A5067800142- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Engineering Education and Pedagogy
- Biodiesel Production and Applications
- Engine and Fuel Emissions
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Industrial and Mining Safety
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Nepal Development Research Institute
2024
Tribhuvan University
2018-2021
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
2018-2021
Dwindling supplies of fossil fuels and their deleterious impacts on human health the global environment have intensified search for substitute energy sources. Biodiesel has been identified as a promising renewable diesel fuel due to several comparable sustainable properties. However, approximately 95% biodiesel is derived from edible oil crops, threatening current food supplies. Therefore, production potential inexpensive, non-edible, non-conventional bioenergy such Jatropha (Jatropha curcas...
Open burning of crop residue is an important source air pollution which poorly characterized in South Asia. Currently, the gridded inventory reported by Global Fire Emissions Database for biomass including open are coarse resolution (0.25° × 0.25°), and may not be appropriate a simulation Nepal. This study develops comprehensive high (1 km 1 km) model-ready emissions Nepal to understand spatial characteristics pollutant from burning. We estimate national burned between years 2003 2017. The...
Introduction: Assessing in-vehicle air pollution and load factor is crucial in developing countries like Nepal within the environmental social aspects of sustainable urban mobility. Materials methods: In this study quality public vehicles Kathmandu valley was monitored for three road sections based on vehicle density i.e. Ring Road Section (RRS), Urban Commercial Route 1 (UCR1), 2 (UCR2) using Air Visual Pro N1 Model which validationand done with reference Particulate Matter (PM) values...
Past research on air quality within the Kathmandu Valley indicates that diesel vehicles make a substantial contribution to ambient pollution. Hence, it's important identify cost-effective measures for reducing their emissions. As first step, roadside observations of were recorded between February and April 2017 at six locations: two ring road (RR), inside RR, major arterial highways outside RR. Out all observed (n = 12,039), 35% emitting visible plume black smoke hereafter are referred as...
Transport sector is growing most rapidly around the world in line with urban and socio-economic growth, which contributing to severe air pollution. Air pollution has been of much concern mainly due quality, human exposure, public health, climate change, visibility reduction. At present, media policy arena, significant attention given transport its effect. Although developed countries established vehicular emission control practices, it very primitive developing including Nepal. This paper...