The Contributions To The Study Of Carbon Monoxide Pollution Due To Car Traffic In A Densely Populated Area

Abstract Air quality monitoring is the most important environmental factor to be considered because it is the fastest way that helps pollutant transport into the environment. The development of human society has led to a negative anthropogenic and technogenic impact on air quality, resulting into a significant series of adverse effects on human health, flora, fauna and ecosystems in general. In this paper it is presentd the research work performed to monitor carbon monoxide emissions from motor vehicles in traffic, in a densely populated area in Sibiu. Also, in the paper it is described, the research findings conducted in accordance with national and European legislation. In our research we used GIS software, Geomedia Professional.

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Robust Estimation of Carbon Monoxide Measurements

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s20174958 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (17) ◽

pp. 4958 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Wilmar Hernandez ◽

Alfredo Mendez

Keyword(s):

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Air Quality ◽

Confidence Intervals ◽

Research Work ◽

Random Variable ◽

Air Quality Monitoring ◽

Central Tendency ◽

Nonparametric Bootstrap ◽

Co Concentration ◽

Robust Statistical Methods

This paper presents a robust analysis of carbon monoxide (CO) concentration measurements conducted at the Belisario air-quality monitoring station (Quito, Ecuador). For the analysis, the data collected from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2019 were considered. Additionally, each of the twelve years analyzed was considered as a random variable, and robust location and scale estimators were used to estimate the central tendency and dispersion of the data. Furthermore, classic, nonparametric, bootstrap, and robust confidence intervals were used to group the variables into categories. Then, differences between categories were quantified using confidence intervals and it was shown that the trend of CO concentration at the Belisario station in the last twelve years is downward. The latter was proven with the precision provided by both nonparametric and robust statistical methods. The results of the research work robustly proved that the CO concentration at Belisario station in the last twelve years is not considered a health risk, according to the criteria established by the Quito Air Quality Index.

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Air Quality Monitoring in Industrial Area of Orchard Street, Batam City, based on PM2.5 and Carbon Monoxide (CO)

2019 2nd International Conference on Applied Engineering (ICAE) ◽

10.1109/icae47758.2019.9221746 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Yodi ◽

Yosef Adicita ◽

Muhammad Rizki Apritama ◽

I Wayan Koko Suryawan ◽

Gita Prajati ◽

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Keyword(s):

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Air Quality ◽

Industrial Area ◽

Quality Monitoring ◽

Air Quality Monitoring

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Relating Vehicle Emission Regulations to Air Quality

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Transport Engineering ◽

10.1243/pime_proc_1988_202_180_02 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 202 (4) ◽

pp. 235-242

Author(s):

M L Williams

Keyword(s):

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Air Quality ◽

Motor Vehicles ◽

Vehicle Emission ◽

Gaseous Pollutants ◽

Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽

Emission Regulations ◽

European Regulations ◽

Emission Limits ◽

The Relationship

The European regulations governing the emissions of gaseous pollutants from gasoline-engined motor vehicles is reviewed and discussed, including the so-called ‘Luxembourg Agreement’. The relationship between the regulation emission limits and those measured in practice from ‘as-received’ vehicles in use is also discussed. Having discussed the relationship between regulations and emissions, the further relationships between vehicle emissions and air quality are also discussed, giving particular attention to carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and lead.

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Understanding Spatial Variability of Air Quality in Sydney: Part 1—A Suburban Balcony Case Study

Atmosphere ◽

10.3390/atmos10040181 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 181 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jack Simmons ◽

Clare Paton-Walsh ◽

Frances Phillips ◽

Travis Naylor ◽

Élise-Andrée Guérette ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Air Quality ◽

Monitoring Network ◽

Ambient Air ◽

Companion Paper ◽

Quality Monitoring ◽

Urban Landscapes ◽

Good Representation ◽

Air Quality Monitoring ◽

Oxides Of Nitrogen

There is increasing awareness in Australia of the health impacts of poor air quality. A common public concern raised at a number of “roadshow” events as part of the federally funded Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub (CAUL) project was whether or not the air quality monitoring network around Sydney was sampling air representative of typical suburban settings. In order to investigate this concern, ambient air quality measurements were made on the roof of a two-storey building in the Sydney suburb of Auburn, to simulate a typical suburban balcony site. Measurements were also taken at a busy roadside and these are discussed in a companion paper (Part 2). Measurements made at the balcony site were compared to data from three proximate regulatory air quality monitoring stations: Chullora, Liverpool and Prospect. During the 16-month measurement campaign, observations of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, ozone and particulate matter less than 2.5-µm diameter at the simulated urban balcony site were comparable to those at the closest permanent air quality stations. Despite the Auburn site experiencing 10% higher average carbon monoxide amounts than any of the permanent air quality monitoring sites, the oxides of nitrogen were within the range of the permanent sites and the pollutants of greatest concern within Sydney (PM2.5 and ozone) were both lowest at Auburn. Similar diurnal and seasonal cycles were observed between all sites, suggesting common pollutant sources and mechanisms. Therefore, it is concluded that the existing air quality network provides a good representation of typical pollution levels at the Auburn “balcony” site.

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