Comparison of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gases from Natural Gas Pathways for Light-Duty Vehicles

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6008-6018

  Tong, Fan ^a   Jaramillo, Paulina ^a   Azevedo, Inês M L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIFE CYCLE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); FISCHER TROPSCH LIQUIDS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES; VEHICLE FUEL EFFICIENCIES;

NATURAL GAS VEHICLES;

EID: 84941915629     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01063     Document Type: Article

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