Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track
Abstract One of the significant sources of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions is the road transportation sector. These emissions are worsened by driving behaviors and network conditions. It is common knowledge that experienced and inexperienced drivers behave differently when operating vehic...
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| description | Abstract One of the significant sources of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions is the road transportation sector. These emissions are worsened by driving behaviors and network conditions. It is common knowledge that experienced and inexperienced drivers behave differently when operating vehicles. Given the same vehicle in a different timeframe, the drivers’ reactions to similar situations vary, which has a significant influence on the emissions and fuel consumption as their use of acceleration and speed differ. Because the driving patterns of automated vehicles are programmable and provide a platform for smooth driving situations, it is predicted that deploying them might potentially reduce fuel consumption, particularly in urban areas with given traffic situations. This study’s goal is to examine how different degrees of automated vehicles behave when it comes to emissions and how accelerations affect that behavior. Furthermore, the total aggregated emissions on the synthesized urban network are evaluated and compared to legacy vehicles. The emission measuring model is based on the Handbook Emission Factors for Road Transport (HBEFA)3 and is utilized with the Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) microscopic simulation software. The results demonstrate that acceleration value is strongly correlated with individual vehicle emissions. Although the ability of automated vehicles (AVs) to swiftly achieve higher acceleration values has an adverse effect on emissions reduction, it was compensated by the rate of accelerations, which decreases as the automation level increases. According to the simulation results, automated vehicles can reduce carbon monoxide (CO) emissions by 38.56%, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 17.09%, hydrocarbons (HC) emissions by 36.3%, particulate matter (PMx) emissions by 28.12%, nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by 19.78% in the most optimistic scenario (that is, when all vehicles are replaced by the upper bound automated vehicles) in the network level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc970961004145f7a5926c4c7f1960702022-12-22T04:41:56ZengSpringerOpenEnvironmental Systems Research2193-26972022-12-0111111510.1186/s40068-022-00276-2Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test trackZelalem Birhanu Biramo0Anteneh Afework Mekonnen1Faculty of Civil Engineering, Arba Minch Institute of Technology, Arba Minch UniversityDepartment of Transport Technology and Economics, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsAbstract One of the significant sources of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions is the road transportation sector. These emissions are worsened by driving behaviors and network conditions. It is common knowledge that experienced and inexperienced drivers behave differently when operating vehicles. Given the same vehicle in a different timeframe, the drivers’ reactions to similar situations vary, which has a significant influence on the emissions and fuel consumption as their use of acceleration and speed differ. Because the driving patterns of automated vehicles are programmable and provide a platform for smooth driving situations, it is predicted that deploying them might potentially reduce fuel consumption, particularly in urban areas with given traffic situations. This study’s goal is to examine how different degrees of automated vehicles behave when it comes to emissions and how accelerations affect that behavior. Furthermore, the total aggregated emissions on the synthesized urban network are evaluated and compared to legacy vehicles. The emission measuring model is based on the Handbook Emission Factors for Road Transport (HBEFA)3 and is utilized with the Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) microscopic simulation software. The results demonstrate that acceleration value is strongly correlated with individual vehicle emissions. Although the ability of automated vehicles (AVs) to swiftly achieve higher acceleration values has an adverse effect on emissions reduction, it was compensated by the rate of accelerations, which decreases as the automation level increases. According to the simulation results, automated vehicles can reduce carbon monoxide (CO) emissions by 38.56%, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 17.09%, hydrocarbons (HC) emissions by 36.3%, particulate matter (PMx) emissions by 28.12%, nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by 19.78% in the most optimistic scenario (that is, when all vehicles are replaced by the upper bound automated vehicles) in the network level.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-022-00276-2Air pollutionAutomated vehiclesFuel consumptionPollutant emissionsSUMO |
| spellingShingle | Zelalem Birhanu Biramo Anteneh Afework Mekonnen Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track Environmental Systems Research Air pollution Automated vehicles Fuel consumption Pollutant emissions SUMO |
| title | Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track |
| title_full | Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track |
| title_fullStr | Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track |
| title_short | Modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track |
| title_sort | modeling the potential impacts of automated vehicles on pollutant emissions under different scenarios of a test track |
| topic | Air pollution Automated vehicles Fuel consumption Pollutant emissions SUMO |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-022-00276-2 |
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