Distributed Ledger Enabled Control of Tyre Induced Particulate Matter in Smart Cities

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Panagiota Katsikouli¹  Pietro Ferraro²  Hugo Richardson²  Hanson Cheng²  Marc Masen²  Deepak Mallya²  Siobhan Anderson²  Robert Shorten³  David Timoney³ 

[1] Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom;School of Electric and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;

关键词: intelligent transportation systems;    control systems;    distributed ledger technologies;    emission control;    non-exhaust emissions;   

DOI  :  10.3389/frsc.2020.575482

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The link between transport related emissions and human health is a major issue for municipalities worldwide and one of the main challenges to address in the context of Smart Cities. Specifically, Particulate Matter (PM) emissions from exhaust and non-exhaust sources are one of the main worrying contributors to air-pollution. In this paper, we challenge the notion that a ban on internal combustion engine vehicles will result in clean and safe air in our cities, since emissions from tyres and other non-exhaust sources are expected to increase in the near future. We support this claim through simple calculations, based on publicly available data from the city of Dublin, and we present a high level solution to this problem, in the form of a control mechanism and ride-sharing scheme to limit the number of vehicles and therefore maintain the amount of transport-related PM to safe levels. Thanks to the use of Distributed Ledger Technology our proposal is entirely distributed, fair and privacy preserving, which makes it ideal for application in the Smart City domain.

【 授权许可】

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