Calculation and Assessment of CO2e Emissions in Road Freight Transportation: A Greek Case Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. GHG Emissions from the Road Freight Transport Sector
3. GHG Emissions from the Road Freight Transport Sector
3.1. The EN 16258 Standard
3.2. Carbon Footprint Calculation: Implementation Steps and Methodology
4. The Case of Papageorgiou Transport & Logistics (PTL) Company
4.1. Description of Papageorgiou Transport & Logistics (PTL) Company
4.2. Calculation and Allocation of Energy Consumption and GHG Emissions for PTL Company
4.3. Allocation of GHG Emissions for Each Route of Transport Operation
4.4. Allocation of GHG Emissions for the Total Transport Operation
5. Results of GHG Emissions and Energy Consumption for PTL Company
5.1. Total GHG Emissions and Energy Consumption
5.2. Allocated WTW GHG Emissions per Tn-Km
6. Using CNG as an Alternative Fuel for Reducing Emissions
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Data Collection for Each Truck | Data Collection for Each Leg |
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Symbol | Description |
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AGti | Allocated tank-to-wheels (TTW) GHG emissions for the route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n (in KgCO2e/Tn-km) |
AGWi | Allocated well-to-wheels (WTW) GHG emissions for the route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n (in KgCO2e/Tn-km) |
Di,j | Travel distance of the leg j of route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n and j = 1, 2, 3, …, k (in km) |
DRi | Total travel distance of route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n (in km) |
ECi,j | Energy consumption for the leg j of route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n and j = 1, 2, 3, …, k (in liters of Diesel) |
EFt | Energy factor for the tank-to-wheels stage (35.9 MJ/L of Diesel) |
Efw | Energy factor for the well-to-wheels stage (42.7 MJ/L of Diesel) |
Eti | Tank-to-wheels (TTW) energy consumption for the route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n (in MJ) |
EWi | Well-to-wheels (WTW) energy consumption for the route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n (in MJ) |
GHGFt | GHG emission factor for the tank-to-wheels stage (2.67 KgCO2e/L of Diesel) |
GHGFw | GHG emission factor for the well-to-wheels stage (3.24 KgCO2e/L of Diesel) |
Gti | Tank-to-wheels (TTW) GHG emissions for the route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n (in KgCO2e) |
GWi | Well-to-wheels (WTW) GHG emissions for the route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n (in KgCO2e) |
LFi,j | Loading factor for the leg j of route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n and j = 1, 2, 3, …, k (in %) |
PL | Payload of the truck which executes the route i, i = 1, 2, 3, …, n |
TAGt | Allocated tank-to-wheels (TTW) GHG emissions for the total transport operation, (in KgCO2e/Tn-km) |
TAGW | Allocated well-to-wheels (WTW) GHG emissions for the total transport operation, (in KgCO2e/Tn-km) |
TD | Total distance of all routes which executed from the truck fleet of the company (in km) |
Assessment of Retrofitting (Information and Primary Data) | |
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Type of truck: | Articulated-Heavy duty (40 t gross weight) |
Type of road network: | 90% highway–10% rural |
Average speed of truck: | 65 Km/h |
Truck average loading factor: | 72% |
Period of data collection: | 3 months |
Fuel price (during the assessment period): | 1 €/Lt (diesel) and 0.76 €/Kg (CNG) |
Distance traveled (for the assessment): | 12.525 Km |
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Gialos, A.; Zeimpekis, V.; Madas, M.; Papageorgiou, K. Calculation and Assessment of CO2e Emissions in Road Freight Transportation: A Greek Case Study. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10724. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710724
Gialos A, Zeimpekis V, Madas M, Papageorgiou K. Calculation and Assessment of CO2e Emissions in Road Freight Transportation: A Greek Case Study. Sustainability. 2022; 14(17):10724. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710724
Chicago/Turabian StyleGialos, Anastasios, Vasileios Zeimpekis, Michael Madas, and Konstantinos Papageorgiou. 2022. "Calculation and Assessment of CO2e Emissions in Road Freight Transportation: A Greek Case Study" Sustainability 14, no. 17: 10724. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710724
APA StyleGialos, A., Zeimpekis, V., Madas, M., & Papageorgiou, K. (2022). Calculation and Assessment of CO2e Emissions in Road Freight Transportation: A Greek Case Study. Sustainability, 14(17), 10724. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710724