Life cycle cost assessment of urban buses equipped with conventional and alternative propulsion drive

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 395-404
Author(s):  
Emilia Szumska ◽  
Ewelina Sendek-Matysiak ◽  
Marek Pawełczyk
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Cost Assessment ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Hybrid Bus ◽  
Urban Bus

The number of urban buses equipped with alternative propulsion drives is increasing in Polish public transport companies. The subsidy from European Union funds and governmental programs contribute to increasing number of environmentally friendly means of transport. The life cycle cost (LCC) methodology can provide an understanding of economic aspects of urban bus equipped in different types of propulsion. The LCC analysis delivers the sum of costs related to the acquisition, operation, maintenance and disposal of each bus technology system. The aim of this study is to estimate and compare the life cycle cost of conventional bus, hybrid bus, and CNG powered bus. The paper also provide the total air pollutant emissions through the lifetime of each urban analyzed bus.

scholarly journals Life-Cycle Assessment of Brazilian Transport Biofuel and Electrification Pathways

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kain Glensor ◽  
María Rosa Muñoz B.
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Nitrous Oxides ◽  
Urban Bus ◽  
Business As Usual

Biofuels and electrification are potential ways to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport sector, although not without limitations or associated problems. This paper describes a life-cycle analysis (LCA) of the Brazilian urban passenger transport system. The LCA considers various scenarios of a wholesale conversion of car and urban bus fleets to 100% electric or biofuel (bioethanol and biodiesel) use by 2050 compared to a business as usual (BAU) scenario. The LCA includes the following phases of vehicles and their life: fuel use and manufacturing (including electricity generation and land-use emissions), vehicle and battery manufacturing and end of life. The results are presented in terms of CO2, nitrous oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) emissions, electricity consumption and the land required to grow the requisite biofuel feedstocks. Biofuels result in similar or higher CO2 and air pollutant emissions than BAU, while electrification resulted in significantly lower emissions of all types. Possible limitations found include the amount of electricity consumed by electric vehicles in the electrification scenarios.

Life cycle cost assessment of biomass co-firing power plants with CO2 capture and storage considering multiple incentives

2021 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 105173
Author(s):  
Bo Yang ◽  
Yi-Ming Wei ◽  
Lan-Cui Liu ◽  
Yun-Bing Hou ◽  
Kun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Cost Assessment ◽  
Co2 Capture And Storage ◽  
And Storage
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