CFD model to study PM[Formula: see text] dispersion in large-scale open spaces.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution has become a major concern in industrial or highly populated areas. Although legislation has been enacted to limit pollution levels, air quality monitoring still needs to be carried out by stations which are located at fixed points unable to provide the spatial evolution of pollutants. This research, focused on the city of Gijón (Asturias), includes a Computational Fluid Dynamics model capable of simulating the dispersion of pollutants in a large urban environment (12x18 km[Formula: see text]). Different wind conditions were simulated with two sources of emission. The results show the influence of the terrain on the dispersion of pollutants in open spaces whilst simultaneously scrutinizing the origin of diffuse industrial pollution circulating over the city of Gijon. The simu

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Pacheco VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10097623 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature