[Emission Status and Standards of Volatile Organic Compounds from Chinese and Foreign Bulk Petroleum Terminals].

Chinese emission standard of air pollutants for bulk gasoline terminals (GB 20950-2007) stipulate standards for vapor emissions during gasoline storage and receiving in bulk gasoline terminals. However, the standards are not applicable to crude oil, aviation kerosene, naphtha, and other kinds of oil. We assess emission standards or directives for vapor processing equipment in terminals in the United States (US) and European Union (EU), and analyze the emission status of vapor processing equipment in three typical cities in China. We further propose revisions to GB 20950-2007. We made the following observations. ① US and EU standards include scope not only for gasoline, but also crude oil and other organic liquids. ② The emission limits of non-methane hydrocarbons defined in GB 20950-2007 are i) 0.5, 1.8, and 8.9 times those defined in Subpart XX, Subpart R, and Subpart Y in the US federal regulations, ii) 1.8 and 3.1 times those defined in Rule 462 and Rule 1142 in southern California law, and iii) 0.7 and 500 times those defined in EU and German directives, respectively. The vapor leakage limit for general areas of China is 0.5 times that defined in Subpart XX of the US standards, whereas the limits for some other specific areas of China, are 0.7 and 2.0 times those defined by Rule 462 and Rule 1142 in southern California law. ③ The numerical range of P5th-P95th of NMHC emissions from the inlet and outlet of vapor processing equipment in three typical cities of China were 115-811 g·m-3 and 0.1-20.0 g·m-3, respectively. The proportion of NMHC emission concentrations less than or equal to 10 g·m-3 at the outlet of vapor processing equipment was>85%. We suggest that the scope of application of GB 20950-2007 should be extended to crude oil, gasoline (including ethanol gasoline), aviation kerosene, and naphtha. The emission concentration limit of NMHC from vapor processing equipment should be tighten from 25 g·m-3 to 20 g·m-3, with a emission limit of 10 g·m-3 added for particular cases.

The mobile monitoring of black carbon and its association with roadside data in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai.

High-level black carbon (BC) pollution is associated with traffic emissions in metropolitan areas with high vehicle density. Mobile monitoring was conducted to assess the in-vehicle BC exposure on three backbone ring roads (inner, middle, and outer ring roads) on October 14 and October 18, 2015 in Shanghai. Ambient BC monitoring was also simultaneously conducted in three fixed roadside stations from October 14 to October 20, 2015. Results of the mobile monitoring showed median BC personal exposure concentrations ranging from 5.0 µg m-3 on the inner ring road to 13.5 µg m-3 on the outer ring road. The ambient BC concentrations during the entire observation period showed an arithmetic mean and a standard deviation of 3.5 ± 2.9 µg m-3. The correlation analysis of urban roadside monitoring (Caoxi Road and South Zhongshan Road) and personal data showed a high and significant correlation. The results of this study highlight the critical level of BC pollution in Shanghai and facilitate the development of evidence-based public health interventions and control strategies to prevent the adverse health effects of BC pollution.