Vehicular emissions and air quality assessment in roadway tunnels: The Salim Slam tunnel
Vehicular emissions and air quality assessment in roadway tunnels: The Salim Slam tunnel
Vehicle emissions constitute a serious environmental concern particularly in confined spaces such as tunnels and underground parking garages. These emissions are characterized with the presence of various pollutants, which, at high concentrations, can cause adverse health effects. This paper presents an assessment of vehicle-induced emissions and air quality in a heavily traveled tunnel located in urban metropolitan Beirut. For this purpose, common modeling theories were reviewed, relevant air quality standards were defined, existing conditions were characterized, an air-sampling program was implemented, and mathematical modeling to simulate field measurements was conducted. Impact significance was evaluated by comparing measured and simulated pollutant concentrations with air quality standards. Model simulations were also used to evaluate vehicle-induced pollutant emission factors. Finally, mitigation measures are proposed to insure proper air quality management inside the tunnel.
vehicle emissions, tunnel modeling, air quality
355-372
El-Fadel, M.
5a565dad-695d-4dd3-a3a6-f02389b82dc4
Hashisho, Z.
fe82c57b-07e8-473f-958d-8450bbe9aa4b
September 2000
El-Fadel, M.
5a565dad-695d-4dd3-a3a6-f02389b82dc4
Hashisho, Z.
fe82c57b-07e8-473f-958d-8450bbe9aa4b
El-Fadel, M. and Hashisho, Z.
(2000)
Vehicular emissions and air quality assessment in roadway tunnels: The Salim Slam tunnel.
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 5 (5), .
(doi:10.1016/S1361-9209(00)00004-3).
Abstract
Vehicle emissions constitute a serious environmental concern particularly in confined spaces such as tunnels and underground parking garages. These emissions are characterized with the presence of various pollutants, which, at high concentrations, can cause adverse health effects. This paper presents an assessment of vehicle-induced emissions and air quality in a heavily traveled tunnel located in urban metropolitan Beirut. For this purpose, common modeling theories were reviewed, relevant air quality standards were defined, existing conditions were characterized, an air-sampling program was implemented, and mathematical modeling to simulate field measurements was conducted. Impact significance was evaluated by comparing measured and simulated pollutant concentrations with air quality standards. Model simulations were also used to evaluate vehicle-induced pollutant emission factors. Finally, mitigation measures are proposed to insure proper air quality management inside the tunnel.
This record has no associated files available for download.
More information
Published date: September 2000
Keywords:
vehicle emissions, tunnel modeling, air quality
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 74336
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/74336
ISSN: 1361-9209
PURE UUID: debdb6f2-788a-4c3d-b680-4f040b03f995
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 22:32
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
M. El-Fadel
Author:
Z. Hashisho
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics