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Title: Emissions from ethanol and LPG fueled vehicles

Abstract

This paper addresses the environmental concerns of using neat ethanol and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) as transportation fuels in the US Low-level blends of ethanol (10%) with gasoline have been used as fuels in the US for more than a decade, but neat ethanol (85% or more) has only been used extensively in Brazil. LPG, which consists mostly of propane, is already used extensively as a vehicle fuel in the US, but its use has been limited primarily to converted fleet vehicles. Increasing US interest in alternative fuels has raised the possibility of introducing neat ethanol vehicles into the market and expanding the number of LPG vehicles. Use of such vehicles and increased production and consumption of fuel ethanol and LPG will undoubtedly have environmental impacts. If the impacts are determined to be severe, they could act as barriers to the introduction of neat ethanol and LPG vehicles. Environmental concerns include exhaust and evaporative emissions and their impact on ozone formation and global warming, toxic emissions from fuel combustion and evaporation, and agricultural emissions from production of ethanol. The paper is not intended to be judgmental regarding the overall attractiveness of ethanol or LPG compared to other transportation fuels. Themore » environmental concerns are reviewed and summarized, but the only conclusion reached is that there is no single concern that is likely to prevent the introduction of neat ethanol fueled vehicles or the increase in LPG fueled vehicles.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6873646
Report Number(s):
ANL/ES/CP-78570; CONF-930120-4
ON: DE93006410
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 72. Transportation Research Board meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 10-14 Jan 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ETHANOL FUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES; CONCENTRATION RATIO; EMISSION; EXHAUST GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE LAYER; PRODUCTION; SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; VEHICLES; VOLATILE MATTER; ALCOHOL FUELS; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ENGINES; FLUIDS; FUELS; GASEOUS WASTES; GASES; HEAT ENGINES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LAYERS; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUIDS; MATTER; NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; WASTES; 095000* - Biomass Fuels- Environmental Aspects- (1990-); 540120 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 330800 - Emission Control- Alternative Fuels

Citation Formats

Pitstick, M E. Emissions from ethanol and LPG fueled vehicles. United States: N. p., 1992. Web.
Pitstick, M E. Emissions from ethanol and LPG fueled vehicles. United States.
Pitstick, M E. 1992. "Emissions from ethanol and LPG fueled vehicles". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6873646.
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title = {Emissions from ethanol and LPG fueled vehicles},
author = {Pitstick, M E},
abstractNote = {This paper addresses the environmental concerns of using neat ethanol and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) as transportation fuels in the US Low-level blends of ethanol (10%) with gasoline have been used as fuels in the US for more than a decade, but neat ethanol (85% or more) has only been used extensively in Brazil. LPG, which consists mostly of propane, is already used extensively as a vehicle fuel in the US, but its use has been limited primarily to converted fleet vehicles. Increasing US interest in alternative fuels has raised the possibility of introducing neat ethanol vehicles into the market and expanding the number of LPG vehicles. Use of such vehicles and increased production and consumption of fuel ethanol and LPG will undoubtedly have environmental impacts. If the impacts are determined to be severe, they could act as barriers to the introduction of neat ethanol and LPG vehicles. Environmental concerns include exhaust and evaporative emissions and their impact on ozone formation and global warming, toxic emissions from fuel combustion and evaporation, and agricultural emissions from production of ethanol. The paper is not intended to be judgmental regarding the overall attractiveness of ethanol or LPG compared to other transportation fuels. The environmental concerns are reviewed and summarized, but the only conclusion reached is that there is no single concern that is likely to prevent the introduction of neat ethanol fueled vehicles or the increase in LPG fueled vehicles.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6873646}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
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