Load-Based Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator: Running Emissions Sensitivity Analysis

This paper describes a running emissions sensitivity analysis of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) MOVES2010b model at the project level through the implementation of the Public Transit Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Management Calculator. MOVES model running emissions for diesel transit buses were estimated for 17 heavy-duty transit bus driving cycles across 12 different locations and meteorological conditions. The preliminary results examine the estimated annual diesel transit bus NOX and CO2 emissions. With an understanding of the scaled tractive power operating mode bin distribution of a driving cycle and the MOVES model emission rates, the annual emissions can be analyzed and compared. The results obtained from this sensitivity analysis indicate the potential usefulness of the Public Transit GHG Emissions Management Calculator for use in evaluating emissions across driving cycles and environmental operating conditions in a comparative mode.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413210.009
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  • © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Cernjul, Giacomo
  • Xu, Yanzhi
  • Lee, Dong-Yeon
  • Gbologah, Franklin
  • Elango, Vetri
  • Kumble, Ashwin
  • Rodgers, Michael O
  • Guensler, Randall
• Conference:
  • Third International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2013-11-17 to 2013-11-20
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 90-102
• Monograph Title: Urban Public Transportation Systems 2013

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon dioxide; Diesel engine exhaust gases; Greenhouse gases; Nitrogen oxides; Sensitivity analysis; Transit buses
• Identifier Terms: Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emissions calculators
• Subject Areas: Environment; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01500627
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413210
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Dec 4 2013 1:57PM