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EVALUATION OF A REMOTE SENSOR FOR MOBILE SOURCE CO EMISSIONS
Citation:
Stedman, D., G. Bishop, AND M. Pitchford. EVALUATION OF A REMOTE SENSOR FOR MOBILE SOURCE CO EMISSIONS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/4-90/032 (NTIS PB91148320), 1991.
Description:
Carbon monoxide (CO) emission measurements of thousands of vehicles per day are possible with a recently evaluated remote sensor developed at the University of Denver. unded by the Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas (EMSL-LV) Innovative Research Program, the evaluation has demonstrated the comparability of volume concentration measurements made by this method with traditional emission monitoring instrumentation. easurements are made unobtrusively as vehicles pass through an infrared light beam directed across one traffic lane about 25 centimeters above the pavement. ideo camera records the vehicle registration number of each vehicle as its CO emissions are measured so that characteristics of individual vehicles and vehicle fleet categories can be associated with each measurement. Determining appropriate applications and monitoring protocols for this technology is the second phase of this Innovative Research Project. imilar remote sensing technology for monitoring mobile hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions can be developed to address the urban ozone non-attainment problem.
