期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 633, 期 -, 页码 1314-1328出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.194
关键词
Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations; Building daily CO (carbon monoxide) exposure; Building intake fraction (IF); Urban open space; 'Lift-up' building design
资金
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFC0202206, 2016YFC0202205, 2017YFC0210105]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [41425020]
- National Natural Science Foundation-Outstanding Youth Foundation [41622502]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51478486, 51278440]
Sustainable urban design is an effective way to improve urban ventilation and reduce vehicular pollutant exposure to urban residents. This paper investigated the impacts of urban open space and 'lift-up' building design on vehicular CO (carbonmonoxide) exposure in typical three-dimensional (3D) urban canopy layer (UCL) models under neutral atmospheric conditions. The building intake fraction (IF) represents the fraction of total vehicular pollutant emissions inhaled by residents when they stay at home. The building daily CO exposure (E-t) means the extent of human beings' contact with CO within one day indoor at home. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations integrating with these two concepts were performed to solve turbulent flow and assess vehicular CO exposure to urban residents. CFD technique with the standard kappa-epsilon model was successfully validated by wind tunnel data. The initial numerical UCL model consists of 5-row and 5-column (5 x 5) cubic buildings (building height H = street width W = 30 m) with four approaching wind directions (theta = 0 degrees, 15 degrees, 30 degrees, 45 degrees). In Group I, one of the 25 building models is removed to attain urban open space settings. In Group II, the first floor (Lift-up1), or second floor (Lift-up2), or third floor (Lift-up3) of all buildings is elevated respectively to create wind pathways through buildings. Compared to the initial case, urban open space can slightly or significantly reduce pollutant exposure for urban residents. As theta = 30 degrees and 45 degrees, open space settings are more effective to reduce pollutant exposure than theta = 0 degrees and 15 degrees. The pollutant dilution near or surrounding open space and in its adjacent downstream regions is usually enhanced. Lift-up1 and Lift-up2 experience much greater pollutant exposure reduction in all wind directions than Lift-up3 and open space. Although further investigations are still required to provide practical guidelines, this study is one of the first attempts for reducing urban pollutant exposure by improving urban design. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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