Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures

Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures

The growing interest in the possible use of ethanol from natural sources to blend with petrol (gasoline) derived from crude oil (or synthesis from other fossil fuels) should be supported by knowledge of the likely effect on greenhouse gas emissions. This contribution estimates the emission of CO2 fr...

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Main Author: PJ Lloyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Energy in Southern Africa
Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3116
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spelling doaj-5874b1c0c93e4d1282831fe7ecb032ca2020-11-24T22:41:40ZengUniversity of Cape TownJournal of Energy in Southern Africa1021-447X2413-30512017-10-01163535410.17159/2413-3051/2005/v16i3a31163116Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixturesPJ Lloyd0Energy Research Centre University of Cape TownThe growing interest in the possible use of ethanol from natural sources to blend with petrol (gasoline) derived from crude oil (or synthesis from other fossil fuels) should be supported by knowledge of the likely effect on greenhouse gas emissions. This contribution estimates the emission of CO2 from petrolethanol blends as a function of the volume percentage ethanol in the blend and the consumption of petrol/100km in the average vehicle. The effect of the ethanol having a lower energy per unit mass or volume than petrol is specifically taken into account.https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3116
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Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures
Journal of Energy in Southern Africa
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title Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures
title_short Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures
title_full Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures
title_fullStr Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures
title_full_unstemmed Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures
title_sort carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles fuelled with ethanol mixtures
publisher University of Cape Town
series Journal of Energy in Southern Africa
issn 1021-447X
2413-3051
publishDate 2017-10-01
description The growing interest in the possible use of ethanol from natural sources to blend with petrol (gasoline) derived from crude oil (or synthesis from other fossil fuels) should be supported by knowledge of the likely effect on greenhouse gas emissions. This contribution estimates the emission of CO2 from petrolethanol blends as a function of the volume percentage ethanol in the blend and the consumption of petrol/100km in the average vehicle. The effect of the ethanol having a lower energy per unit mass or volume than petrol is specifically taken into account.
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