[HTML][HTML] Sources, characteristics, toxicity, and control of ultrafine particles: An overview

AL Moreno-Ríos, LP Tejeda-Benítez… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) is one of the main threats to human health,
particularly in large cities where pollution levels are continually exceeded. According to their …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting total particle number measurements for vehicle exhaust regulations

B Giechaskiel, A Melas, G Martini, P Dilara… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Road transport significantly contributes to air pollution in cities. Emission regulations have
led to significantly reduced emissions in modern vehicles. Particle emissions are controlled …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the effects of roadside hedges on the horizontal and vertical distributions of air pollutants in street canyons

P Kumar, JC Zavala-Reyes, M Tomson… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Built-up environments limit air pollution dispersion in street canyons and lead to complex
trade-offs between green infrastructure (GI) usage and its potential to reduce near-road …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term trends of ultrafine and fine particle number concentrations in New York State: apportioning between emissions and dispersion

Y Chen, M Masiol, S Squizzato, DC Chalupa… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past several decades, a variety of efforts have been made in the United States to
improve air quality, and ambient particulate matter (PM) concentrations have been used as a …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of facemasks in mitigating respiratory exposure to submicron aerosols

A Sharma, H Omidvarborna, P Kumar - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
We designed a novel experimental set-up to pseudo-simultaneously measure size-
segregated filtration efficiency (η F), breathing resistance (η P) and potential usage time (t B) …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of green infrastructure for improving the building environment of elderly care centres

HW Wu, P Kumar, SJ Cao - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The elderly population is relatively vulnerable to air pollution and thermal stress due to their
low mobility and high prevalence of chronic disorders. Appropriate green infrastructure (GI) …

Characterizing the source apportionment of black carbon and ultrafine particles near urban roads in Xi'an, China

D Nie, Z Qiu, X Wang, Z Liu - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Better knowledge of the sources of black carbon (BC) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) in urban
roadway region will provide helpful information for improving road air pollution caused by …

Road sediment, an underutilized material in environmental science research: A review of perspectives on United States studies with international context

M Dietrich, MJ O'shea, R Gieré… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Road sediment is a pervasive environmental medium that acts as both source and sink for a
variety of natural and anthropogenic particles and often is enriched in heavy metals. Road …

Wet electrostatic scrubbing for flue gas treatment

F Di Natale, C Carotenuto, A Parisi, D Flagiello… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents experimental and modeling results on SO 2 and combustion particles'
removal in a pilot-scale wet electrostatic scrubber (WES). The WES unit was operated either …

Numerical evaluation on indoor environment quality during high numbers of occupied passengers in the departure hall of an airport terminal

Y Zhao, Y Feng, L Ma - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid development of airports and the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) have brought increased attention to indoor environment quality, airflow …