University of Central Florida

Project 2: Mobile Source Modeling

ENV 6106 (Spring 2019)

Air Pollution Modeling

Client: Dr. Haofei Yu -University of Central Florida

Engineers: Eranildo Lustosa Alves Junior, Diana Ordonez, Andrea Valencia

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Content
1. Description of the Problem ...................................................................................................... 3

2. Background .............................................................................................................................. 4

3. Modeling Approach ................................................................................................................. 4

4. Discussion of Results............................................................................................................. 16

5. Conclusion and Recommendations ....................................................................................... 17

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 1. Description of the Problem
According to the EPA’S NAAQs carbon monoxide is in the primary standards which have
defined the maximum level of carbon to be 9 ppm for 8-hour time and 35 ppm for 1-hour time. To
ensure the level of carbon dioxide emitted at the intersection of E. Colonial Drive an Alafaya Trail
meets these criteria, a model in the MOVES software has been developed. A scale drawing of the
overhead view and the links within the intersection will be produced.

Provided parameters and data:

 The turning movement diagram as the week-day peak was provided (Figure 3)
 Traffic count data and signal timing (Table 1)
 Signal cycling time: 150 seconds
 Speed limit 45 mph for Alafaya Trail, 50 mph for Colonia Drive at normal driving
conditions

Table 1.Intersection signal information

Phase Movement Green Yellow Red

1 E-W through 37 s 3s 110 s

2 E-W lefts 28 s 2s 120 s

34 N-S through 52 s 3s 95 s

N-S lefts 23 s 2s 125 s

The following assumptions were made for ease of modeling:

 Worst case scenario (peak hour congestion): January from 17:00 to 17:59 on a weekday
 Cruise speed for this scenario for Alafaya Trail is 20 mph and an acceleration speed of
10 mph
 Cruise speed for this scenario for Colonial Drive is 25 mph and an acceleration speed
of 12 mph
 Surface roughness: 321 cm corresponding to City-land use of central business district
 Receptor surface breathing height of 6 ft (1.8 m)

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The worst-case scenario (F=6) was used as a stability class for meteorological parameters

2. Background
The intersection of Colonial Drive and Alafaya Trial located in proximity to the University of
Central Florida is being investigated for potential CO impacts (Figure 1). There is a total for six
lanes from both Alafaya Trail and Colonial Drive that divide into two left turning lanes and a right
turning lane.

N. Alafaya Trail North

E. Colonial Drive

Figure 1. The intersection of N. Alafaya Trail and E. Colonial Drive

3. Modeling Approach
To determine the CO impacts near the Colonial Drive and Alafaya Trail, the EPA’s Motor
Vehicle Emission Simulator model (MOVES) was employed. The mobile source emissions can be
modeled at a national, county and project level. The project-level scale was used as it can be used

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for hot-spot analyses that can be related to transportation. In our case, we would like to analyze a
specific intersection (Alafaya/Colonial).

(i) MOVES
 Project links:

The area of study has been divided into 32 links. The average cruise link spend over Colonial
is 50 mph, and thus 45 mph for Alafaya. The Queue average speed is 0 mph. The average
acceleration cruise link speed is 22.5 mph and 25 mph for Alafaya and Colonial respectably. The
delineation of the links is presented in Error! Reference source not found.. However, to model
the worst-case condition at peak hour lower speeds as described previously in assumptions have
been chosen.

Figure 2. Links delineation over Alafaya and Colonial Drive

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Figure 3. Geometric configuration for the interception of Alafaya Trail and East Colonial Drive
(distances are in feet; receptor coordinates unit are in UTM)

 MOVES Inputs:

Table 2. MOVES Input

Section Inputs

Scale Project

Time Spans

Aggregate by Hour

Year 2019

Month January

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 Days Weekday

Hours 17:00 to 18:00

Geographic Bound Florida – Orange County

On Road Vehicle Compressed Natural Gas – Transit Bus;

Equipment Diesel Fuel – Combination Long-haul Truck,
Combination Short-haul Truck, Intercity Bus, Light
Commercial Truck, Motor home, Passenger Car,
Passenger Truck, Refuse Truck, School Bus, Single
Unit Long-haul Truck, Single Unit Short-haul
Truck, Transit Bus;
Electricity – Light Commercial Truck, Passenger
Car, Passenger Truck;
Ethanol (E-85) – Light Commercial Truck,
Passenger Car, Passenger Truck;
Gasoline – Combination Short-haul Truck, Motor
home, Motorcycle, Passenger Car, Passenger
Truck, Refuse Truck, School Bus, Single Unit
Long-haul Truck, Single Unit Short-haul Truck,
Transit Bus;

Road Type Off-Network, Rural Restricted Access, Rural

Unrestricted Access, Urban Restricted Access,
Urban Unrestricted Access,

Separate ramp rates False

Pollutants and Process Running Exhaust Carbon Monoxide (CO), Start

Exhaust Carbon Monoxide (CO), Crankcase
Running Exhaust Carbon Monoxide (CO),
Crankcase Start Exhaust Carbon Monoxide (CO),
Crankcase Extended Exhaust Carbon Monoxide
(CO),

 MOVES output:

The Emission quantities per each link after running MOVES are summarized in Table 3.

Table 3. Results from MOVES

LinkID Emission Link Link Distance gramsperVehicle_mile gramsperVehicle_hour

Quantity Volume Length Traveled
1 364.356 2700 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.323413898 N/A
2 25154.4 2700 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.270998308
3 794.11 2700 0.0473485 0.0473485
6.181383465 N/A
4 364.356 2700 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.323413898 N/A
5 53.9785 400 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.32340293 N/A

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 6 3726.58 400 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.270980787
7 1022.98 2960 0.0473485 0.0473485
7.263472417 N/A
8 460.433 2960 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983554552 N/A
9 130.663 840 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983550211 N/A
10 7825.84 840 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.271001099
11 991.872 2870 0.0473485 0.0473485
7.263429951 N/A
12 446.433 2870 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983556652 N/A
13 54.443 350 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983572394 N/A
14 3260.76 350 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.270978215
15 705.876 2400 0.0473485 0.0473485
6.181378542 N/A
16 323.871 2400 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.323408239 N/A
17 460.433 2960 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983554552 N/A
18 120.724 2960 0.008143942 0.008143942
4.983577195 N/A
19 102.664 660 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983566183 N/A
20 6148.87 660 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.270996896
21 55.3281 410 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.323416854 N/A
22 3819.75 410 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.27099183
23 323.871 2400 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.323408239 N/A
24 22359.5 2400 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.27098934
25 116.054 860 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.32342709 N/A
26 8012.16 860 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.270998636
27 83.9979 540 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983558666 N/A
28 5030.9 540 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.271016096
29 446.433 2870 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.983556652 N/A
30 26738.2 2870 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.270967576
31 51.332 330 0.031060616 0.031060616
4.98354219 N/A
32 3074.43 330 0.008143942 0
#DIV/0! 9.270983246

(ii) CAL3QHC
 CAL3QHC Inputs:

Table 4. MOVES input control file variables

Parameters Site Variables

Average time 60 min

Surface roughness length 321 cm (corresponding to City-land use of central

business district)

Settling velocity 0 cm/s

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 Deposition velocity 0 cm/s

Number of receptors 12

Scale conversion factor 0.3048

Output in feet 1

Parameters Alafaya NB. approach link

X1, Y1 coordinates 35, -400 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates 35,0 ft

Traffic volume 2960 Veh/hr

Emission factor 15 g/veh-mi

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Parameters Alafaya NB. queue link

X1, Y1 coordinates 35, -35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates 35, -400 ft

Source height 0

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Number of travel lanes 6

Average signal cycle length 150 s

Average red time length 95 s

Clearance lost time 3s

Approach traffic volume 3970 veh/hr

Idle emission factor 9.36 g/veh-hr

Saturation flow rate 662 veh/hr/lane

Signal type 1 (pretimed)

Arrival 3 (average progression)

Parameters Alafaya NB. departure link

X1, Y1 coordinates 35,0 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates 35,400 ft

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 Traffic volume 2960 veh/hr

Emission factor 5 g/veh-mi

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 45 ft

Parameters Alafaya SB. approach link

X1, Y1 coordinates -35, 400 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates -35,0 ft

Traffic volume 3740 veh/hr

Emission factor 15 g/veh-mi

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Parameters Alafaya SB. queue link

X1, Y1 coordinates -35,35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates -35,400 ft

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Number of travel lanes 6

Average signal cycle length 150 s

Average red time length 95 s

Clearance lost time 3s

Approach traffic volume 3740 veh/ hr

Idle emission factor 28.0 g/veh-hr

Saturation flow rate 624 veh/hr/lane

Signal type 1 (pretimed)

Arrival 3 (average progression)

Parameters Alafaya SB. departure link

X1, Y1 coordinates -35,0 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates -35, -400 ft

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 Traffic volume 2870 veh/hr

Emission factor 5 g/veh-mi

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 45 ft

Parameters Colonial EB approach link

X1, Y1 coordinates -400, -35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates 0, -35 ft

Traffic volume 3940 veh/hr

Emission factor 14 g/ veh-mi

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Parameters Colonial EB. queue link

X1, Y1 coordinates -35, -35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates -400, -35 ft

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Number of travel lanes 6

Average signal cycle length 150 s

Average red time length 110 s

Clearance lost time 3s

Approach traffic volume 3940 veh/hr

Idle emission factor 28.0 g/veh-mi

Saturation flow rate 657 veh/hr/lane

Signal type 1 (pretimed)

Arrival 3 (average progression)

Parameters Colonial EB. departure link

X1, Y1 coordinates 0, -35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates 400, -35 ft

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 Traffic volume 2700 veh/hr

Emission factor 5 g/veh-mi

Source height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 45 ft

Parameters Colonial WB approach link

X1, Y1 coordinates -400, 35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates 0, 35 ft

Traffic volume 3670 veh/hr

Emission factor 13 g/ veh-mi

Source Height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Parameters Colonial WB. queue link

X1, Y1 coordinates -35, 35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates -400, 35 ft

Source Height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 75 ft

Number of travel lanes 6

Average signal cycle length 150 s

Average red time length 110 s

Clearance lost time 3s

Approach traffic volume 3670 veh/hr

Idle emission factor 28.0 g/veh-mi

Saturation flow rate 657 veh/hr/lane

Signal type 1 (pre-timed)

Arrival 3 (average progression)

Parameters Colonial WB. departure link

X1, Y1 coordinates 0, 35 ft

X2, Y2 coordinates 400, 35 ft

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 Traffic volume 2400 veh/hr

Emission factor 5 g/veh-mi

Source Height 0 ft

Mixing zone width 45 ft

Parameters Site Meteorology

Wind speed 1 m/s

Wind direction 00

Stability class 6 (F)

Mixing height 1000 m

Background concentrations 0.0 ppm

Multiple wind directions yes

Wind direction increments angle 100

First increment multiplier 00

Last increment multiplier 36

 CAL3QHC Input Structure:

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 Figure 4. CAL3QHC Input Structure

 CAL3QHC Output:

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 Figure 5. CAL3QHC Outputs

4. Discussion of Results
The emission results obtained from MOVES were used as input variables for CAL3QHC.
The CAL3QHC output file shows the highest concentration of 46.70 PPM occurred at the
receptor “REC6”. The receptors “REC5”, “REC7”, “REC8”, “REC9”, “REC10”, “REC11”,

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 and “REC12” are below the accepted concentration of 35 PPM. However, the receptors
“REC1”, “REC2”, “REC3”, “REC4”, and “REC6” are above the specified CO concentration.

5. Conclusion and Recommendations

It is concluded that the CO emissions from the Alafaya Trial and Colonial Drive intersection
near UCF impact the CO pollution in project level was found to be 46.7 PPM of CO founded. As
a recommendation, the eVOL Engineers suggest creating another path option in order to decrease
the number of vehicles traveling from Westbound of Colonial Dr especially.

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