Development and application of a three-dimensional Taylor-Galerkin numerical model for an air quality simulation near roadway tunnel portals
- Tokyo Univ. of Information Sciences (Japan)
- and others
Since highway traffic has become one of the major emission sources of air pollution, air pollution prediction near roadway tunnel portals is a very important subject. Although many models have been suggested to predict pollutant concentrations near roadways, almost all models have been suggested to predict pollutant concentrations near roadways, almost all models can only be applied to at-grade or cut-off straight highways. Therefore, we have developed a numerical model which can be applied to the site near roadway tunnels in complex terrain. The first stage of our study is to make a database of air quality and the meteorological condition near roadway tunnel portals. The second stage is a screening of the wind field models as described in our cooperative paper presented by Kimura et al. The third stage is an evaluation of the numerical schemes for the advection equation, mainly carried out based on the results of the rotating cone problem. In our limited comparative study, the most accurate and high-speed-computing scheme was a Taylor-Galerkin scheme. The three dimensional model based on this scheme, was developed by an operator splitting of locally one dimensional calculations. The final stage is a validation study of the proposed model. The composite model consists of a wind field model, a model for the jet stream from a tunnel portal, and a model for the diffusion and advection of pollutants. The calculated concentrations near a tunnel portal have been compared with the air tracer experimental data and good conformity could be obtained.
- OSTI ID:
- 466223
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606185-; TRN: 96:005931-0174
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. international conference on atmospheric sciences and applications to air quality, Seattle, WA (United States), 18-20 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The 5th international atmospheric sciences and applications to air quality conference; PB: 322 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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