Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China

Abstract This study develops a bottom-up model to quantitatively assess the comprehensive effects of replacing traditional petroleum-powered vehicles with natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in China based on an investigation of the direct energy consumption and critical air pollutant (CAP) emission intensi...

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Autores principales:	Jie-Hui Yuan, Sheng Zhou, Tian-Duo Peng, Ge-Hua Wang, Xun-Min Ou
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Publicado:	KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018
Materias:	Natural gas vehicles Energy use Greenhouse gases Critical air pollutants China Life-cycle analysis Science Q Petrology QE420-499
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:082b239c118449b79250e5ba959be7d92021-12-02T05:01:54ZPetroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China10.1007/s12182-018-0237-y1672-51071995-8226https://doaj.org/article/082b239c118449b79250e5ba959be7d92018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12182-018-0237-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/1672-5107https://doaj.org/toc/1995-8226Abstract This study develops a bottom-up model to quantitatively assess the comprehensive effects of replacing traditional petroleum-powered vehicles with natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in China based on an investigation of the direct energy consumption and critical air pollutant (CAP) emission intensity, life-cycle energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of NGV fleets. The results indicate that, on average, there are no net energy savings from replacing a traditional fuel vehicle with an NGV. Interestingly, an NGV results in significant reductions in direct CAP and life-cycle GHG emissions compared to those of a traditional fuel vehicle, ranging from 61% to 76% and 12% to 29%, respectively. Due to the increasing use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel in China (i.e. approximately 28.2 billion cubic metres of natural gas in 2015), the total petroleum substituted with natural gas was approximately 23.8 million tonnes (Mt), which generated a GHG emission reduction of 16.9 Mt of CO2 equivalent and a CAP emission reduction of 1.8 Mt in 2015. Given the significant contribution of NGVs, growing the NGV population in 2020 will further increase the petroleum substitution benefits and CAP and GHG emission reduction benefits by approximately 42.5 Mt of petroleum-based fuel, 3.1 Mt of CAPs and 28.0 Mt of GHGs. By 2030, these benefits will reach 81.5 Mt of traditional petroleum fuel, 5.6 Mt of CAPs and 50.5 Mt of GHGs, respectively.Jie-Hui YuanSheng ZhouTian-Duo PengGe-Hua WangXun-Min OuKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.articleNatural gas vehiclesEnergy useGreenhouse gasesCritical air pollutantsChinaLife-cycle analysisScienceQPetrologyQE420-499ENPetroleum Science, Vol 15, Iss 3, Pp 644-656 (2018)
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topic	Natural gas vehicles Energy use Greenhouse gases Critical air pollutants China Life-cycle analysis Science Q Petrology QE420-499
spellingShingle	Natural gas vehicles Energy use Greenhouse gases Critical air pollutants China Life-cycle analysis Science Q Petrology QE420-499 Jie-Hui Yuan Sheng Zhou Tian-Duo Peng Ge-Hua Wang Xun-Min Ou Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China
description	Abstract This study develops a bottom-up model to quantitatively assess the comprehensive effects of replacing traditional petroleum-powered vehicles with natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in China based on an investigation of the direct energy consumption and critical air pollutant (CAP) emission intensity, life-cycle energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of NGV fleets. The results indicate that, on average, there are no net energy savings from replacing a traditional fuel vehicle with an NGV. Interestingly, an NGV results in significant reductions in direct CAP and life-cycle GHG emissions compared to those of a traditional fuel vehicle, ranging from 61% to 76% and 12% to 29%, respectively. Due to the increasing use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel in China (i.e. approximately 28.2 billion cubic metres of natural gas in 2015), the total petroleum substituted with natural gas was approximately 23.8 million tonnes (Mt), which generated a GHG emission reduction of 16.9 Mt of CO2 equivalent and a CAP emission reduction of 1.8 Mt in 2015. Given the significant contribution of NGVs, growing the NGV population in 2020 will further increase the petroleum substitution benefits and CAP and GHG emission reduction benefits by approximately 42.5 Mt of petroleum-based fuel, 3.1 Mt of CAPs and 28.0 Mt of GHGs. By 2030, these benefits will reach 81.5 Mt of traditional petroleum fuel, 5.6 Mt of CAPs and 50.5 Mt of GHGs, respectively.
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author	Jie-Hui Yuan Sheng Zhou Tian-Duo Peng Ge-Hua Wang Xun-Min Ou
author_facet	Jie-Hui Yuan Sheng Zhou Tian-Duo Peng Ge-Hua Wang Xun-Min Ou
author_sort	Jie-Hui Yuan
title	Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China
title_short	Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China
title_full	Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China
title_fullStr	Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China
title_full_unstemmed	Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China
title_sort	petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in china
publisher	KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/082b239c118449b79250e5ba959be7d9
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Petroleum substitution, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and environmental benefits from the development of natural gas vehicles in China

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