Highlights ► Vehicle emissions in street canyon are studied using a wind-tunnel experiments. ► The pollutant concentration decreases exponentially in the vertical direction. ► The pollutant concentration decreases as the wind direction increases. ► The pollutant concentration increases as the aspect ratio decreases.

    Abstract Vehicle emissions inside an urban environment are investigated using a wind-tunnel under neutral atmospheric conditions. The urban environment was formed as street canyon model. The diffusion flow field in the boundary layer inside the street canyon was examined at different locations of varying geometry of the street and wind directions in the downwind distance of the leeward side of the street canyon model. The results show that the vertical velocity increases as the aspect ratio increases and with wind direction increases from θ =90°. The pollutant concentration increases as the aspect ratio decreases. The pollutant concentration decreases as the wind direction increases from θ =90°. The pollutant concentration distributions indicate that the variability of the structure, geometry and wind direction inside the street canyon are important parameters for estimating air quality in the urban street canyon.


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    Title :

    Experimental study of the impact of structural geometry and wind direction on vehicle emissions in urban environment


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    Publication date :

    2011-01-01


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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