iGREEN: An Integrated Emission Model for Mixed Bus Fleets
| Autor: | Marco Pascucci, Maria Vittoria Corazza, Enrico Petracci, Daniela Vasari, Paulo Cantillano Lizana |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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air pollutants
emissions buses Control and Optimization Pollutant emissions Energy Engineering and Power Technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences lcsh:Technology Task (project management) Transport engineering Air pollutants 0502 economics and business Relevance (information retrieval) Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering (miscellaneous) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 050210 logistics & transportation Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry lcsh:T 05 social sciences Public transport Business Energy (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Energies, Vol 14, Iss 1521, p 1521 (2021) Energies Volume 14 Issue 6 Pages: 1521 |
| ISSN: | 1996-1073 |
| Popis: | The environmental concern has become central for many bus companies, but estimating pollutant emissions can be difficult for many reasons (little knowledge or underestimation of the problem; scarce know-how; reluctance to acknowledge the pollutant potential of bus fleets because either of small size or composed by too many old-generation vehicles). To facilitate this task, an integrated, user-friendly model, iGREEN, is presented. The paper describes the methodology for the development of this tool, which is specifically designed to help transit operators in assessing the pollutants emitted by fleets where the amount of old buses is not negligible. This is not a minor issue, given the large number of obsolete vehicles still circulating and the unsuitability of some models when calculating emissions in case of buses with protracted mileage. Results from two case studies are reported and commented, with the final aim to advance knowledge farther afield. This gives rise to a discussion on the relevance of such environmental concerns also in light of the contemporary pandemic which seem to have generated different priorities in the public transport management. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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