Modeling of the dispersion of motorway traffic emission for control purposes

Csikós, Alfréd András and Varga, István and Hangos, Katalin (2015) Modeling of the dispersion of motorway traffic emission for control purposes. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART C-EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. ISSN 0968-090X 10.1016/j.trc.2015.03.027

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Abstract

In this paper a novel simple dynamic model is suggested for the dispersion of motorway traffic emissions. The motivation for the research is to develop a model with low computational demand so that it can serve as a basis for a model based controller that is able to keep pollutant concentrations under legislation limits. The dispersion process is characterized as a distributed parameter system (DPS) in which the law of mass conservation holds. The elements of the mathematical model (the assumptions of the initial value problem) are specified using topological considerations, and the boundary conditions originate from the macroscopic traffic emission framework developed by the authors earlier. The developed engineering model, with applying the Gaussian plume model, is transformed to a discrete time nonlinear concentrated parameter state-space model form using lumping and finite difference approximations. For the suggested model a verification and numerical stability analysis is carried out. A sensitivity analysis of the existing motorway control measures (i.e. ramp metering, variable speed limits) is performed to justify the choice of a future control structure.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Control objective analysis; Distributed parameter system modeling; Macroscopic motorway traffic modeling; Emission dispersion modeling
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics and Computer Science > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science / számítástechnika, számítógéptudomány
Divisions: Systems and Control Lab
SWORD Depositor: MTMT Injector
Depositing User: MTMT Injector
Date Deposited: 11 Apr 2015 16:36
Last Modified: 11 Apr 2015 16:36
URI: https://eprints.sztaki.hu/id/eprint/8226

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