Life cycle assessment and long term CO2 reduction estimation of ultra lightweight vehicles using CFRP

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 2003, Pages 45-50

  Zushi, Hiroaki ^a   Takahashi, Jun ^a   Kageyama, Kazuro ^a   Murayama, Hideaki ^b   Nagai, Hideki ^c   Matsui, Jun Ichi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d VentureLabo Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automobile; CFRP; CO2 emission; Fuel cell; LCA; Oil consumption

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FUEL CELLS; FUEL ECONOMY; GAS EMISSIONS;

OIL CONSUMPTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0038578271     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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2. Oil statistics list, Petroleum Association of Japan, http://www.paj.gr.jp/html/english/index.html.
3. Environmental White Paper 2001-2002, Ministry of the Environment, Japan.
4. Report on the LCA of Automobile, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., 1996.
5. T. Suzuki, F. Teshiba, H. Zushi, J. Takahashi, K. Kageyama and H. Yoshinari: Life Cycle Assessment of Lightweight Automobiles using CFRP, Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, (to be presented at 2002-9-26), (in Japanese).
6. S. Nagaoka, H. Zushi, J. Takahashi, H. Yoshinari and K. Kageyama, quot;Public Acceptance Assessment of Ultra Lightweight Vehicles using CFRP (From Cost and 3R Viewpoints)quot;, ibid.