Impact of reducing the number of solid fuel devices in Kraków in 2012–2018 on air quality

• Autorzy: Kaszowski Kamil , Godłowska Jolanta , Kaszowski Wiesław

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0054.9896

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The study evaluates the impact of reducing emissions from solid-fuel heating devices on PM10 concentrations in Kraków, using data from 2012, 2015, and 2018. The AROME/MM5/CALMET/ CALPUFF modelling system (Scire et al. 2000a,b) was employed to estimate PM10 concentrations resulting solely from use of solid-fuel furnaces and boiler houses under two distinct meteorological scenarios — one representing a relatively cold year (2012) and another a relatively warm year (2018). The modelling was performed on a high-resolution 100 m grid and generated estimates of daily and annual average PM10 concentrations, as well as maximum daily values. By comparing the results for the three years, the ecological effect defined as the reduction in annual average PM10 concentrations over the periods 2012–2015, 2015–2018, and 2012–2018 was quantified. Notably, eliminating solidfuel heating sources between 2015 and 2018 produced a fourfold reduction in area-averaged annual PM10 concentrations from 25.8 μg/m³ in 2012 to 5.6 μg/m³ in 2018 in the cold meteorological year CY (2012) and from 22.8 μg/m³ in 2012 to 5 μg/m³ in 2018 year in the warm meteorological year WY (2018). Moreover, all daily averages fell below 27 μg/m³, and the maximum daily PM10 concentrations exceeded on 10% of the city area — which reached 254 μg/m³ (170 μg/m³ in a warm year) in 2015 — declined to 66 μg/m³ (44 μg/m³ in a warm year) by 2018 in a cold meteorological scenario. These results demonstrate that targeted measures to reduce solid-fuel emissions can substantially improve urban air quality.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

air pollution; air pollution modelling; CALPUFF; air quality; ecological effect

• Wydawca: Szkoła Główna Służby Pożarniczej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe SGSP / Szkoła Główna Służby Pożarniczej
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Nr 93 (tom 1)
• Strony: 23--42
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kaszowski Kamil

• Institute of Meteorology and Water Management – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0223-6394

autor

Godłowska Jolanta

• Institute of Meteorology and Water Management – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7892-9376

autor

Kaszowski Wiesław

• Institute of Meteorology and Water Management – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7893-4522

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).