Appendix
3.7 |
Detailed
Calculation of In-Tunnel Air Quality |
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for the Full Enclosure at
Castle Peak Road viaduct |
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Worse case |
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Tunnel Parameter |
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Tunnel
length (m), L |
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175 |
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Tunnel height (m), H |
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5.5 |
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Tunnel
width (m), W |
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20 |
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Tunnel size (m2), At |
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H * W |
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110 |
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Equivalent diameter (m), dt |
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(4*At/p)^0.5 |
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11.83455 |
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Effective length of the
tunnel (m), Le |
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L + 2*3*dt |
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246.0073 |
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Emission Data |
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Traffic Breakdown (%) |
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Traffic flow (veh/hr) |
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Petrol |
L.Diesel |
H.Diesel |
LGV |
HGV |
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Tunnel traffic |
2410 |
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43 |
32 |
25 |
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0 |
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Q (veh/hr) |
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1030 |
781 |
600 |
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0 |
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Petrol |
L.Diesel |
H.Diesel |
LGV |
HGV |
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Emission
Factor (g/km) - EURO3 |
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0.71 |
1.54 |
6.8 |
1.23 |
3.84 |
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Weighted
NOX E.F. (g/km/veh) |
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2.494227 |
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NO2
emission factor per unit length (g/m/s), w |
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0.000334 |
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Vehicle Data |
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Nominal
dimensions of vehicles are given in Transport Planning and Design Manual,
Vol. 2 as: |
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L |
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Pertol |
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1.7 |
1.5 |
4.6 |
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L.Diesel |
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2.1 |
1.6 |
5.2 |
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H.Diesel |
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2.5 |
4.6 |
16 |
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HGV |
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Nominal cross-sectional area (m2) |
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(1.7*1.5*(0.43)+(2.5*4.6*0.25)+(2.1*1.6*0.32) |
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5.039427 |
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Number of
lanes per direction, nl |
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2 |
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Equivalent
cross-sectional area for each direction (m2), Av |
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10.07885 |
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Equivalent
diameter of vehicle (m), dv |
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(4*Av/p)^0.5 |
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3.582291 |
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Equivalent
length of each vehicle (m) |
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(4.6*(0.43))+(5.2*0.32)+(16*0.25) |
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7.631071 |
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Distance
between vehicle (m) |
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1 |
(worst case) |
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Head to
head distance on a lane (m), l |
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8.631071 |
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Traffic
density (traffic flow /s), N |
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0.669444 |
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Average
vehicle speed (m/s), v |
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l*N/(2*nl) |
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1.444506 |
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Diffusion
Parameters |
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Reynolds
number, Re |
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(v*dv)/s |
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where s = 15.6*10^-6 |
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331707.6 |
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According
to Figure 16 (Ohashi and Koso) |
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Since |
l / dt |
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0.729312 |
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D / (N * dt^2 * Re^0.13) |
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0.15 |
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diffusion
coefficient (m2/s) , D |
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0.15
* (N * dt^2 * Re^0.13) |
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73.41878 |
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Maximum
Concentration of NO2 |
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Cmax (µg/m3) |
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w * Le^2 / (8 * D * At) |
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(without background) |
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312.8143 |
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