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Winnie Gerbens-Leenes and Karlieke Holtz
Transport greenhouse gas emissions are mainly caused by the use of fossil fuels, e.g., gasoline and diesel. This case study for The Netherlands calculates how alternative fuels, e.g., electricity, hydrogen or biofuels, contribute to policy aims to decarb...
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Morten Simonsen and Hans Jakob Walnum
Transport makes up 20 percent of the World?s energy use; in OECD countries this has exceeded 30 percent. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that the global energy consumption will increase by 2.1 percent annually, a growth rate that is highe...
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Henriette Spyra, Hans-Jürgen Salmhofer
Pág. 4050 - 4059
Decarbonising our economies is one of the great challenges of our time. The Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive 2014/94/EU aims at mitigating the environmental impact of transport and presents one element to tackle the challenge of transport decar...
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Vytautas Paulauskas, Lawrence Henesey, Birute Placiene, Martynas Jonkus, Donatas Paulauskas, Raimondas Barzd?iukas, Artur Kaulitzky and Martynas Simutis
Optimization transportation cargo and passengers between ports and regions are very important, because industrial regions are located some distance from ports. The demand for energy request for the movement of transport is a necessity in the modern world...
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Wei-Shiuen Ng, Lee Schipper, Yang Chen
This paper examines two major emerging constraints on transport in fast-growing Chinese urban cities: oil supply and urban infrastructure. The research considers automobile technology, alternative fuels, and mobility choices, as well as policy measures t...
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Callum Stark, Yunxin Xu, Ming Zhang, Zhiming Yuan, Longbin Tao and Weichao Shi
The decarbonisation of waterborne transport is arguably the biggest challenge faced by the maritime industry presently. By 2050, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry by 50% compa...
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Bernard Porterie, Yannick Pizzo, Maxime Mense, Nicolas Sardoy, Julien Louiche, Nina Dizet, Timothé Porterie and Priscilla Pouschat
This study provides confidence in the application of the zone model to describe fire growth and smoke transport in compartments where complex and multiple fuels are involved.
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Katherine Mitchell, Jungkyu Park, Alex Resnick, Hunter Horner and Eduardo B. Farfan
In the present study, we examine the effect of point defects and fission gases on thermal transport in representative actinide oxides used in modern reactors. In particular, oxygen interstitials and Kr/Xe fission gas bubbles are of primary focus. Reverse...
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Håkan Johansson, Kjell Ottar Sandvik, József Zsidákovits, Grzegorz Lutczyk
Pág. 412 - 421
Planning of the transport system is usually based on forecasting of future traffic volumes. The forecast is based on current trends in the society, predictions of future economic growth and costs of transport. In all parts of Europe these trends and mode...
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Martynas Drazdauskas and Sergejus Lebedevas
The capability of operational marine diesel engines to adapt to renewable and low-carbon fuels is considered one of the most influential methods for decarbonizing maritime transport. In the medium and long term, ammonia is positively valued among renewab...
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Jerzy Merkisz, Pawel Fuc, Piotr Lijewski, Jacek Pielecha
Pág. 3070 - 3078
Due to the growing demand for traditionally sourced fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, it became necessary to search for new unconventional sources of these raw materials. The latest results of research work targeted the exploration and exploitatio...
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Christian Thiel, Yannis Drossinos, Jette Krause, Gillian Harrison, ... Alberto V. Donati
Pág. 2544 - 2553
Recently, the European Union (EU) adopted the Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, which defines minimum requirements on alternative fuels infrastructure build up, including recharging points for electric vehicles. Moreover, t...
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Mónica M. Ramalho and Tiago A. Santos
This paper discusses the most attractive emission compliance options (emission abatement technologies and cleaner fuels) in intermodal transport chains that include short sea shipping. Most studies on emissions-based transport chain comparisons have esti...
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Jozef Cernan, Marián Hocko, Miroslava Cúttová
Pág. 141 - 148
The paper deals with the influence of the selected type of biofuel on the reliability of the operation of aircraft engines. The use of the alternative fuels becomes an indispensable part of all types of transport. However, the different chemical composit...
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Valentina Conti, Silvia Orchi, Maria Pia Valentini, Marialisa Nigro, Raffaella Calò
Pág. 117 - 124
This study deals with the design and the evaluation of technological solutions for the electrification of public transport in urban areas. A Decision Support System (DSS) developed by ENEA ? within the Research program on Electric System (RSE) has been a...
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Emilio Font de Mora, César Torres and Antonio Valero
Biodiesel from used cooking oil (UCO) is one of the most sustainable solutions to replace conventional fossil fuels in the transport sector. It can achieve greenhouse gas savings up to 88% and at the same time reducing the disposal of a polluting waste. ...
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Xunmin Ou, Xiaoyu Yan, Xu Zhang and Xiliang Zhang
A life-cycle analysis (LCA) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use was performed to study bio-jet fuel (BJF) production from micro-algae grown in open ponds under Chinese conditions using the Tsinghua University LCA Model (TLCAM). Attention was...
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Lee Schipper, Calanit Saenger and Anant Sudardshan
The following analysis traces U.S. transport CO2 emissions in combustion by mode for 1960?2008. Changes in emissions are divided into components related to overall population and economic growth, transport mode shift, changes in the ratio of f...
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V. A. Gabrinets,E. V. Hristyan,I. V. Tytarenko
Pág. 187 - 190
The article presents a rationale for the further introduction of heat pump and thermal storage technology in the heating systems at the facilities of railway transport. Shown significant advantages of this technique over existing systems, primarily due t...
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Nicole Viola, Roberta Fusaro, Guido Saccone and Valeria Borio
According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change, aviation contributes to only about 2% to anthropogenic global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, in view of the growing market demand and the dramatic reductions in ot...
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