A microscale emission factor model (MicroFacPM) for predicting real-time site-specific motor vehicle particulate matter emissions was presented in the companion paper titled: Development of a Microscale Emission Factor Model for Particulate Matter (MicroFacPM) for Predicting Real-Time Motor Vehicle Emissions. The emission rates discussed are in mass per unit distance with the model providing estimates of fine particulate matter (PM 2,5) and coarse particulate matter. This paper complements the companion paper by presenting a sensitivity analysis of the model to input variables and evaluation model outputs using data from limited field studies. The sensitivity analysis has shown that MicroFacPM emission estimates are very sensitive to vehicle fleet composition, speed, and the percentage of high-emitting vehicles. The vehicle fleet composition can affect fleet emission rates from 8 mg/mi to 1215 mg/mi; an increase of 5% in the smoking (highemitting) current average U.S. light-duty vehicle fleet (compared with 0%) increased PM2.5 emission rates by 272% for 2000; and for the current U.S. fleet, PM2.5 emission rates are reduced by a factor of 0.64 for speeds >50 miles per hour (mph) relative to a speed of 10 mph. MicroFacPM can also be applied to examine the contribution of emission rates per vehicle class, model year, and sources of PM. The model evaluation is presented for the Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel, Pennsylvania Turnpike, PA, and some limited evaluations at two locations: Sepulveda Tunnel, Los Angeles, CA, and Van Nuys Tunnel, Van Nuys, CA. In general, the performance of MicroFacPM has shown very encouraging results.


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    Title :

    Sensitivity analysis and evaluation of MicroFacPM: A microscale motor vehicle emission factor model for particulate matter emissions


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    14 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 17 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English