Experimental study of the impact of structural geometry and wind direction on vehicle emissions in urban environment |
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Authors: | Mohamed F. Yassin Masaake Ohba |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Environmental Technology and Management, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait b Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt c Department of Architecture Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan |
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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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Keywords: | Atmospheric turbulence Pollutant dispersion Street canyon pollution Wind tunnel effects |
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