Well-to-wheel life cycle assessment of transportation fuels derived from different North American conventional crudes

Applied Energy

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-173

  Rahman, Md Mustafizur ^a   Canter, Christina ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conventional crude; Crude transportation; Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Transportation fuels

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; CRUDE OIL; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; IONIZATION OF GASES; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; REFINING; TRANSPORTATION; WHEELS;

CONVENTIONAL CRUDE; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; TOTAL DISTANCES; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; TRANSPORTATION METHOD;

LIFE CYCLE;

COMBUSTION; CRUDE OIL; ENERGY USE; ENGINE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAVY OIL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936995349     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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