Research Details

Modeling of the Air Quality Impacts of Trikes and Other Vehicles at the MMSU Campus (Project 2)

Saturnina Nisperos, Honeylou Farinas

Category

Project

Status

Not conducted

Duration

Jan 1, 2012 -
Dec 31, 2015

Component Studies

  1. • Simulation of the Impacts on the Increased Use of Trikes and Other Vehicles at MMSU (Study 1)
  2. • Assessment of Potential Exposures of Passengers and Operators to Air Pollutants (Study 2)

Parent Program

→ Assessment and Mitigation of Air Pollutants in Selected Agro-Industrial Operations at MMSU: Towards an Eco-friendly Environment (Program)

Related Projects

  1. • Characterization and Measurement of Air Quality in Outdoor/Indoor Spaces (Project 1)
  2. • Assessment of the Effectiveness of Carbonized Rice Hull (Activated and Un-activated) on Odor Emission, Bio-aerosol Concentration, and Fly Population of Some Agricultural Operations (Project 3)
  3. • Performance Evaluation of Biogas Plants (Project 4)

Brief Description

This is Project 2 under the program "Assessment and Mitigation of Air Pollutants in Selected Agro-Industrial Operations at MMSU: Towards an Eco-friendly Environment".

The objectives will be attained through the following component studies:

a. Simulation of the impacts on the increased use of trikes and other vehicles at MMSU - this study will be conducted through the following sequence of activities:

  1. Review published information on emissions from tricycles and other vehicles (2-stroke and 4-stroke, etc.)
  2. Characterize the tricycles and other vehicles at MMSU campus (type, volume, age, etc.)
  3. Measure emissions from the vehicles (to validate those gathered from the review, or check with Batac Emission Testing Center)
  4. Simulate the impacts of tricycles/other vehicles using established models (e.g., STELLA)
  5. Recommend possible abatement measures if needed.
Parameters to be assessed and methods of measurement:

  • Carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HCs) - emission analyzer
  • Particulate matter - continuous dust monitor or gravimetric method
b. Assessment of potential exposures of passengers and operators to air pollutants (trikes vs e-jeep) - a comparative measurement of air pollutant emissions from trikes and e-jeep will be done in order to have a more concrete basis of advocating more environment-friendly means of transportation.
 
This study can be done with the following sequence of activities:
  1. Interview passengers/operators regarding the potential health effects of air pollutants
  2. Review literature on past studies that measure exposure of passengers/operators/drivers to various pollutants
  3. Measure air pollutants in selected tricycles and e-jeep
  4. Recommend possible abatement measures if needed
Parameters to be assessed and methods of measurement:
  • VOCs - continuous VOC analyzer and detector tubes
  • Particulate Matter - continuous dust monitor
  • CO - non-dispersive infrared analyzer

Expected Output

Enhanced modeling capability on indoor and outdoor air quality.