Measurement and source apportionment of PM10 roadway emissions. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:7105460

Claiborn, C; Mitra, A; Lamb, B; Westberg, H

The objectives of this research are to develop a methodology for assessing PM10 emissions from roads, and to compare emission factors developed from this method to those published factors currently in use by regulatory agencies. Upwind and downwind concentrations of PM10 were monitored at several paved and unpaved roadway sites in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The results of this study demonstrate that the use of an inert tracer in a line source to simulate roadway PM10 emissions can provide a tool for improving the existing emission inventories for fugitive PM10 emissions from roads. The factors for paved roads were nearly an order of magnitude higher than those currently in use. PM10 emission rates for paved roads were found to be highly variable, depending on parameters that include wind speed, the variability in the wind direction, and traffic and roadway conditions.

• Research Organization: Washington State Transportation Center, Pullman, WA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7105460
• Report Number(s): PB-94-186012/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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