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University of Central Florida

Theses/Dissertations

2005

Air

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Development Of A Graphical User Interface For Cal3qhc Called Calqcad, Sheetal Gawalpanchi Jan 2005

Development Of A Graphical User Interface For Cal3qhc Called Calqcad, Sheetal Gawalpanchi

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One of the major sources of air pollution in the United States metropolitan areas is due to automobiles. With the huge growth of motor vehicles and, greater dependence on them, air pollution problems have been aggravated. According to the EPA, nearly 95% of carbon monoxide (CO ) (EPA 1999) in urban areas comes from mobile sources, of which 51% is contributed by on road vehicles. It is well known fact that, carbon monoxide is one of the major mobile source pollutants and CO has detrimental effects on the human health. Carbon monoxide is the result of mainly incomplete combustion of …