Original Research Article
Emission profile of pollutants due to traffic in Lucknow City, India
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M Tiwari |
SP Shukla |
NK Shukla |
RB Singh |
N Mumtaz |
VK Gupta |
V Singh |
Article Number: irjpeh.001 | Pages: 150-157 | Vol.1(7),September 2014 | DOI: 10.15739/irjpeh.001
Received: Accepted: August 28, 2014 Published:
Abstract
The human behaviors over the last few decades have changed the global atmospheric condition. Industrial emissions, transportation, intensification of agricultural practices and urban development have directly elevated the levels of pollutant gases such as CO2, NO2, CO and Particulate Matter (PM), which are probably to have inconsiderate climatic implications. Study is based on emissions from 2-Wheelers, 3-Wheelers, 4-Wheelers, Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) and Heavy Vehicles (HVs) at Lucknow City, India for three consecutive months; February 1, 2014 to April 30, 2014. The concentration of SO2, PM, CO and NO2 of selected location was 0.21 µg/m3, 6.27 µg/m3, 74.28 µg/m3 and 40.64 µg/m3 at Hazaratganj Road where as for Kalidas road it was 0.11 µg/m3, 2.87 µg/m3, 35.78 µg/m3 and 18.77 µg/m3, respectively. The concentrations of above pollutants were more at Hazaratganj Road as compare to Kalidas road. The emissions profile of SO2, PM, CO and NO2 were within national ambient air quality standard.
Keywords: Vehicle emission, particulate matter, traffic analysis and air modeling
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