Estimation of on-road mobile emissions based on the vehicle technology in a high-traffic avenue in Panama City, Panama

May 20, 2024 | Publicaciones

Photo by Panama Tribune – News From the Center of the Americas.   By: Valdes-Montenegro, A., Gonzalez-Olivardia, F., Thepanondh, S., Pinzon-Acosta, C. Abstract This study addresses the emissions from mobile sources in a busy avenue. Latest mobile emission...

Computational Fluid Dynamics Models to Estimate Pedestrian Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Review

Nov 20, 2023 | Publicaciones

By: Rodriguez-Camarena, C.; Gonzalez-Olivardia, F. Abstract In recent years, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has become a method widely used by the scientific community to study the dispersion of air pollutants in urban areas. This article analyzes the...

Natural Ventilation Assessment using Computational Fluids Dynamics to Improve Air Quality in Urban Areas

Mar 19, 2021 | Publicaciones

By: Gonzalez Olivardia, Giselle Franchesca Abstract Urban areas represent a major environmental challenge because the air quality degradation in urban environments could impact a great part of the global population. The dispersion of air pollutants in urban areas is...

Impacts of the Tree Canopy and Chemical Reactions on the Dispersion of Reactive Pollutants in Street Canyons

Dec 18, 2020 | Publicaciones

By: Gonzalez Olivardia, F.G.; Matsuo, T.; Shimadera, H.; Kondo, A. Abstract Traffic-related air pollution in street canyons can cause health problems for pedestrians. In order to clarify the behavior of reactive pollutants, such as NOx and O3, in street canyons, a...

Analysis of Pollutant Dispersion in a Realistic Urban Street Canyon Using Coupled CFD and Chemical Reaction Modeling

Aug 21, 2019 | Publicaciones

By: Gonzalez Olivardia, F.G.; Zhang, Q.; Matsuo, T.; Shimadera, H.; Kondo, A.  Abstract Studies in actual urban settings that integrate chemical reaction modeling, radiation, and particular emissions are mandatory to evaluate the effects of traffic-related air...

Evaluating the Use of Ventilation Efficiency Indices to Improve Urban Ventilation

Sep 19, 2018 | Publicaciones

By: Gonzalez, F., Matsuo, T., Shimadera, H., & Kondo, A. Abstract Removing heated or polluted air is one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish when it comes to ventilating urban environments. This study is an effort to satisfactorily describe the ventilation...