Prediction of metal PM emission in rail tracks for condition monitoring application
Prediction of metal PM emission in rail tracks for condition monitoring application
- Author(s): B. Tesfa ; Fengshou Gu ; A. Anyakwo ; F. Al Thobiani ; A. Ball
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2011.0603
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- Author(s): B. Tesfa ; Fengshou Gu ; A. Anyakwo ; F. Al Thobiani ; A. Ball Source: 5th IET Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (RCM 2011), 2011 page ()
- Conference: 5th IET Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (RCM 2011)
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2011.0603
- ISBN: 978-1-84919-558-4
- Location: Derby, UK
- Conference date: 29-30 Nov. 2011
- Format: PDF
Exposure to particulate material (PM) is a major health concern in megacities across the world which use trains as a primary public transport. PM emissions caused by railway traffic have hardly been investigated in the past, due to their obviously minor influence on the atmospheric air quality compared to automotive transport. However, the electrical train releases particles mainly originate from wear of rails track, brakes, wheels and carbon contact stripe which are the main causes of cardio-pulmonary and lung cancer. In previous reports most of the researchers have focused on case studies based PM emission investigation. However, the PM emission measured in this way doesn't show separately the metal PM emission to the environment. In this study a generic PM emission model is developed using rail wheel-track wear model to quantify and characterise the metal emissions. The modelling has based on Archard's wear model. The prediction models estimated the passenger train of one set emits 6.6mg/km-train at 60m/s speed. The effects of train speed on the PM emission has been also investigated and resulted in when the train speed increase the metal PM emission decrease. Using the model the metal PM emission has been studied for the train line between Leeds and Manchester to show potential emissions produced each day. This PM emission characteristics can be used to monitor the brakes, the wheels and the rail tracks conditions in future. (6 pages)
Inspec keywords: cancer; hazardous materials; brakes; wheels; wear; railways; rail traffic; electric locomotives; air pollution
Subjects: Environmental issues; Mechanical components; Tribology (mechanical engineering); Railway industry; Health and safety aspects
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