Source Apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediment by the Application of Non-Negative Factor Analysis: A Case Study of Dalian Bay

作者：Tian, Fu-Lin; Li, Fa-Yun^*; Wang, De-Gao; Wang, Yan-Jie

来源：International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15(4): 761.

DOI：10.3390/ijerph15040761

• receptor model
• statistical analysis
• coastal area
• organic pollutants

An improved method, factor analysis with non-negative constraints (FA-NNC) was adopted to apportion the sources of sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Dalian Bay, China. Cosine similarity and Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis were used to assist the FA-NNC source resolution. The results identified three sources for PAHs, which were overall traffic, diesel engine emissions and residential coal combustion. The contributions of these sources were quantified as 78 4.6% from overall traffic, 12 3.2% from diesel engine emissions, and 10 1.9% from residential coal combustion. The results from the Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis indicated that the model was robust and convergent.

• 出版日期2018-4
• 单位辽宁石油化工大学; 大连海事大学