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- Gustafsson, Mats, et al.
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Inandningsbara partiklar från dubbdäcksslitage av vägbana : egenskaper och inflammatoriska effekter i mänskliga luftvägsceller. utdrag ur WearTox-projektet (VTI rapport 520)
- 2005
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aims of this project have been to describe PM10 from studded tyre wear and to study their inflammatory effects in human airway cells. The VTI circular road simulator has been used to generate "clean" wear particles from two different pavements; asphalt concrete (ABT) and stone mastic asphalt (ABS), with granite respectively quartzite as the main stone materials. The advantage of using the road simulator is that the contribution from other sources can be minimised. During the project time, the project was expanded also to study particle generation by non-studded winter tyres (friction tyres) and two kinds of winter sanding agents, namely washed crushed stone and unwashed natural sand in combination with both studded and friction tyres. Most of these parts of the project are presented in VTI report 520. The results show that pavement wear by studded tyres generates about 40-50 times as much PM10 as that by friction tyres, but also that the ABT pavement generates several times more PM10 than the ABS pavement. The size distribution within PM10 has a maximum around 3-4 ?m and more than 95 % of the mass is larger than 1 ?m. PM10 is totally dominated by fresh stone material. A fraction of very small particles, with a number concentration peak at around 30-40 nm, was also discovered. Their origin is unknown, but since the number distribution shifted depending on which tyre type was used, a possible origin is the tyres. In the cell studies the inflammation potential of the wear particles was compared with PM10 from Hornsgatan in Stockholm and PM10 from a Stockholm subway station. Later on in the project, diesel particles were made available for comparison. The cell study results show that PM10 from the ABT pavement is at least as inflammatory as diesel particles and more inflammatory than PM10 from the subway. The PM10 from Hornsgatan generally had the highest potential, but PM10 from the ABT pavement was often in parity. This despite the fact that the Hornsgatan PM10 were the only particle sample where endotoxin could be detected. Endotoxin causes an additive effect in studies of inflammation potential. PM10 from the ABS pavement generally had a lower potential than PM10 from the ABT pavement.
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- Gustafsson, Mats, et al.
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Inandningsbara partiklar från interaktion mellan däck, vägbana och friktionsmaterial : slutrapport av WearTox-projektet
- 2005
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aims of this project have been to describe PM10 from studded tyre wear and to study their inflammatory effects in human airway cells. The VTI circular road simulator has been used to generate "clean" wear particles from two different pavements; asphalt concrete (ABT) and stone mastic asphalt (ABS), with granite respectively quartzite as the main stone materials. The advantage of using the road simulator is that the contribution from other sources can be minimised. During the project time, the project was expanded also to study particle generation by non-studded winter tyres (friction tyres) and two kinds of winter sanding agents, namely washed crushed stone and unwashed natural sand in combination with both studded and friction tyres. The results show that pavement wear by studded tyres generates about 40-50 times as much PM10 as that by friction tyres, but also that the ABT pavement generates several times more PM10 than the ABS pavement. The size distribution within PM10 has a maximum around 3-4 ?m and more than 95 % of the mass is larger than 1 ?m. PM10 is totally dominated by fresh stone material. A fraction of very small particles, with a number concentration peak at around 30-40 nm, was also discovered. Their origin is unknown, but since the number distribution shifted depending on which tyre type was used, a possible origin is the tyres. In the experiments using sanding material, the unwashed natural sand caused the highest PM10 concentrations. Friction tyres on natural sand caused higher concentrations than studded tyres on washed crushed stone. Studded tyres generated more PM10 than friction tyres but the difference was not as large as when no sanding material was used. In the cell studies the inflammation potential of the wear particles was compared with PM10 from Hornsgatan in Stockholm and PM10 from a Stockholm subway station. Later on in the project, diesel particles were made available for comparison. The cell study results show that PM10 from the ABT pavement is at least as inflammatory as diesel particles and more inflammatory than PM10 from the subway. The PM10 from Hornsgatan generally had the highest potential, but PM10 from the ABT pavement was often in parity. This despite the fact that the Hornsgatan PM10 were the only particle sample where endotoxin could be detected. Endotoxin causes an additive effect in studies of inflammation potential. PM10 from the ABS pavement generally had a lower potential than PM10 from the ABT pavement.
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- Gustafsson, Mats, et al.
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Inandningsbara partiklar i järnvägsmiljöer
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Airborne particles from railroad traffic have been identified as an air pollution problem mainly in tunnel environments. As a result of the introduction of the environmental quality standard for inhalable particles in Sweden 2005, the interest in railroad particle pollution has increased. The present report focuses on the variation of PM10 (inhalable particles) in some railroad environments under and above ground, the way these relate to traffic and on the particles' size distributions and elemental composition. The results show that particle concentrations in above ground railroad environments do not exceed the environmental quality standard during the campaigns. Diurnal mean values of PM10 range between 19 to 25 microg/m3. On the contrary, the diurnal mean concentrations on the platforms of the underground stations Arlanda Central and Arlanda South are far above the limit value (237 and 88 microg/m3 respectively) and clear diurnal and weekly patterns in PM10 concentration, co-fluctuating with traffic, can be identified. The particle mass size distribution has an obvious peak around 5-7 ?m at Arlanda C, and slightly smaller, 2-3 microm, at Arlanda S. The concentrations of both PM10 and ultrafine particles (< 0,1 microm) vary a lot depending on different trains. Especially the ultrafine particles seem to be emitted from certain trains, but it has not been possible to identify the source of these particles. The elemental composition of the particles in the tunnel environments was dominated by iron (84 % and 74 % respectively in Arlanda C and Arlanda S), but also other metals, like Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni and Sb (only at Arlanda C) have relatively high concentrations. The tunnel measurements also give some interesting results regarding possible measures against high particle concentrations. Washing of the tunnel walls and floor was carried out on two consecutive nights, but it had no noticeable results on particle concentrations. This implies that a dominant proportion of the particles is directly emitted rather than resuspended. On certain nights, the concentrations of all particle size fractions sank to very low levels, lasting till the morning traffic began. This implies effective self ventilation during these hours. Measurements in several different environments on Stockholm central station show that PM10 vary several tens of microg/m3. Activity, related to both traffic and people, increases particle concentration. The highest concentrations were measured inside the waiting hall. Nevertheless, the concentrations on the platforms were generally at least as high as in the busy street environment outside the station. During a railroad travel, the PM10 and PM2,5 concentrations were generally low, but increase at stops and, most prominently, on entering the Arlanda airport railroad tunnels. The PM2,5 proportion is considered high, contributing to approximately 50-80 % of PM10. The sources of railroad emitted PM10 are likely to be rails, wheels and brakes, but a source apportionment has not been accomplished in this project.
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- Gustafsson, Mats, et al.
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NanoWear : nanopartiklar från slitage av däck och vägbana
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Particles from road and tire wear have in recent years come to the fore as an important and relatively unexplored contribution to air particulate pollution. Mechanically generated wear particles are relatively coarse (>0.5 microns), but in controlled trials in VTI's road simulator it has been found that an ultra-fine fraction (< 100 nm) of particles is formed from tyre and pavement wear. This project was initiated to identify the source of these nanoparticles. The results show that the nanoparticles of the size 30-50 nm occur only from tests with studded tyres. One of the two tested Nordic unstudded winter tyres produced an even finer particle fraction (<10 nm), while the other unstudded winter tyre type did not give rise to nanoparticles. Tests with summer tyres did not result in the formation of nanoparticles. It is clear that the fine particle fraction contains higher relative concentrations of sulphur, which is present at relatively high levels in both bitumen and tyres. It is unclear whether the ultrafine particles formed from studded tyre wear of road pavement in the road simulator also occur in real traffic. If so, this may affect the assessment of health effects from different traffic related particle sources.
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- Gustafsson, Mats, et al.
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Studies of wear particles using the VTI road simulator/particle generator
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The high costs of maintenance related to pavement wear have caused many countries to prohibit the use of studded tyres. In Japan and Norway, regulations have also been based upon the health aspects of the road dust. In Japan studded tyres are prohibited and in Norway, restrictions have been placed on the use of studded tyres in some larger cities. In Sweden, wear particles from pavements, tyres, brakes and winter sanding/salting, have received a lot of attention the last few years. The reason for this is that measurements have shown that these particles are the main reason that the upcoming environmental quality standard for inhalable particles (PM10) will not be reached in many cities. The problem mainly occurs during dry episodes in winter and early spring and is mainly a result of studded tyre use and winter maintenance. A lot of new knowledge about wear particles is needed in order to develop cost-effective measures to deal with them. A great advantage is the possibility to study aerosols from each source both separately and in different combinations in a controlled environment. At VTI (Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute) a road simulator (PVM), previously used for pavement and tyre wear studies, is used as a wear particle generator. The PVM can be equipped with different pavements and tyres and even friction materials such as sand can be applied. The PVM can be used at speeds up to 70 km/h and the pavement can be dry or wet. Also the temperature in the hall can be regulated below zero degrees centigrade. In this paper some results from the WearTox project will be presented. The production of PM10 from two pavements worn by studded tyres and friction tyres has been studied as well as the physical and chemical properties of the wear particles produced.
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- Gustafsson, Mats, et al.
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Vägbeläggningars damningsbenägenhet
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Sedan 2005 gäller en miljökvalitetsnorm för inandningsbara partiklar (PM10) i Sverige, baserad på ettEG-direktiv. I Sverige är vägdamm en viktig lokal källa till överskridanden av normen, vilketuppmärksammat dubbdäcksanvändningens negativa effekter, men även initierat forskning och utvecklingrörande andra sätt att minska bildning och spridning av vägdamm till vår omgivningsluft.Mer än 100 000 ton beläggning nöts bort varje säsong. En del av detta slitagematerial är redan frånbörjan inom den inandningsbara fraktionen, medan övrigt material har potential att malas ner av trafikentill fraktioner under 10 ?m. Att minska vägbeläggningars damningsbenägenhet är därför en tänkbaråtgärd som studerats i föreliggande projekt.Åtta vägbeläggningar av ABS-typ (asfaltsbetong, stenrik) har provats i VTI:s provvägsmaskin avseendepartikelbildning för att utröna dels inverkan av största stenstorlek, dels inverkan av stenmaterialetsegenskaper. Som komplement för att analysera inverkan av olika stenmaterials tekniska egenskaperanvändes data från ytterligare nio beläggningar testade inom andra projekt.Resultaten visar att större största stenstorlek generellt ger upphov till lägre partikelemissioner och attstenmaterialets kulkvarnsvärde är ett användbart mått för att uppskatta ett stenmaterials damningsbenägenhet.Inom beläggningar med 11 mm största stenstorlek kan kulkvarnsvärdet förklara 70 % avvariationen i PM10 vid 50 km/h. Resultaten är dock inte entydiga, vilket tyder på att vissa material kanvara känsligare ur damningsbenägenhetssynpunkt för förändringar i största stenstorlek än ändra.Grundämnesanalys visar att partiklar större än ca 1 ?m helt domineras av element från stenmaterialet ibeläggningen. Svavel, som kan tänkas härröra ur däck och/eller bitumen utgör oftast en betydande andelav partiklarna under 1 ?m, medan zink, som kan härledas till däckgummit, återfinns i relativt småmängder främst i de grövre fraktionerna.Specialtester inom den norska delen av projektet visar att ökad dubbdäcksandel ökar partikelbildningenoch att odubbade vinterdäck och sommardäck som testas på en av de norska beläggningarna resulterar ica 15 gånger lägre PM10-koncentrationer än vid dubbdäcksanvändning och en högre andel fina partiklar.Vid alla tester med dubbdäck bildas även ultrafina partiklar. Källan är ännu okänd, men tester medporfyrbeläggningarna resulterar i högre halter än för kvartsit- och mylonitbeläggningarna.
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