Risk of atmospheric air pollution by formaldehyde in urban areas from motor venicles

Abstract

The work is devoted to the issue of risk management for the health of the population in urban areas in case of atmospheric air pollution by motor transport. In this study, the level of risk is determined on the basis of concentrations of formaldehyde molecules, which are formed as secondary air pollution as a result of photochemical transformations in the air under steady meteorological conditions. In the estimation of the amount of hydrocarbon emissions from road transport, which is simultaneously at the traffic junction, a mathematical model which is based on the theory of a convective jet on a warm surface and which allows obtaining parameters of the contaminated dome of air formed over this area was used. The proposed risk management scenario allows searching for optimal managerial decisions at the municipal level for a number of scientific and practical tasks of the city in shaping its environmental policy.