Akram Ghorbani; Marjan Ziaee; Shabnam Hoshdar Tehrani; Mitra Mohammadi
Abstract
Background and Purpose: 80% of air pollution in urban areas comes fromheavy vehicles. The purpose of this study is to investigate the amount of CO2,CO, HC, NOX pollutants, types of diesel cars and their relationship with the lifeof the car.Materials and Methods: In this study, out of all diesel cars ...
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Background and Purpose: 80% of air pollution in urban areas comes fromheavy vehicles. The purpose of this study is to investigate the amount of CO2,CO, HC, NOX pollutants, types of diesel cars and their relationship with the lifeof the car.Materials and Methods: In this study, out of all diesel cars in Mashhad, whichis 5861 cars, 425 cars were randomly selected and after recording the year ofcar production, using OPTIMA7 NDIR five-gas pollutant device in bright enginemode (Engine operation). Sampling was performed continuously (except forthe first to the fourth of April) in the period of December 6, 2017 to May 9,2017 at nine to twelve and fifteen to twenty o’clock and Then, using SPSSsoftware and statistical tests. The relationship between these pollutants andvehicle life was investigated.Results: According to the amount of sig (p=0/531>0/05) between the life of thecar and carbon monoxide, the amount of sig (p=0/571>0/05) between the lifeof the car and the amount of hydrocarbon, the amount of sig (p=0/153>0/05)between the life of the car and carbon dioxide output and the amount ofp=0/290>0/05 (sig) there is no significant relationship between car life andnitrogen oxides.There is an inverse correlation between the car’s year of manufacture andCO2 and NOX pollutants, So that the higher the car’s year of manufacture,the lower the amount of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. And there is apositive correlation between HC and CO pollutants.Conclusion: The significant level value (sig) between car life and all pollutantsis greater than 0.05, so there is no statistically significant relationship betweencar life and all exhaust gas pollution. Therefore, the amount of air pollution bydiesel cars should be reduced by taking correct management methods.