IMAGES, a platform that simulates indoor organic aerosol with the 2‐dimensional volatility basis set (2D‐VBS), was extended to incorporate the inorganic aerosol thermodynamic equilibrium model, ISORROPIA. The model performance was evaluated by comparing aerosol component predictions to indoor measurements from an aerosol mass spectrometer taken during the summer and winter seasons. Since ammonia was not measured in the validation dataset, outdoor ammonia was estimated from aerosol measurements using a novel pH‐based algorithm, while nitric acid was held constant. Modeled indoor ammonia sources included temperature‐based occupant and surface emissions. Sensitivity to the nitric acid indoor surface deposition rate βg,HNO3,g was explored by varying it in model runs, which did not affect modeled sulfate due to its non‐volatile nature, though the fitting of a filter efficiency was required for good correlations of modeled sulfate with measurements in both seasons. Modeled summertime nitrate well‐matched measured observations when βg,HNO3,g=2.75h−1, but wintertime comparisons were poor, possibly due to missing thermodynamic processes within the heating, ventilating, and air‐conditioning (HVAC) system. Ammonium was consistently overpredicted, potentially due to neglecting thirdhand smoke impacts observed in the field campaign, as well as HVAC impacts.
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- Title
- Simulating indoor inorganic aerosols of outdoor origin with the inorganic aerosol thermodynamic equilibrium model ISORROPIA
- Creators
- Bryan C. Berman - Drexel UniversityBryan E. Cummings - Drexel UniversityAnita M. Avery - Aerodyne ResearchPeter F. DeCarlo - Department of Environmental Health and Engineering Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland USAShannon L. Capps - Drexel UniversityMichael S. Waring - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Indoor air, v 32(7), pp e13075-n/a
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000827311000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85135178086
- Other Identifier
- 991019168994204721
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- Construction & Building Technology
- Engineering, Environmental
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health