Air fuelled zero emission road transportation: A comparative study

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 337-342

  Chen, Haisheng ^a,b   Ding, Yulong ^a,c   Li, Yongliang ^a   Zhang, Xinjing ^a,b   Tan, Chunqing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Compressed air; Engine; Liquid air; Road transportation; Zero emission

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; COMPRESSED AIR; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENGINES; FUELS; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUIDS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPRESSED GAS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; SPECIFIC WORKS; VOLUMETRIC ENERGY DENSITIES; WORKING PRESSURES; ZERO EMISSION;

AIR ENGINES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSED AIR; ENGINE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LIQUEFACTION; ROAD TRANSPORT; SHAFT;

EID: 77957307021     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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