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: Received: 26 December 2023 / Approved: 9 January 2024 / Online: 9 January 2024 (10:17:53 CET)
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Armenta-Déu, C.; Rincón, C. Reduction of Ghg Emissions: Air Quality Improvement in Urban Areas. Preprints2024, 2024010701. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0701.v1
Armenta-Déu, C.; Rincón, C. Reduction of Ghg Emissions: Air Quality Improvement in Urban Areas. Preprints 2024, 2024010701. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0701.v1
Armenta-Déu, C.; Rincón, C. Reduction of Ghg Emissions: Air Quality Improvement in Urban Areas. Preprints2024, 2024010701. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0701.v1
APA Style
Armenta-Déu, C., & Rincón, C. (2024). Reduction of Ghg Emissions: Air Quality Improvement in Urban Areas. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0701.v1
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Armenta-Déu, C. and Cristina Rincón. 2024 "Reduction of Ghg Emissions: Air Quality Improvement in Urban Areas" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0701.v1
Abstract
This paper focuses on the impact that urban traffic has on the environment. The study characterizes the global effect of GHG emissions, including the ecologic evaluation and the characterization, normalization, and evaluation factor. The work makes a detailed survey of the different modes of driving and their influence on engine performance as one of the principal causes of gas emissions during the combustion process. The article analyzes six types of vehicles equipped with different engine configurations: diesel and gasoline, GLP and GNC, hybrid electric, and plug-in hybrid electric. Simulation of the driving mode under various operational conditions for every type of engine results in energy consumption, thus, in GHG emissions, carbon dioxide and monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and Sulphur dioxide. The study concludes that a reduction in vehicle speed, thus in the engine revolutions, has positive effects on engine combustion and gasses emissions, which is reduced by 27.5%. The study also concludes that the limitation in driving mode, avoiding sharp and sudden acceleration, may reduce up to 45% of GHG emissions. The changes applied in the driving mode improve the air quality in the urban environment, reducing the content of GHG from 39% to 61%.
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