On the prediction of air and pollutant exchange rates in street canyons of different aspect ratios using large-eddy simulation

被引:215
作者
Liu, CH [1 ]
Leung, DYC
Barth, MC
机构
[1] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Mech Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, Boulder, CO 80307 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
street canyon; vehicular pollution; large-eddy simulation (LES); air exchange rate (ACH); pollutant exchange rate (PCH);
D O I
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.08.036
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This study employs a large-eddy simulation (LES) technique to predict the air exchange rate (ACH) and pollutant exchange rate (PCH) for street canyons of aspect ratio (h/b, building-height-to-street-width) 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 at a Reynolds number (Re) of 12,000 and a Schmidt number (Sc) of 0.72. The air ventilation and pollutant dilution of the street canyons are investigated by means of the distribution, average concentration, and retention time of pollutant in the street canyons. The flow in the street canyons at this Re and Sc lies in the wake-interference flow regime, in which the recirculations are isolated from the free-stream flow and the pollutant removal is governed by turbulent transport. Based on the LES database, the ACH and PCH of the street canyons are determined by the roof-level transient turbulence properties. The ACH increases with decreasing h/b, which is in line with the common observation of the better air ventilation in street canyons of smaller h/b. The PCH is found to be equal to the amount of pollutant emitted. Positive PCH shows that the pollutant removal rate is greater than the ground-level pollutant emission rate. As a consequence, some of the pollutant in the free surface layer, which originated from the street canyon, re-enters the canyon, lengthening the pollutant retention time in the street canyon. If pollutants from upstream sources reside in the free stream flow, the pollutant entrainment would contribute to degrading the air quality in the street canyons. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1567 / 1574
页数:8
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