LNG Heavy Goods Vehicle---The Future Role of Low Carbon Freight Transport by Road

Nowadays the environment issue has been paid much more attention. Road freight vehicles, and especially heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), are facing the low carbon challenge. This paper presents the technology of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel and it gives a detailed demonstration on adopting LNG fuel for HGVs by using the Grey Situation Decision method. Finally, it presents the future role of LNG heavy goods vehicles on the road freight transport in China.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/41184(419)528
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2011 ASCE
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Liu, Xiaohan
  • Zhou, Ling
• Conference:
  • Third International Conference on Transportation Engineering (ICTE)
  • Location: Chengdu , China
  • Date: 2011-7-23 to 2011-7-25
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 3201-3206
• Monograph Title: ICTE 2011

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Freight transportation; Liquefied natural gas; Pollutants; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01449406
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784411841
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Oct 18 2012 11:19AM