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A Revised Model of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from the Use of Transportation Fuels and Electricity
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UCD-ITS-RR-97-22 Research Report |
Suggested Citation:
Delucchi, Mark A. (1997) A Revised Model of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from the Use of Transportation Fuels and Electricity. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-97-22
This report documents and summarizes the results from a recently revised version of the greenhouse-gas emissions model originally documented in Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from the Use of Transportation Fuels and Electricity, ANL/ESD/TM-22, Volumes 1 and 2, Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois (DeLuchi, 1991, 1993). The model calculates CO2-equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFC-12), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), reactivity-weighted non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs), sulfur oxides (SOx), and particulate matter (PM) from most stages of the lifecycle of fuels and vehicles, for a wide range of vehicle and fuel types.
I have revised the model considerably since the publication of the original ANL report in 1993. These revisions, and the results therefrom, are documented in two reports: this one, and an accompanying report by Delucchi and Lipman (1996).
A). This report summarizes all changes made to the model: changes to input and output; changes to data assumptions and model structure; emission sources added; fuelcycles added; and much more. It summarizes but does not detail changes in emission factors for gases other than CO2; those details are given in Delucchi and Lipman (1996). It presents tables of results for CO2-equivalency factors, the efficiency of and emissions from power plants and motor vehicles, energy intensity by stage, fuel use by stage, CO2-equivalent emissions by stage, and emissions by individual greenhouse gas and stage of the fuelcycle.
B). Delucchi and Lipman (1996) contains documentation of most of the emission factors for greenhouse gases other than CO2, and a re-analysis of the CO2equivalency factors. It does not discuss the data used to estimate energy intensity.
I have revised the model considerably since the publication of the original ANL report in 1993. These revisions, and the results therefrom, are documented in two reports: this one, and an accompanying report by Delucchi and Lipman (1996).
A). This report summarizes all changes made to the model: changes to input and output; changes to data assumptions and model structure; emission sources added; fuelcycles added; and much more. It summarizes but does not detail changes in emission factors for gases other than CO2; those details are given in Delucchi and Lipman (1996). It presents tables of results for CO2-equivalency factors, the efficiency of and emissions from power plants and motor vehicles, energy intensity by stage, fuel use by stage, CO2-equivalent emissions by stage, and emissions by individual greenhouse gas and stage of the fuelcycle.
B). Delucchi and Lipman (1996) contains documentation of most of the emission factors for greenhouse gases other than CO2, and a re-analysis of the CO2equivalency factors. It does not discuss the data used to estimate energy intensity.