Control of Traffic-Related Emissions to Improve Air Quality
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 November 2024 | Viewed by 262
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pollution control technology; environmental management and policies; aviation emissions policy
Interests: vehicle emissions control and regulation; life cycle assessment
Interests: exhaust and non-exhaust emissions; non-regulated emissions; atmospheric oxidation capacity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Transportation activities have emerged as the dominant sources of toxic air pollution. While the enforcement of stringent emissions standards has led to notable decreases in regulated gaseous emissions from vehicle exhausts, growing concern has arisen over newly emerging pollutants. These include (intermediate and semi-) volatile organic compounds, gaseous nitrous acid, ammonia, and ultrafine particulate matter from traffic-related emissions. Moreover, besides vehicle exhausts, evaporative and brake emissions from vehicles, as well as emissions from non-road mobile machinery, ships, aircraft, and other traffic sources, could all contribute to pollution emissions. Consequently, there is an urgent need to delve deeper into the emissions characteristics and effective control of more non-regulated toxic pollutants and more transportation source emission types, particularly in the dawn of the carbon neutrality era.
This Special Issue aims to provide novel insights into the emissions characteristics and control technologies of various traffic-related emissions for the sustainable improvement of air quality. Original articles on emissions characterization and preamble control technologies targeting both regulated and emerging pollutants from traffic-related emissions are eagerly appreciated. Furthermore, review articles on state-of-the-art advances in this domain are also highly encouraged.
Dr. Hefeng Zhang
Dr. Yunjing Wang
Dr. Xinping Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- traffic-related emissions
- exhaust and non-exhaust emissions
- emerging pollutants
- emissions characteristics
- emissions inventory
- environmental implications
- control techniques
- mobile source management policy
