Life-Cycle Analyses of Energy Consumption and GHG Emissions of Natural Gas-Based Alternative Vehicle Fuels in China

Tsinghua life-cycle analysis model (TLCAM) has been used to examine the primary fossil energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for natural gas- (NG-) based alternative vehicle fuels in China. The results show that (1) compress NG- and liquid NG-powered vehicles have similar well-to-wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xunmin Ou, Xiliang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Energy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/268263