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Road Traffic Emission Inventory in an Urban Zone of West Africa: Case of Yopougon City (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)

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  • Madina Doumbia

    (Centre d’Excellence Africain sur le Changement Climatique, la Biodiversité et l’Agriculture Durable (CEA-CCBAD), 22 BP 463 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire
    Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire
    Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences Biologiques, Département Math-Physique-Chimie, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Adjon A. Kouassi

    (Laboratoire des Sciences et Technologie de l’Environnement (LSTE), Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Siélé Silué

    (Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences Biologiques, Département Math-Physique-Chimie, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Véronique Yoboué

    (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Cathy Liousse

    (Laboratoire d’Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 311400 Toulouse, France)

  • Arona Diedhiou

    (Centre d’Excellence Africain sur le Changement Climatique, la Biodiversité et l’Agriculture Durable (CEA-CCBAD), 22 BP 463 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire
    Institute of Geosciences for Environment, Université Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IGE, F-38000 Grenoble, France)

  • N’Datchoh E. Touré

    (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Sékou Keita

    (Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences Biologiques, Département Math-Physique-Chimie, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Eric-Michel Assamoi

    (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Adama Bamba

    (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Maurin Zouzoua

    (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Alima Dajuma

    (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire
    Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences Biologiques, Département Math-Physique-Chimie, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire)

  • Kouakou Kouadio

    (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l’Environnement et de l’Energie Solaire, LASMES, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BPV34, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire)

Abstract

Road traffic emission inventories based on bottom-up methodology, are calculated for each road segment from fuel consumption and traffic volume data obtained during field measurements in Yopougon. High emissions of black carbon (BC) from vehicles are observed at major road intersections, in areas surrounding industrial zones and on highways. Highest emission values from road traffic are observed for carbon monoxide (CO) (14.8 t/d) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) (7.9 t/d), usually considered as the major traffic pollution tracers. Furthermore, peak values of CO emissions due to personal cars (PCs) are mainly linked to the old age of the vehicle fleet with high emission factors. The highest emitting type of vehicle for BC on the highway is PC (70.2%), followed by inter-communal taxis (TAs) (13.1%), heavy vehicles (HVs) (9.8%), minibuses (GBs) (6.4%) and intra-communal taxis (WRs) (0.4%). While for organic carbon (OC) emissions on the main roads, PCs represent 46.7%, followed by 20.3% for WRs, 14.9% for TAs, 11.4% for GB and 6.7% for HVs. This work provides new key information on local pollutant emissions and may be useful to guide mitigation strategies such as modernizing the vehicle fleet and reorganizing public transportation, to reduce emissions and improve public health.

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  • Madina Doumbia & Adjon A. Kouassi & Siélé Silué & Véronique Yoboué & Cathy Liousse & Arona Diedhiou & N’Datchoh E. Touré & Sékou Keita & Eric-Michel Assamoi & Adama Bamba & Maurin Zouzoua & Alima Daju, 2021. "Road Traffic Emission Inventory in an Urban Zone of West Africa: Case of Yopougon City (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:4:p:1111-:d:502260
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