WIT Press


Air Quality Assessment In Tunnels: Field Measurements And Mathematical Modeling

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

42

Pages

10

Published

2000

Size

954 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/AIR000371

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

Z. Hashisho & M. El-Fadel

Abstract

Traffic-induced emissions are a major source of urban air pollution. As a result of increased emissions and inadequate ventilation, the concentration of these pollutants in confined spaces such as tunnels can result in deleterious impacts on health and the well being of exposed population. The large difference in pollutant concentrations between the inside and outside of a tunnel has been used to derive on-road emission factors. This paper assesses vehicle-induced emissions and air quality inside a heavily traveled tunnel in an urban area. Accordingly, tunnel atmosphere has been sampled and characterized, mathematical mode

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