2,883
Views
26
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Technical Papers

Total Fuel-Cycle Analysis of Heavy-Duty Vehicles Using Biofuels and Natural Gas-Based Alternative Fuels

, , , &
Pages 285-294 | Published online: 10 Oct 2011

REFERENCES

  • 2002 . Assessment of Biodiesel and Ethanol Diesel Blends, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Exhaust Emissions, and Policy Issues , Ottawa , , Canada : Natural Resources Canada .
  • Graham , L.A. , Rideout , G. , Rosenblatt , D. and Hendren , J. 2008 . Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Heavy-Duty Vehicles . Atmos. Environ. , 42 : 4665 – 4681 .
  • Kado , N.Y. , Okamoto , R.A. , Kuzmicky , P.A. , Kobayashi , R. , Ayala , A. , Gebel , M.E. , Rieger , P.L. , Maddox , C. and Zafonte , L. 2005 . Emissions of Toxic Pollutants from Compressed Natural Gas and Low Sulfur Diesel-Fueled Heavy-Duty Transit Buses Tested over Multiple Driving Cycles . Environ. Sci. Technol. , 39 : 7638 – 7649 .
  • Dominguez , J.I. , Miguel , E. , Arjona , R. and Millán , C. The Effects of Ethanol–Diesel Blended Fuel on the Performance and Emissions of Unmodified Diesel Engines . Presented at the 14th European Biomass Conference . Paris , France. pp. 1617 – 1620 .
  • 2009 . 2009 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report , Washington , DC : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency .
  • Huai , T. , Shah , S.D. , Miller , J.W. , Younglove , T. , Chernich , D.J. and Ayala , A. 2006 . Analysis of Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck Activity and Emissions Data . Atmos. Environ. , 40 : 2333 – 2344 .
  • 2010 . Annual Energy Outlook 2010 with Projections to 2035 , Washington , DC : U.S. Energy Information Administration .
  • Accounting for Commercial Vehicles in Urban Transportation Models; U.S. Federal Highway Administration: Washington, DC, 2009 http://tmip.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/clearinghouse/docs/accounting (http://tmip.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/clearinghouse/docs/accounting) (Accessed: 13 December 2009 ).
  • Davis , S.C. , Diegel , S.W. and Boundy , R.G. 2010 . Transportation Energy Data Book No. 29 , Oak Ridge , TN : Oak Ridge National Laboratory .
  • 2004 . “ 2002 Economic Census: Commodity Flow Survey ” . In Economic and Statistics Administration , Washington , DC : U.S. Department of Transportation; U.S. Department of Commerce .
  • 2005 . 2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, Microdata File on CD , Washington , DC : U.S. Department of Commerce; Bureau of the Census .
  • 2006 . Effects of Biodiesel Blends on Vehicle Emissions: Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Operating Plan Milestone 10.4 , Golden , CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory .
  • Davis , S.C. and Diegel , S.W. 2002 . Transportation Energy Data Book No. 22 , Oak Ridge , TN : Oak Ridge National Laboratory .
  • 2010 . “ Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles ” . In National Research Council; Committee to Assess Fuel Economy Technologies for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles; Transportation Research Board Washington , DC
  • McCollum , D. and Yang , C. 2009 . Achieving Deep Reductions in U.S. Transport Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Scenario Analysis and Policy Implications . Energy Policy , 37 : 5580 – 5596 .
  • Sullivan , J.L. , Baker , R.E. , Boyer , B.A. , Hammerle , R.H. , Kenney , T.E. , Muniz , L. and Wallington , T.J. 2004 . CO2 Emission Benefit of Diesel (Versus Gasoline) Powered Vehicles . Environ. Sci. Technol. , 38 : 3217 – 3223 .
  • Farrell , A.E. , Keith , D.W. and Corbett , J.J. 2003 . A Strategy for Introducing Hydrogen into Transportation . Energy Policy , 31 : 1357 – 1367 .
  • Winebrake , J.J. and Farrell , A. 1997 . The AFV Credit Program and Its Role in Future AFV Market Development . Trans. Res. D , 2 : 125 – 132 .
  • Winebrake , J.J. 2000 . Requiem or Respite? An Assessment of the Current State of the U.S. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Market . Strat. Plan. Energy Environ. , 19 : 43 – 63 .
  • Frey , H.C. , Rouphail , N.M. and Zhai , H. 2008 . Link-Based Emission Factors for Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks Based on Real-World Data . Trans. Res. Rec. J. Trans. Res. Board , 2058 : 23 – 32 .
  • Huo , H. , Wu , Y. and Wang , M. 2009 . Total Versus Urban: Well-to-Wheels Assessment of Criteria Pollutant Emissions from Various Vehicle/Fuel Systems . Atmos. Environ. , 43 : 1796 – 1804 .
  • Winebrake , J.J. , Dongquan , H. and Wang , M. 2000 . Fuel-Cycle Emissions for Conventional and Alternative Fuel Vehicles: An Assessment of Air Toxins , Argonne , IL : Argonne National Laboratory .
  • Beer , T. , Grant , T. , Williams , D. and Watson , H. 2002 . Fuel-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Alternative Fuels in Australian Heavy Vehicles . Atmos. Environ. , 36 : 753 – 763 .
  • Winebrake , J.J. , Corbett , J. and Meyer , P. 2007 . Energy Use and Emissions from Marine Vessels: A Total Fuel Life Cycle Approach . Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 57 : 102 – 110 .
  • Winebrake , J.J. , Wang , M. and He , D. 2001 . Toxic Emissions from Mobile Sources: A Total Fuel Cycle Analysis of Conventional and Alternative Fuel Vehicles . Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 51 : 1073 – 1086 .
  • Delucchi , M. 2006 . Lifecycle Analyses of Biofuels , Davis , CA : Institute of Transportation Studies; University of California–Davis .
  • Wang , M. , Wu , M. , Huo , H. and Liu , J. 2008 . Life-Cycle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission Implications of Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Simulated with the GREET Model . Int. Sugar J. , 110 : 527 – 545 .
  • Wang , M. , Wu , M. and Huo , H. 2007 . Life-Cycle Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Impacts of Different Corn Ethanol Plant Types . Environ. Res. Lett. , 2 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/2/024001
  • Wang , M. 1996 . Development and Use of the GREET Model to Estimate Fuel-Cycle Energy Use and Emissions of Various Transportation Technologies and Fuels , Argonne , IL : Argonne National Laboratory .
  • Wang , M. 2001 . Development and Use of GREET 1.6 Fuel-Cycle Model for Transportation Fuels and Vehicle Technologies , Argonne , IL : Argonne National Laboratory .
  • Huang , Z. and Zhang , X. 2006 . Well-to-Wheels Analysis of Hydrogen-Based Fuel-Cell Vehicle Pathways in Shanghai . Energy , 31 : 471 – 489 .
  • Felder , R. and Meier , A. 2008 . Well-to-Wheel Analysis of Solar Hydrogen Production and Utilization for Passenger Car Transportation . J. Solar Energy Eng. , 130 doi: 10.1115/1.2807195
  • Granovskii , M. , Dincer , I. and Rosen , M.A. 2006 . Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Gasoline Vehicles . Int. J. Hydrogen Energy , 31 : 337 – 352 .
  • Hackney , J. and Neufville , R.D. 2001 . Life Cycle Model of Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Emissions, Energy, and Cost Trade-offs . Trans. Res. A , 35 : 243 – 266 .
  • Hekkert , M.P. , Hendriks , F.H.J.F. , Faaij , A.P.C. and Neelis , M.L. 2005 . Natural Gas as an Alternative to Crude Oil in Automotive Fuel Chains Well-to-Wheel Analysis and Transition Strategy Development . Energy Policy , 33 : 579 – 594 .
  • Lee , J.-Y. , Yoo , M. , Cha , K. , Lim , T.W. and Hur , T. 2009 . Life Cycle Cost Analysis to Examine the Economical Feasibility of Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel . Int. J. Hydrogen Energy , 34 : 4243 – 4255 .
  • Wang , M. , Saricks , C. and Wu , M. 1999 . Fuel Ethanol Produced from Midwest U.S. Corn: Help or Hindrance to the Vision of Kyoto? . Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 49 : 756 – 772 .
  • Winebrake , J.J. and Meyer , P.E. 2007 . Assessing the Total Fuel Cycle Energy and Environmental Impacts of Alternative Transportation Fuels: Development and Use of NY-GREET , Albany , NY : New York State Energy Research and Development Authority .
  • Corbett , J.J. and Winebrake , J.J. 2008 . Emissions Tradeoffs among Alternative Marine Fuels: Total Fuel Cycle Analysis of Residual Oil, Marine Gas Oil, and Marine Diesel Oil . Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 58 : 538 – 542 . doi: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.4.538
  • Winebrake , J.J. , Corbett , J.J. , Falzarano , A. , Hawker , J.S. , Korfmacher , K. , Ketha , S. and Zilora , S. 2008 . Assessing Energy, Environmental, and Economic Tradeoffs in Intermodal Freight Transportation . Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 58 : 1004 – 1013 . doi: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.8.1004
  • Pang , S.-H. , Frey , H.C. and Rasdorf , W.J. 2009 . Life Cycle Inventory Energy Consumption and Emissions for Biodiesel Versus Petroleum Diesel Fueled Construction Vehicles . Environ. Sci. Technol. , 43 : 6398 – 6405 .
  • 1999 . Automotive Fuels for the Future: The Search for Alternatives , Paris , , France : International Energy Agency .
  • Norton , P. , Vertin , K. , Bailey , B. , Clark , N.N. , Lyons , D.W. , Goguen , S. and Eberhardt , J. Emissions from Trucks Using Fischer-Tropsch Diesel Fuel . Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Technical Paper 982526 . 1998 . SAE: Warrendale, PA
  • Clark , N.N. , Lyons , D.W. , Rapp , B.L. , Gautam , M. , Wang , W. , Norton , P. , White , C.L. and Chandler , K.L. Emissions from Trucks and Buses Powered by Cummins L-10 Natural Gas Engines . Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Technical Paper 981393 . 1998 . SAE: Warrendale, PA
  • 2007 . Full Fuel Cycle Assessment: Well-to-Wheels Energy Inputs, Emissions, and Water Impacts , Cupertino , CA : Prepared for the California Energy Commission by TIAX .
  • Feng , H. , Rubin , O.D. and Babcock , B.A. 2008 . Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Ethanol from Iowa Corn: Life Cycle Analysis Versus System-wide Accounting , Ames , IA : Center for Agricultural and Rural Development; Iowa State University .
  • Liska , A.J. , Yang , H.S. , Bremer , V.R. , Klopfenstein , T.J. , Walters , D.T. , Erickson , G.E. and Cassman , K.G. 2009 . Improvements in Life Cycle Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Ethanol . J. Indust. Ecol. , 13 : 58 – 74 .
  • Wang , M. , Wu , Y. and Elgowainy , A. 2007 . Operating Manual for GREET: Version 1.7 , Chicago , IL : Argonne National Laboratory .
  • Zamel , N. and Li , X. 2006 . Life Cycle Analysis of Vehicles Powered by a Fuel Cell and by Internal Combustion Engine for Canada . J. Power Sources , 155 : 297 – 310 .
  • Haller , M. , Welch , E. , Lin , J. and Fulla , S. 2007 . Economic Costs and Environmental Impacts of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fleets in Local Government: An Interim Assessment of a Voluntary Ten-Year Fleet Conversion Plan . Trans. Res. D , 12 : 219 – 230 .
  • Boughedaoui , M. , Kerbachi , R. and Joumard , R. 2008 . On-Board Emission Measurement of High-Loaded Light-Duty Vehicles in Algeria . Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 58 : 45 – 54 . doi: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.1.45
  • Ban-Weiss , G.A. , Lunden , M.M. , Kirchstetter , T.W. and Harley , R.A. 2009 . Measurement of Black Carbon and Particle Number Emission Factors from Individual Heavy-Duty Trucks . Environ. Sci. Technol. , 43 : 1419 – 1424 .
  • 2004 . Update of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emission Factors for On-Highway Vehicles , Washington , DC : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency .
  • Assessing the Effects of Freight Movement on Air Quality at the National and Regional Level, Appendix B: Estimation of Future Truck Emissions; U.S. Federal Highway Administration: Washington, DC http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/freightaq/appendixb.htm (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/freightaq/appendixb.htm) (Accessed: 5 September 2010 ).
  • Comer , B. , Corbett , J.J. , Hawker , J.S. , Korfmacher , K. , Lee , E.E. , Prokop , C. and Winebrake , J.J. 2010 . Marine Vessels as Substitutes for Heavy-Duty Trucks in Great Lakes Freight Transportation . Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 60 : 884 – 890 . doi: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.7.884
  • 2002 . Clean Alternative Fuels: Liquefied Natural Gas , Washington , DC : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency .
  • Larsen , U. , Lundorf , P. , Ivarsson , A. , Schramm , J. , Rehnlund , B. and Blinge , M. Emissions from Road Vehicles Fuelled by Fischer Tropsch Based Diesel and Gasoline . Proceedings of the XVI International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels . Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. pp. 143 – 156 .
  • Lyford-Pike , E.J. 2003 . An Emission and Performance Comparison of the Natural Gas C-Gas Plus Engine in Heavy-Duty Trucks: Final Report , Columbus : Prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory by Cummins, Inc .
  • Wang , M. , Saricks , C. and Lee , H. 2003 . Fuel-Cycle Energy and Emission Impacts of Ethanol-Diesel Blends in Urban Buses and Farming Tractors , Argonne , IL : Center for Transportation Research; Argonne National Laboratory .
  • Biodiesel Basics; National Biodiesel Board http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/biodiesel_basics (http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/biodiesel_basics) (Accessed: 17 March 2009 ).
  • E-Diesel Research at the University of Illinois; University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/ach/ediesel/index.htm (http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/ach/ediesel/index.htm) (Accessed: 17 March 2009 ).
  • Alternative & Advanced Fuels: What is Fischer-Tropsch Diesel; U.S. Department of Energy; Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/emerging_diesel_what_is.html (http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/emerging_diesel_what_is.html) (Accessed: 17 March 2009 ).
  • Alternative & Advanced Fuels: What is Biomass to Liquids?; U.S. Department of Energy; Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/emerging_biomass_liquids_what_is.html (http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/emerging_biomass_liquids_what_is.html) (Accessed: 17 March 2009 ).
  • Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicles Data Center: Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Search; U.S. Department of Energy; Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/heavy (http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/heavy) (Accessed: 25 December 2009 ).
  • International and Interstate Movements of Natural Gas by State: New York; U.S. Energy Information Administration http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_ist_a2dcu_SNY_a.htm (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_ist_a2dcu_SNY_a.htm) (Accessed: 12 November 2008 ).
  • U.S. Natural Gas Imports by Point of Entry; U.S. Energy Information Administration http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_poe1_a_EPG0_IML_Mmcf_a.htm (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_poe1_a_EPG0_IML_Mmcf_a.htm) (Accessed: 24 November 2008 ).
  • 2010 . New York State Biofuels Roadmap , Albany , NY : New York State Energy Research and Development Authority .
  • Paterson, D.A.; Congdon, T.; Brown, G.; Cortes-Vasquez, L.; Daines,R.; Iwanowicz, P.; Gee, S.; Grannis, A.; Megna, R.; Mullen, D.M.; Murray, F.J. New York 2009 State Energy Plan; New York State Energy Research and Development Authority http://www.nysenergyplan.com/stateenergyplan.html (http://www.nysenergyplan.com/stateenergyplan.html) (Accessed: 30 January 2011 ).
  • 2009 . NYSERDA State Energy Plan 2009 RNA Case, with Yearly Data Interpolation by EERA , Albany , NY : New York State Energy Research and Development Authority .
  • Biodiesel Plants: New York; Center for Agricultural and Rural Development; Iowa State University http://www.card.iastate.edu/research/bio/tools/biodiesel.aspx (http://www.card.iastate.edu/research/bio/tools/biodiesel.aspx) (Accessed: 29 October 2008 ).
  • Petroleum Supply Annual 2007, Volume 1; U.S. Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_supply_annual/psa_volume1/psa_volume1.html (http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_supply_annual/psa_volume1/psa_volume1.html) (Accessed: 24 November 2008 ).
  • Wang , M. and Huang , H.-S. 1999 . A Full Fuel-Cycle Analysis of Energy and Emissions Impacts of Transportation Fuels Produced from Natural Gas , Argonne , IL : Argonne National Laboratory .
  • Wang , M. 1999 . GREET 1.5— Transportation Fuel-Cycle Model, Volume 1: Methodology, Development, Use and Results , Argonne , IL : Argonne National Laboratory .
  • Searchinger , T. , Heimlich , R. , Houghton , R. , Dong , F. , Elobeid , A. , Fabiosa , J. , Tokgoz , S. , Hayes , D. and Yu , T.-H. 2008 . Use of US Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Emissions from Land Use Change . Science , 319 : 1238 – 1240 .
  • Mathews , J.A. and Tan , H. 2009 . Biofuels and Indirect Land Use Change Effects: The Debate Continues . Biofuel. Bioprod. Biorefin. , 3 : 305 – 317 .
  • 1995 . AP-42: Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors , Washington , DC : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.