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Article: Pollutant dispersion in urban street canopies

TitlePollutant dispersion in urban street canopies
Authors
KeywordsDigital tunnel
Lagrangian particle model
Multi-buildings
Numerical simulation
Street canyon
Issue Date2001
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/atmosenv
Citation
Atmospheric Environment, 2001, v. 35 n. 11, p. 2033-2043 How to Cite?
AbstractThe effects of building configurations on pollutant dispersion around street canopies were studied numerically. The dispersion of pollutants emitted from ground sources was simulated by continuously discharging large number of particles into the computation domain. The mean wind velocities at each time-step were firstly computed by solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, while the fluctuated velocities were determined using a statistical procedure. The trajectories of the discharged particles were obtained from a Lagrangian particle model. Three categories of numerical simulation were conducted to study the effect of different canopy geometries on the pollutant dispersion. The computed wind field data were consistent with the wind field characteristics described in the previous wind tunnel studies. A counter-clockwise vortex was found resulting in high pollutant concentration at the windward side of the downstream building of the street canopy and low pollutant concentration at the leeward side of the upstream building. The increase in height of the urban roughness buildings would facilitate the pollutant dispersion in urban street canopy under certain building configurations. Two or more vortices stacked vertically in a street canopy were found when height of the upstream and downstream buildings of a street canopy was increased, preventing pollutants from escaping out of the canopy. Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. | The effects of building configurations on pollutant dispersion around street canopies were studied numerically. The dispersion of pollutants emitted from ground sources was simulated by continuously discharging large number of particles into the computation domain. The mean wind velocities at each time-step were firstly computed by solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, while the fluctuated velocities were determined using a statistical procedure. The trajectories of the discharged particles were obtained from a Lagrangian particle model. Three categories of numerical simulation were conducted to study the effect of different canopy geometries on the pollutant dispersion. The computed wind field data were consistent with the wind field characteristics described in the previous wind tunnel studies. A counter-clockwise vortex was found resulting in high pollutant concentration at the windward side of the downstream building of the street canopy and low pollutant concentration at the leeward side of the upstream building. The increase in height of the urban roughness buildings would facilitate the pollutant dispersion in urban street canopy under certain building configurations. Two or more vortices stacked vertically in a street canopy were found when height of the upstream and downstream buildings of a street canopy was increased, preventing pollutants from escaping out of the canopy. Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/75571
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dc.contributor.authorYC Leung, Den_HK
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dc.date.issued2001en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAtmospheric Environment, 2001, v. 35 n. 11, p. 2033-2043en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1352-2310en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/75571-
dc.description.abstractThe effects of building configurations on pollutant dispersion around street canopies were studied numerically. The dispersion of pollutants emitted from ground sources was simulated by continuously discharging large number of particles into the computation domain. The mean wind velocities at each time-step were firstly computed by solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, while the fluctuated velocities were determined using a statistical procedure. The trajectories of the discharged particles were obtained from a Lagrangian particle model. Three categories of numerical simulation were conducted to study the effect of different canopy geometries on the pollutant dispersion. The computed wind field data were consistent with the wind field characteristics described in the previous wind tunnel studies. A counter-clockwise vortex was found resulting in high pollutant concentration at the windward side of the downstream building of the street canopy and low pollutant concentration at the leeward side of the upstream building. The increase in height of the urban roughness buildings would facilitate the pollutant dispersion in urban street canopy under certain building configurations. Two or more vortices stacked vertically in a street canopy were found when height of the upstream and downstream buildings of a street canopy was increased, preventing pollutants from escaping out of the canopy. Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. | The effects of building configurations on pollutant dispersion around street canopies were studied numerically. The dispersion of pollutants emitted from ground sources was simulated by continuously discharging large number of particles into the computation domain. The mean wind velocities at each time-step were firstly computed by solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, while the fluctuated velocities were determined using a statistical procedure. The trajectories of the discharged particles were obtained from a Lagrangian particle model. Three categories of numerical simulation were conducted to study the effect of different canopy geometries on the pollutant dispersion. The computed wind field data were consistent with the wind field characteristics described in the previous wind tunnel studies. A counter-clockwise vortex was found resulting in high pollutant concentration at the windward side of the downstream building of the street canopy and low pollutant concentration at the leeward side of the upstream building. The increase in height of the urban roughness buildings would facilitate the pollutant dispersion in urban street canopy under certain building configurations. Two or more vortices stacked vertically in a street canopy were found when height of the upstream and downstream buildings of a street canopy was increased, preventing pollutants from escaping out of the canopy. Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/atmosenven_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAtmospheric Environmenten_HK
dc.subjectDigital tunnelen_HK
dc.subjectLagrangian particle modelen_HK
dc.subjectMulti-buildingsen_HK
dc.subjectNumerical simulationen_HK
dc.subjectStreet canyonen_HK
dc.titlePollutant dispersion in urban street canopiesen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.volume35en_HK
dc.identifier.issue11en_HK
dc.identifier.spage2033en_HK
dc.identifier.epage2043en_HK
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
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