Evaluating air emission inventories and indicators from cruise vessels at ports

This paper provides an estimation of air emissions (CO2, NOX, SOX and PM) released by cruise vessels at the port level. The methodology is based on the Bfull bottom-up^ approach and starts by evaluating the fuel consumed by each vessel on the basis of its individual port activities (manoeuvring, ber...

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Autores: Melo Rodríguez, Germán de|||0000-0001-9212-6476, Martín Alcalde, Enrique, Murcia González, Juan Carlos, Saurí Marchán, Sergi|||0000-0003-2019-5709
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/107513
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/107513
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13437-016-0122-8
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Air--Pollution.
Pollution
Cruise vessel emissions . Port-level . Air pollution . Emission inventories . Emission indicators
Vaixells -- Contaminació
Mar -- Contaminació
Aire -- Contaminació
Ports -- Contaminació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Nàutica::Impacte ambiental
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Degradació ambiental::Contaminació atmosfèrica
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Resumo:This paper provides an estimation of air emissions (CO2, NOX, SOX and PM) released by cruise vessels at the port level. The methodology is based on the Bfull bottom-up^ approach and starts by evaluating the fuel consumed by each vessel on the basis of its individual port activities (manoeuvring, berthing and hoteling). The Port of Barcelona was selected as the site at which to perform the analysis, in which 125 calls of 30 cruise vessels were monitored. Real-time data from the automatic identification system (AIS), factor emissions from engine certificates and vessel characteristics from IHS Sea-web database were also collected for the analysis. The research findings show that the most appropriate indicators are inventory emissions per Bport-time gross tonnage^, Bport-time passenger^ and Bport time^. These emission indicators improve our understanding of cruise emissions and will facilitate the work that aims to estimate reliably and quickly the in-port ship emission inventories of cruise ports.