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Particulate Matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5 ) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of UAV Delivery Systems on Metropolitan Subway Tracks

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  • Bulim Choi

    (Department of Logistics Research & Development, Busan Port Authority, Busan 48943, Korea)

  • Jeonghum Yeon

    (Department of Logistics Research & Development, Busan Port Authority, Busan 48943, Korea)

  • Jung Ung Min

    (Asia Pacific School of Logistics, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea)

  • Kangdae Lee

    (Department of Packaging, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Korea)

Abstract

This study examines UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) delivery services using metropolitan subway tracks in South Korea. The aim of the study is to enhance the usefulness of UAV delivery services in urban areas, evaluating what kinds of UAVs are more environment friendly than freight trains, with regard to particulate matter emissions and global warming potential. Under evaluation conditions, freight train delivery was a significantly better alternative in terms of particulate matter emissions, regardless of the size and energy source of the UAVs. However, despite freight trains being a well-known eco-friendly mode of transportation, it can be seen from this study that small UAVs satisfied a few conditions that could potentially provide a good transportation alternative, with low global warming potential. This paper provides important insights into the comparison of UAVs and freight trains with regard to carbon and particulate matter emissions, highlighting the implications that, in some situations, UAVs can be a feasible alternative for policymakers who prepare policy measures of an activation plan for UAM (urban air mobility).

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  • Bulim Choi & Jeonghum Yeon & Jung Ung Min & Kangdae Lee, 2022. "Particulate Matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5 ) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of UAV Delivery Systems on Metropolitan Subway Tracks," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-8, July.
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