| dc.description.abstract | Quality of air in the cabin of transportation vehicle is of high importance due to increase in globalization that hinders rise of transportation of goods worldwide. The largest source of streets pollution in urban areas is vehicular combustion, constituted mainly of gaseous pollutants such as CO2, CO, oxides of nitrogen (NOx), ozone, and particles such as ultra-fine particulate matter (UFP). Drivers of heavy-duty vehicles (HDV) are spending both their working and free time in vehicle cabins, making then highly exposed to toxic gases and hazardous aerosols. Intensive industrial development is more concentrated in metropolitan areas, and since it still relies on fossil fuels energy, it results in high pollution of air with traf- fic-related air pollutants (TRAPs). Primary sources of UFPs in the urban environment near road sites are caused by HDV, and they enter cabin air through windows, accumulating in the cabin air and on the surfaces, resulting of up to three times higher concentration of TRAPs in cabin than outdoor air. Exposures to high CO2, NOx and UFP can significantly reduce decision-making performance and is main cause of premature deaths of HDV drivers. Sedimentation of UFP onto filter surfaces, long filter exposure times, and high temperatures within cabins cause decrease of air-flow within the filter and drastic decrease of filtering efficiency. By combining experimental results obtained from in-filed measurements performed in the city of Belgrade, during peak traffic hours, for filtration systems (AFS) placed at different positions within the cabins, obtained master present role of air filtration systems. Using analytical approach of experimental results, we propose mathematical model that describes AFS efficiency on cabin pollution mitigation. Predicted results are in close agreement with the experimental data showing that outdoor to cabin pollutants concentration is possible to estimate as it depends on and terrain design, filtration time and thermodynamic parameters within cabin. We hope that this research rises organizational attention to the health and welfare of HDV drivers. | sr |
