A vehicle emissions system using a car simulator and a geographical information system: Part 1--System description and testing.
A methodology for estimating vehicular emissions comprising a car simulator, a basic traffic model, and a geographical information system is capable of estimating vehicle emissions with high time and space resolution. Because of the extent of the work conducted, this article comprises two sections: In Part 1 of this work, we describe the system and its components and use examples for testing it. In Part 2 we will study in more detail the emissions of the sample fleet using the system and will make comparisons with another emission model. The experimental data for the car simulator is obtained using on-board measuring equipment and laboratory Fourier transform IR (FTIR) measurements with a dynamometer following typical driving cycles. The car simulator uses this data to generate emission factors every second. These emission factors, together with information on car activity and velocity profiles of highways and residential and arterial roads in Mexico City in conjunction with a basic traffic model, provide emissions per second of a sample fleet. A geographical information system is used to localize these road emissions.
Jazcilevich
Arón D
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Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico. jazcilev@servidor.unam.mx
García-Fragoso
Alejandro
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García Reynoso
Agustín
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Grutter
Michel
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Diego-Ayala
Ulises
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Lents
Jim
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Davis
Nicole
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D008800:Mexico; D008956:Models, Chemical; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D012984:Software; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000032:analysis*
D001335:Vehicle Emissions