Rather than parking at nearby hourly parking lots, many passenger-picking-up vehicles prefer to idle at terminals and/or drive cycling around terminal facilities. As a result, extra vehicle emissions may be produced i...Rather than parking at nearby hourly parking lots, many passenger-picking-up vehicles prefer to idle at terminals and/or drive cycling around terminal facilities. As a result, extra vehicle emissions may be produced in an airport area. Even though there are limited studies on such emissions at airports, these estimations were normally based on the date emission models, which might cause bias in emission estimations. This paper proposes an approach to employ the floating car method and Global Positioning System （GPS） to record speeds and acceleration rates of idling and cycling vehicles at airport terminals. The tests were conducted under different time periods and traffic demands with different waiting time. The speeds and acceleration rates are synthesized to yield Vehicle Specific Power＇s （VSP） and Operational Mode （OM） distributions. Utilizing the Environmental Protection Agency （EPA） emission estimation model Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator （MOVES）, pollutants and green house gas emission indexes （e.g. NOx, CO, CO2 and HC） and fuel consumptions can be easily estimated. As an illustration of the proposed approach, the research team collected GPS data at a terminal in Houston William Hobby Airport （HOU）, and calculated the VSP distributions and OM distributions. Emissions of passenger-picking-up vehicles around these congested airport terminals.展开更多
文摘Rather than parking at nearby hourly parking lots, many passenger-picking-up vehicles prefer to idle at terminals and/or drive cycling around terminal facilities. As a result, extra vehicle emissions may be produced in an airport area. Even though there are limited studies on such emissions at airports, these estimations were normally based on the date emission models, which might cause bias in emission estimations. This paper proposes an approach to employ the floating car method and Global Positioning System （GPS） to record speeds and acceleration rates of idling and cycling vehicles at airport terminals. The tests were conducted under different time periods and traffic demands with different waiting time. The speeds and acceleration rates are synthesized to yield Vehicle Specific Power＇s （VSP） and Operational Mode （OM） distributions. Utilizing the Environmental Protection Agency （EPA） emission estimation model Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator （MOVES）, pollutants and green house gas emission indexes （e.g. NOx, CO, CO2 and HC） and fuel consumptions can be easily estimated. As an illustration of the proposed approach, the research team collected GPS data at a terminal in Houston William Hobby Airport （HOU）, and calculated the VSP distributions and OM distributions. Emissions of passenger-picking-up vehicles around these congested airport terminals.
