城市低矮街道峡谷汽车排放NOx扩散模式的初探

通过对武汉市珞狮路路段的车流量、NOx 浓度和气象要素的调查与监测 ,分析了珞狮路交通流量的特征 ,给出了源强的计算公式 ,并重点讨论了街道两侧环境中 NOx 浓度与各种影响因素之间的关系 ,发现城市低矮峡谷中 NOx 扩散不同于以往的研究结果 ,有其自己的特殊性。最后提出了扩散模式参数的处理方法 ,为建立城市低矮街道峡谷排放 NOx 扩散模式提供了基础     

商业步行街的环境空气污染

阐述了商业步行街的环境空气污染对人群健康造成危害的原因,通过在广州市北京路和下九路,以及周围交通街道模拟行人行走方式的采样和分析,得出在广州市商业步行街及其周围交通街道空气中,除了含有有毒有害的挥发性有机物、PM10、和CO等,芳香烃类等化合物的浓度水平也普遍较高,特别是苯和甲苯。另外,周围交通街道上的机动车尾气排放对商业步行街的环境空气质量也有影响。     

街道峡谷内不同车道污染物扩散的数值模拟

为掌握不同位置车道污染物的扩散规律,提出降低街道峡谷内居民与行人交通源暴露水平的可能途径,采用二维k-ε两方程模型和组分输运方程对典型结构双车道街谷内的流场与不同车道污染物的扩散进行模拟,模拟结果与风洞试验结果相符合. 研究发现:迎风车道的污染物更易于向街道峡谷外部扩散;不同位置车道的污染物均在背风侧堆积,可使两侧人行道暴露水平相差5倍. 街道峡谷底部污染物分布对车道位置较敏感,车道位置向街道峡谷中部靠拢,将使得背风建筑物底部及人行道的污染物浓度明显降低;迎风侧污染物浓度对车道位置不敏感,但当车道位置处于迎风侧次级旋涡内时,将导致迎风建筑物底部及人行道的污染物浓度近乎成倍增长. 将车道位于街道峡谷中部,优先采用道路两侧绿化,是增加行人舒适度和减少行人交通源暴露水平,并改善大楼低层住宅及底部出入口、临街商铺等人群活动区空气质量的可行途径之一.      

Influence of Geometry on the Mean Flow within Urban Street Canyons – A Comparison of Wind Tunnel Experiments and Numerical Simulations

A comparison between numerical simulations and wind tunnel modelling has been performed to examine the variation with streamwise aspect ratio (width/height, W/H) of the mean flow patterns in a street canyon. For this purpose a two-dimensional (2-D) cavity was subjected to a thick turbulent boundary layer flow perpendicular to its principal axis. Five different test cases, W/H = 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0 and 2.0, have been studied experimentally with flow measurements taken using pulsed-wire anemometry. The results show that the skimming flow regime, with a large vortex in the canyon, occurred for all the cases investigated. For the cavities with W/H 0.7 a weaker secondary circulation developed beneath the main vortex. The narrower the canyon, the smaller the wind speed close to the cavity ground, giving increasingly poor ventilation qualities. The corresponding numerical results were obtained with the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code CHENSI that uses the standard k- model. The intercomparison showed good agreement in terms of the gross features of the mean flow for all the geometries examined, although some detailed differences were observed.     

Snowblower injuries in Vermont, 1981–1984

The Vermont Department of Health carried out two studies of snowblower injuries in Vermont during the winters of 1982–1983 and 1983–1984. The first was a case-control study in which we assessed risk factors that predisposed operators to injury during snowblower use. We found 20 persons who had been injured by snowblowers and matched 28 controls to these by neighborhood. In this study, owning a snowblower for 1 year or less and having operated a snowblower for 10 days or less in one's lifetime were significantly associated with injury. The second study was population-based. We estimated that approximately 1.5% of Vermont residents owned snowblowers during the winter of 1982–1983 and that, among snowblower owners, injuries occurred at a rate of 1.3/1,000 person-years of ownership (0.1% chance of injury).     

Estimation of PM_(10) in the trafc-related atmosphere for three road types in Beijing and Guangzhou,China

The levels of roadside PM10in Beijing, China, were investigated in 2011 and 2012 on a seasonal basis to estimate the population exposure to particulates for three road types. The measurements of PM10 were also conducted in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou for comparison purposes. The results showed that roadside PM10in Beijing correlated strongly with the PM10background in the urban atmosphere. The levels of PM10in street canyons were markedly higher than those along the open roads and in crossroad areas because of limited ventilation. An elevation of PM10was observed in April, which was possibly due to the sand storms that frequently occur in the spring. Based on these observations, roadside PM10in Beijing could have multiple origins and was to some extent dispersiongoverned. In Guangzhou, the roadside PM10did not closely relate to the background values. The PM10 pollution was greatly afected by local trafc conditions. The simulation of PM10 for diferent road types was completed during the study period using the Motor Vehicle Emissions Factor Model(MOBILE6.2) as an emission model and the California Line Source Dispersion Model(CALINE4) and Operational Street Pollution Model(OSPM) as dispersion models. The MOBILE6.2/CALINE4 software package was demonstrated to be sufcient for the simulation of PM10in the open roads and crossroad areas in both Beijing and Guangzhou, and the simulation results of roadside PM10 in the street canyons by the MOBILE6.2/OSPM package were in close agreement with those of the measurements.     

垂直风向下双层高架桥理想街谷内空气环境的数值研究

城市街道中复杂的高架桥结构会影响街谷内污染物的扩散.本文利用CFD软件FLUENT,采用标准k-ε方程和组分输运方程,对含双层高架桥的理想街谷内空气流场和CO浓度场进行了数值模拟.结果表明,高架桥破坏了理想街谷内CO浓度分布的爬墙效应,自地面沿高度方向CO浓度逐渐减小,超过每层高架桥面后激增,而后再次降低.双层高架桥改变了污染面源位置和街谷内流场分布.当双层高架桥都处于街谷内部时,来流风垂直于街谷方向自左向右吹送,街谷内涡旋整体结构保持顺时针方向,高架桥附近出现小涡旋,使得CO在街谷内部循环,引起背风面和街谷内CO平均浓度的升高,高架桥的"盖子效应"显著,与无高架桥街谷相比,CO平均浓度升高39.5%.当双层高架的上层高架与街谷建筑顶部持平,下层高架桥位于街谷中部时,街谷内部产生4个较大涡旋,能够显著地提高街谷内地面和背风面CO扩散速率,高架桥的"盖子效应"被破坏;与无高架桥街谷相比,CO平均浓度仅升高8.7%,与双层高架桥都处于街谷内相比,CO平均浓度降低22.1%,为城市多层高架桥建设提供了参考依据.     

Estimation of daily intake of potentially toxic elements from urban street dust and the role of oral bioaccessibility testing

The pseudo-total and oral bioaccessible concentration of six potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in urban street dust was investigated. Typical pseudo-total concentrations across the sampling sites ranged from 4.4 to 8.6 mg kg⁻¹ for As, 0.2-3.6 mg kg⁻¹ for Cd, 25-217 mg kg⁻¹ for Cu, 14-46 mg kg⁻¹ for Ni, 70-4261 mg kg⁻¹ for Pb, and, 111-652 mg kg⁻¹ for Zn. This data compared favourably with other urban street dust samples collected and analysed in a variety of cities globally; the exception was the high level of Pb determined in a specific sample in this study. The oral bioaccessibility of PTEs in street dust is also assessed using in vitro gastrointestinal extraction (Unified Bioaccessibility Method, UBM). Based on a worst case scenario the oral bioaccessibility data estimated that Cd and Zn had the highest % bioaccessible fractions (median >45%) while the other PTEs i.e. As, Cu, Ni and Pb had lower % bioaccessible fractions (median <35%). The pseudo-total and bioaccessible concentrations of PTEs in the samples has been compared to estimated tolerable daily intake values based on unintentional soil/dust consumption. Cadmium, Cu and Ni are well within the oral tolerable daily intake rates. With respect to As and Pb, only the latter exceeds the TDI_oral if we model ingestion rate based on atmospheric ‘dustiness’ rather than the US EPA (2008) unintentional soil/dust consumption rate of 100 mg d⁻¹. We consider it unlikely that even a child with pica tendencies would ingest as much as 100 mg soil/dust during a daily visit to the city centre, and in particular to the sites with elevated Pb concentrations observed in this study.     

Assessment of traffic-related air pollution in the urban streets before and during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games traffic control period

In order to investigate the air quality and the abatement of traffic-related pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games, we select 12 avenues in the urban area of Beijing to calculate the concentrations of PM₁₀, CO, NO₂ and O₃ before and during the Olympic traffic controlling days, with the OSPM model.Through comparing the modeled results with the measurement results on a representative street, the OSPM model is validated as sufficient to predict the average concentrations of these pollutants at street level, and also reflects their daily variations well, i.e. CO presents the similar double peaks as the traffic flow, PM₁₀ concentration is influenced by other sources. Meanwhile, the model predicts O₃ to stay less during the daytime and ascend in the night, just opposite to NO₂, which reveals the impact of photochemical reactions. In addition, the predicted concentrations on the windward side often exceed the leeward side, indicating the impact of the special street shape, as well as the wind.The comparison between the predicted street concentrations before and during the Olympic traffic control period shows that the overall on-road air quality was improved effectively, due to the 32.3% traffic flow reduction. The concentrations of PM₁₀, CO and NO₂ have reduced from 142.6 μg m⁻³, 3.02 mg m⁻³ and 118.7 μg m⁻³ to 102.0 μg m⁻³, 2.43 mg m⁻³ and 104.1 μg m⁻³. However, the different pollutants show diverse changes after the traffic control. PM₁₀ decreases most, and the reduction effect focusing on the first half-day even clears the morning peak, whereas CO and NO₂ have even reductions to minify the daily fluctuations on the whole. Opposite to the other pollutants, ozone shows an increase of concentration. The average reduction rate of PM₁₀, CO, NO₂ and O₃ are respectively 28%, 19.3%, 12.3% and −25.2%. Furthermore, the streets in east, west, south and north areas present different air quality improvements, probably induced by the varied background pollution in different regions around Beijing, along with the impact of wind force. This finding suggests the pollution control in the surrounding regions, not only in the urban area.