Source Apportionment of PAHs by FA/MLR in Surface Sediments of Jiaozhou Bay, China

Author

Lang Yinhai ; Cao Zhengmei

Author_Institution

Coll. of Environ. Sci. & Eng., Ocean Univ. of China, Qingdao, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments collected from the Jiaozhou Bay were measured by GC-FID. The results showed that the total concentrations of PAHs varied from 1242.2 to 29558.1 ng g^-1 (average concentration was 5065.1 ng g^-1), which indicated that the total PAHs concentrations were at moderate level compared to relevant areas worldwide. The proportion of 4~6 rings PAH was quite high. The diagnostic ratios qualitatively indicated the pyrolytic procedures were the main sources of PAHs. Factor analysis with multiple linear regressions (FA/MLR) was applied to apportion quantitatively sources of PAHs. Two factors were identified representing coal/biomass combustion and coke production/petroleum origin, respectively. The relative contributions of the two sources were 67.0% for coal/biomass combustion and 33.0% for coke production/petroleum.

Keywords

chromatography; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; organic compounds; pollution measurement; regression analysis; sediments; water pollution; China; FA-MLR; GC-FID; Jiaozhou bay; PAH concentration; PAH sources; biomass combustion; coal combustion; coke production; factor analysis; multiple linear regressions; petroleum origin; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; pyrolytic procedures; surface sediments; Combustion; Hydrocarbons; Ocean temperature; Petroleum; Pollution; Rivers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sediments; Surface contamination;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5516548

Filename

5516548