Real World Data Measurement of Factors Affecting Air Quality for Nonroad Diesel Equipment Operators

This project will focus on creating a methodology to measure the in-cab air quality for diesel powered construction equipment. The research team will focus on currently available technologies, used for measuring personal and ambient air quality, and create a methodology that future projects can implement in order to better understand the in-cab air quality that workers are exposed to as they operate this equipment. The researchers will implement the methodology in a controlled environment using equipment owned and operated by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. They will collect data using the technologies to ensure that they were able to capture the changes in the in-cab air quality as the operator was using the construction equipment. This methodology could help develop and test ways to reduce the impact of in-cab air quality to the operators health.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $16543
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747128

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH)

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
  College Station, TX  United States  77843
• Project Managers:

  Ocon, Monica

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Principal Investigators:

  Lewis, Phil

  Johnson, Jeremy

• Start Date: 20200901
• Expected Completion Date: 20230831
• Actual Completion Date: 20230831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Source Data: 03-24-TTI

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Cabs (Vehicle compartments); Construction and maintenance personnel; Diesel engine exhaust gases; Operators (Persons)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01930010
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747128
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 11 2024 12:42PM