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On-Road Bus Emission Comparison for Diverse Locations and Fuel Types in Real-World Operation Conditions

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  • Chao Wang

    (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Nanjing 211189, China)

  • Zhuoqun Sun

    (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Nanjing 211189, China)

  • Zhirui Ye

    (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Nanjing 211189, China)

Abstract

Urban buses have energy and environmental impacts because they are mostly equipped with heavy-duty diesel engines, having higher emission factors and pollution levels. This study proposed a mean distribution deviation (MDD) method to identify bus pollutant emissions including CO, CO 2 , HC, and NO X at road sections, intersections, and bus stops for different fuel types; and explore the changes in emissions for different locations in the road sections, bus stops, and intersection influence areas. Bus speed, acceleration, and emissions data were collected from four fuel types in China. For different locations and fuel types, the differences in emissions were all statistically significant. MDD values for different locations indicated that there were more obvious differences in emissions between road sections and intersections. In addition, heat maps were applied in this study to better understand changes in bus emissions for different locations in the bus stop influence areas, intersection influence areas, and road sections.

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  • Chao Wang & Zhuoqun Sun & Zhirui Ye, 2020. "On-Road Bus Emission Comparison for Diverse Locations and Fuel Types in Real-World Operation Conditions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-14, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:5:p:1798-:d:325966
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