Assessment of biodiesel scenarios for Midwest freight transport emission reduction.

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• Creators:
  Sauthoff, Anjali P. ; Meier, Paul J. ; Holloway, Tracey A.
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Biodiesel fuels
  • Emissions reduction
  • Freight transportation
  • Fuel consumption
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Direct costs
  • Indirect costs
  • Simulation
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CFIRE 02-10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  West North Central States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (U.S.)
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Alternative Fuels ; NTL-FREIGHT-FREIGHT ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY
• Abstract:
  There are trade-offs when attempting to reduce both greenhouse gas and criteria air pollutants for freight transport, as the control ; strategies are not necessarily complimentary. While emission controls can remove ozone precursors and particulate from vehicle ; exhaust streams, greenhouse gas emission can only be mitigated by either reducing fuel consumption or switching to lower carboncontent ; fuel. One near-term alternative that can readily reduce fuel consumption is the reduction of freight vehicle speed. To lower the ; carbon-content of freight transportation fuel, the primary near-term alternative is to increase blending of biodiesel. The costeffectiveness ; of the emission reduction strategy will be characterized from the freight carriers viewpoint, by comparing the direct costs to ; estimates of indirect costs and fuel savings. Multiple scenarios will be modeled using EPA’s MARKAL model to simulate implementation ; of the proposed measures. MARKAL will be used to quantify the system-wide effects of changes in resource supply, technology ; availability, and account for CO2, SO2, NOX, PM, and VOC emissions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT06-G-0020
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26161/dot_26161_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 514.38 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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