MOVES model for idling emission of signalised junction in developing country
| Pages | 25-38 |
| Published date | 05 January 2015 |
| Date | 05 January 2015 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-06-2014-0009 |
| Author | Ravindra Kumar,Purnima Parida,Surbhi Shukla,Wafaa Saleh |
| Subject Matter | Public policy & environmental management,Environmental technology & innovation |
MOVES model for idling
emission of signalised junction
in developing country
Ravindra Kumar
Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh,
UK and CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Purnima Parida
CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Surbhi Shukla
Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College Gorakhpur,
Gorakhpur, India, and
Wafaa Saleh
Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
Abstract
Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to estimate total emission during idling of vehicles and
validate emission results from real-world data.
Design/methodology/approach –Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES)2010b emission
model is customised for developing country like India and a case study of the Ashram intersection in
Delhi has been selected in order to measure the emissions of vehicles during idling.
Findings –Results show that 3.997 mg/m
3
of hydrocarbon, 1.82 mg/m
3
of NOx and 17.688 mg/m
3
of
carbon monoxide is emitted from the cars, trucks and buses, respectively, at Ashram intersection in
one day. As there are 600 intersections throughout Delhi, a total of 2,398.055 mg/m
3
of hydrocarbon,
1,087.068 mg/m
3
of NOx and 10,612.612 mg/m
3
of carbon monoxide is emitted from cars, trucks and
buses in a day in all of Delhi.
Originality/value –Knowledge of idling emission and fuel loss is very little for Indian traffic
condition during delays.
Keywords Public health, Sustainable development, Developing country, Climate change,
Emission, Idling
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
With 1.27 billion people, India is the second most populous country in the world, while
China is the most populous, with over 1.36 billion people. Developing country like India
is also currently experiencing growth in GDP of 4.3 per cent per annum. In 2011-2012,
Indian industry produced 20.36 million vehicles of which the share of two wheelers,
passenger vehicles,three wheelers and commercial vehicles were 76, 15, 4 and 4 per cent,
respectively (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturer (SIAM), 2013). This strong
motorisation has caused increasing concerns about local and long-range air pollution, its
impacts on climatechange and on the global demand for oil. Indeed,already by the year
2000, India was among the ten countries with the highest exhaust pollutants from the World Journal of Science,
Technology and Sustainable
Development
Vol. 12 No. 1, 2015
pp. 25-38
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DOI 10.1108/WJSTSD-06-2014-0009
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The authors acknowledge all direct or indirect support in this work and thank the Director of
CRRI for his encouragement and support. Authors would also like to thank CSIR and Planning
commission India for funding this project.
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