Division of Sustainable Development (DSD), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)/Qatar Foundation (QF), Education City, Doha, Qatar.
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)/Qatar Foundation (QF), P.O. Box 5825, Education City, Doha, Qatar.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Oct;25(28):27839-27857. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-2952-8. Epub 2018 Aug 20.
Particulate matter (PM) has gained significant attention due to the increasing concerns related to their effects on human health. Although several reviews have shed light on the effect of PM on human health, their critical adverse effect on material's structure and sustainability was almost neglected. The current study is an attempt to fill this gap related to PM impact on structural materials under the overall consideration of sustainability. More specifically, this review highlights the existing knowledge by providing an overview on PM classification, composition, and sources in different locations around the world. Then, it focuses on PM soiling of surfaces such as solar panels due to an increasing need to mitigate the impact of soiling on reducing photovoltaic (PV) power output and financial competitiveness in dusty regions. This topic is of critical importance for sustainable deployment of solar energy in arid and desert areas around the world to help in reducing their impact on overall climate change and life quality. In addition, this review summarizes climate change phenomena driven by the increase of PM concentration in air such as radiative forcing and acid rain deposition due to their impact on human health, visibility and biodiversity. To this end, this work highlights the role of process management, choice of fuel, the implementation of clean technologies and urban vegetation as some possible sustainable mitigation policies to control PM pollution in cities and urban regions. This research is designed to conduct a comprehensive narrative literature review which targets broad spectrum of readers and new researchers in the field. Moreover, it provides a critical analysis highlighting the need to fill main research gaps in this domain. The findings of this review paper show that PM pollution imposes severe adverse impacts on materials, structures and climate which directly affect the sustainability of urban cities. The advantages of this review include the value of the extensive works that elaborate on the negative impacts of PM atmospheric pollution towards high level of public awareness, management flexibility, stakeholder's involvements, and collaboration between academy, research, and industry to mitigate PM impact on materials and human welfare.
颗粒物（PM）引起了人们的高度关注，因为人们越来越担心其对人类健康的影响。尽管已有多项综述探讨了 PM 对人类健康的影响，但它们对材料结构和可持续性的关键不利影响几乎被忽视了。本研究试图填补这一空白，从可持续性的整体角度考虑 PM 对结构材料的影响。具体而言，本综述通过概述 PM 在世界不同地区的分类、组成和来源，突出了现有知识。然后，它重点介绍了颗粒物对太阳能电池板等表面的污染问题，因为在多尘地区，减轻污染对减少光伏（PV）电力输出和财务竞争力的影响的需求日益增加。这个主题对于在世界上干旱和沙漠地区可持续部署太阳能至关重要，有助于减少其对全球气候变化和生活质量的影响。此外，本综述总结了由于空气中 PM 浓度增加而导致的气候变化现象，如辐射强迫和酸雨沉积，因为它们对人类健康、能见度和生物多样性有影响。为此，本工作强调了过程管理、燃料选择、清洁技术的实施和城市植被作为一些可能的可持续缓解策略的作用，以控制城市和城市地区的 PM 污染。本研究旨在进行全面的叙述性文献综述，针对广泛的读者和该领域的新研究人员。此外，它还提供了批判性分析，强调了在该领域填补主要研究空白的必要性。本文的研究结果表明，PM 污染对材料、结构和气候造成了严重的不利影响，直接影响了城市的可持续性。本综述的优点包括对 PM 大气污染对公众意识、管理灵活性、利益相关者参与以及学术界、研究和工业之间合作以减轻 PM 对材料和人类福利的影响的详细阐述。
