Article ID: | iaor20121989 |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 221 |
End Page Number: | 227 |
Publication Date: | May 2012 |
Journal: | Transportation Research Part D |
Authors: | Oprenik Samuel Rodman, Seljak Tine, Bizjan Franciek, Katranik Toma |
Keywords: | energy |
This paper examines the influence of compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and gasoline fuel on the exhaust emissions and the fuel consumption of a spark‐ignition engine powered passenger car. The vehicle was driven according to the urban driving cycle and extra urban driving cycle speed profiles with the warmed‐up engine. Cause and effect based analysis reveals potential for using different fuels to reduce vehicle emission and deficiencies associated with particular fuels. The highest tank to wheel efficiency and the lowest CO