Ethanol or Bioelectricity? Life Cycle Assessment of Lignocellulosic Bioenergy Use in Light-Duty Vehicles

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (18) ◽  
pp. 10676-10684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason M. Luk ◽  
Mohammad Pourbafrani ◽  
Bradley A. Saville ◽  
Heather L. MacLean
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment of fuel cell systems for light duty vehicles, current state-of-the-art and future impacts

2021 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 125086
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Usai ◽  
Christine Roxanne Hung ◽  
Felipe Vásquez ◽  
Max Windsheimer ◽  
Odne Stokke Burheim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Cell Systems ◽  
Current State ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment of Commercial Delivery Trucks: Diesel, Plug-In Electric, and Battery-Swap Electric

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yang ◽  
Caixia Hao ◽  
Yina Chai
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Ghg Emission ◽  
Total Cost Of Ownership ◽  
Cost Of Ownership ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Diesel Trucks

The development of electric delivery trucks has attracted much attention in recent years. The purpose of this study is to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the total cost of ownership (TCO) of light-duty and medium-duty diesel trucks (DTs), plug-in electric trucks (ETs), and battery-swap ETs. A simplified life cycle assessment (LCA) method and a TCO assessment method are used. Numerical results show that the average GHG emission of light-duty ETs is 69% lower than that of light-duty DTs, while that of medium-duty ETs is 9.8% higher than that of medium-duty DTs. As regards TCO, those of plug-in ETs and battery-swap ETs are 37.8% lower and 21% higher than that of light-duty DTs, while for medium-duty trucks, the TCO of plug-in and battery-swap ETs are 6.7% lower and 18.9% higher than that of medium-duty DTs. The main conclusion of this paper is that light-duty plug-in ETs exhibit the best performance in terms of cost saving and GHG emission reduction. Moreover, ETs show more advantages than DTs when the frequency of use is higher or when the driving environment is more congested.

scholarly journals Life Cycle Emissions and Cost Study of Light Duty Vehicles

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 749-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panos Prevedouros ◽  
Lambros Mitropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Cost Study ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Light Duty Vehicles

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment of an NMC Battery for Application to Electric Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles and Comparison with a Sodium-Nickel-Chloride Battery

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1160
Author(s):  
Antonella Accardo ◽  
Giovanni Dotelli ◽  
Marco Luigi Musa ◽  
Ezio Spessa
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Nickel Chloride ◽  
Impact Categories ◽  
Commercial Vehicles ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Electric Light ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents the results of an environmental assessment of a Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) Lithium-ion traction battery for Battery Electric Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles (BEV-LDCV) used for urban and regional freight haulage. A cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) of NMC111 is provided, operation and end-of-life stages are included, and insight is also given into a Life Cycle Assessment of different NMC chemistries. The environmental impacts of the manufacturing stages of the NMC111 battery are then compared with those of a Sodium-Nickel-Chloride (ZEBRA) battery. In the second part of the work, two electric-battery LDCVs (powered with NMC111 and ZEBRA batteries, respectively) and a diesel urban LDCV are analysed, considering a wide set of environmental impact categories. The results show that the NMC111 battery has the highest impacts from production in most of the impact categories. Active cathode material, Aluminium, Copper, and energy use for battery production are the main contributors to the environmental impact. However, when vehicle application is investigated, NMC111-BEV shows lower environmental impacts, in all the impact categories, than ZEBRA-BEV. This is mainly due to the greater efficiency of the NMC111 battery during vehicle operation. Finally, when comparing BEVs to a diesel LDCV, the electric powertrains show advantages over the diesel one as far as global warming, abiotic depletion potential-fossil fuels, photochemical oxidation, and ozone layer depletion are concerned. However, the diesel LDCV performs better in almost all the other investigated impact categories.

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