Energy use and carbon dioxide emissions assessment in the lifecycle of passenger rail systems: the case of the Rio de Janeiro Metro

Andrade, Carlos; D’Agosto, Márcio de Almeida

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.094

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“… Vehicles were absent from the system, and this could be attributed to the lack of data. Studies have been previously conducted under similar situations, and the results have been reported [ 17 , 19 – 22 , 26 – 31 ]. All the wastes are landfilled, and carbon emissions caused by waste transportation during the process of waste processing and waste disposal are primarily considered.…”

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Quantifying Carbon Emissions Generated by Monorail Transits: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Zhu

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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The use of rail transits results in the generation of a large amount of carbon emissions. Throughout the life cycle of a rail transit system, huge amounts of carbon are emitted, which contributes to the threat posed by carbon emission on the city ecosystem. Despite the many methods previously proposed to quantify carbon emissions from rail transit systems, a method that can be applied to measure carbon emissions of monorail systems is yet to be developed. We have used the life cycle assessment (LCA) method to propose a method that can be used to quantify carbon emissions from monorail transits. The life cycle of a monorail transit system was divided into four stages (production, construction, use, and end-of-life). A monorail transit line segment in Chongqing, China, was selected for a case study. The results show that the “use” stage of the monorail transit line system significantly increases (93.2%) carbon emissions, while the “end-of-life” stage does not contribute significantly to the total carbon emitted. The processes of generation of steal, concrete, and cement are the three leading processes that contribute to the emission of carbon dioxide. The percentages of carbon emitted during these processes are 32%, 29.6%, and 13.3%, respectively. Prestressed concrete activity accounts for the largest proportion (91.1%) of the total carbon emissions. The results presented herein can potentially help in realizing sustainable development and developing green transportation.

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Quantifying Carbon Emissions Generated by Monorail Transits: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Zhu

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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“…14 High speed, long distance lines are electrified using a 25 kV overhead system, extending to 9,697 single-track-kilometres in 2019/2020. 15 This paper investigates the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from the operational phase of the bi-mode rail vehicle, it does not take into account the environmental effects or embodied carbon dioxide of track electrification, 16,17 the manufacture of electric rail vehicles, 18 or the modal shift away from higherpolluting modes of transport. 19 Decarbonisation studies for the UK rail network Network Rail, the UK infrastructure operator, has been tasked to produce a Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy (TDNS) 20 to identify the preferred method of removing diesel traction from each route on the network.…”

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Development and control of a rail vehicle model to reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions

Harrison

Midgley

Goodall

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F:

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The development, validation and control of a bi-mode train model is presented. A detailed modular model of a United Kingdom Class 800 train, which included carbon dioxide emissions data, was developed in MATLAB/Simulink. This model was validated against data obtained from a full day of rail journeys in the south-west of England. The validated model was used to develop control measures to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the train. Combining adaptive speed limit control with selective engine shutdown reduced the carbon dioxide emissions by 19.1% over a representative route without affecting the train’s on-time performance. The model was used to develop a tool for investigating the emissions benefits of (intermittent/discontinuous) route electrification. This tool shows that electrification of a route can reduce the carbon dioxide emissions by 66%.

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“…There has also been a progressive adoption of the LCA methodology in discrete application types. Thus, some studies have focused on tailpipe (rolling stock) emissions (Dalkic et al 2017;Andrade and D'Agosto 2016;Pero et al 2015;Esters and Marinov 2014); while others on non-tailpipe -that is, rail infrastructure emissions (Bressi et al 2018;Krezo et al 2018;Ortega et al 2018); yet a third category on integrated assessments -that is, both tailpipe and non-tailpipe emissions (Saxe et al 2016; Westin and Kågeson 2012). There is evidence that studies on tailpipe emissions are more popular (Rocha et al 2018; De Martinis and Corman 2018; Meynerts et al 2017;Chester et al 2013) owing largely to the ease of their validation via comparison with other modes of rail transport (Esters and Marinov 2014).…”

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Exploring the Development of a BIM-Enabled Process Framework for LCA of Rail Tracks

Akponeware¹,

Dawood²,

Rodríguez³

et al. 2020

CIB W78 Proceedings

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A key 21st century infrastructure challenge is lowering cost and carbon over an infrastructure's whole lifecycle. But, accounting for the carbon footprint of a railway system is problematic due to the complexity of railway systems. Within the rail sector, there is still a lack of infrastructure frameworks which can accurately capture actions, interactions and associated processes by role actors during lifecycle analysis. Whilst there is increased focus to facilitate information digitisation in railway systems, there is a scarcity of literature which attempt to systematise and formalise the process of conducting lifecycle analysis (LCA) of railway systems. This paper identifies complexities associated with legacy LCA methodologies in the rail sector. It then proposes a methodology which applies design science techniques to facilitate the creation and re-use of information and data in a systematic way within a structured process workflow. The proposed methodology enables lifecycle information for a rail-track to be produced collaboratively in an integrated format. In addition, the proposed LCA technique allows the creation of LCA process workflows which can be deployed to the web, potentially integrating with other optioneering applications and BIM platforms.

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Energy use and carbon dioxide emissions assessment in the lifecycle of passenger rail systems: the case of the Rio de Janeiro Metro

Cited by 43 publications

References 15 publications

Quantifying Carbon Emissions Generated by Monorail Transits: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Quantifying Carbon Emissions Generated by Monorail Transits: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Development and control of a rail vehicle model to reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions

Exploring the Development of a BIM-Enabled Process Framework for LCA of Rail Tracks

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