Study on possible economic and environmental impacts of electric vehicle infrastructure in public road transport in Kolkata

Majumdar, Deepanjan; Majhi, Bijoy Kumar; Dutta, Atanu; Mandal, Ratan; Jash, Tushar

doi:10.1007/s10098-014-0868-7

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“…·kg −1 ]; w i = weight of i-th material [kg]). CO 2 emissions produced during the transport of construction materials and the construction's structural parts play an important role in the context of sustainability [67,68]. The environmental aspect of the assessment was therefore extended to include the impact of the transport of construction materials and products used in the construction of the assessed variants from production to the construction site.…”

Section: Lca Assessment Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Houses Based on Wood as an Ecological and Sustainable Housing Alternative—Case Study

Švajlenka

Kozlovská

2018

Sustainability

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Sustainability of cities is currently a much-debated topic. The trend in Central Europe we witness nowadays is that people are going back from the impersonal and restrictive conditions of tower blocks to the more natural and relaxed conditions of family houses. New approaches to urbanization in the context of the sustainability of cities can be characterized by their use of innovative technologies and energetically efficient and ecologically acceptable construction materials. Companies have substantially responded to this trend, meeting the demand by offering a wide range of solutions. Alongside the traditional and long-established construction materials (brick, concrete), including wood, companies are introducing modern, innovative, and viable construction alternatives. Modern methods of construction (MMC), to which modern houses based on wood belong, promote the idea and application of environmentally and energetically efficient constructions. Just as the construction process itself significantly contributes to the depletion of natural resources, the production of construction materials contributes to significant environmental pollution and greenhouse emissions (particularly CO 2 ). Sustainability assessments of construction projects increasingly involve the use of methodologies which assess sustainability criteria throughout a product's Life-cycle. For our analysis of suburban housing clusters designed to serve as family houses, we chose an actual family house construction completed using a modern construction system based on wood. For the sake of comparing the modern construction method, we created an alternative model of a construction based on a traditional masonry construction system. The main objective of this contribution is to analyze selected variants of constructions in terms of environmental and economic sustainability characteristics, as part of a broader assessment of permanent sustainability, by applying the life-cycle assessment (LCA) and life-cycle cost (LCC) methodologies within specified assessment boundaries. A partial objective of this contribution is to point towards the ways of applying the LCA and LCC assessment methodologies, such as in the decision-making processes involved in alternative investment strategies for the construction of urban clusters in the context of sustainability.

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Section: Lca Assessment Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Houses Based on Wood as an Ecological and Sustainable Housing Alternative—Case Study

Švajlenka

Kozlovská

2018

Sustainability

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“…Since the energy consumed by transportation is around onethird of the total energy consumption, electric vehicle (EV) has drawn significant attention worldwide as electricity is one converging means for all forms of alternative, renewable energy (Majumdar et al 2015). During the last few years, it has been believed that the use of secondary or rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in hybrid and EVs (such as Toyota Prius, GM Chevy Volt, and Nissan LEAF) will be more environmentally friendly by reducing CO 2 , NO x , and CO emissions and dramatically improve fuel economy (Järvinen et al 2012;Teixeira et al 2015).…”

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Remanufacturing cathode from end-of-life of lithium-ion secondary batteries by Nd:YAG laser radiation

Liu

Zhang

Qing

et al. 2015

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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The electric vehicle industry has been rapidly developing internationally. Electric vehicle batteries (EVBs) are perceived as a low environmental impact energy storage technology. While the service life of an EVB is relatively long, a significant number of battery packs will reach the end of their service lives eventually. The end-of-life (EOL) EVBs may still have appreciable residual value for remanufacturing and secondary use. Some solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layers will persist on the surface of electrodes deposit after a period of continuous cycling, causing the battery degradation and failure. An approach to battery end-of-life management was introduced involving remanufacturing of the cathode from EOL lithium-ion battery electrodes, and a recent study on remanufacturing process of the degraded EVBs using pulse laser to radiate SEI on the electrode surface was presented in this paper, here on a laboratory scale. Based on experimental data, the SEI film removal was carried out with laser energy intensity ranging from 0.035 to 0.169 J/mm 2 . The remanufactured cathodes were characterized through a combination of scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and wavelength dispersive spectrometer, respectively. The experimental results indicated that the remanufacturing treatments were successful in removing the EOL by-products (e.g., SEI films) and upgrading the cathode to its pre-cycling functionality. It is suggested that the fade capacity of a lithium-ion battery can be recovered by using laser radiation method.

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“…The reduction of the costs of operation of urban public transport vehicles and energy is also expected [10,11]. The other member states of the European Union have also adopted strategies to reduce emissions in passenger transport [12].…”

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Environmental Sustainability of the Vehicle Fleet Change in Public City Transport of Selected City in Central Europe

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Diesel is the most used fuel for buses and other urban transport vehicles in European countries. This paper deals with impacts on emissions production from the operation of the urban public transport fleet after its renewal. To what extent can the renewal of the urban public transport fleet in the city of Žilina contribute to increasing environmental sustainability in the way of reducing air pollution? The vehicle fleet change has partially consisted of vehicle traction system transition-diesel buses were substituted by hybrid driven (HEV) and electric driven buses (BEV). How can the direct and indirect emissions from the operation of vehicles be calculated? These were the posed research questions. The research aimed to propose a methodology for the calculation of direct and indirect emissions. Indirect emissions values (WtT—Well-to-Tank) for different types of fuels and tractions were obtained based on regression functions. These WtT emission factors together with the existing TtW (Tank-to-Wheels) emission factors (direct emissions) can be used for the assessment of environmental impacts of specific types of vehicles concerning energy source, fuel, or powertrain and type of operation. Direct pollutants such as CO, NOx and PM were calculated with the use of simulation methodology of HBEFA (Handbook of Emission Factors for Road Transport) software. The calculated CO2 savings for the period 2019–2023 about fleet renewal in absolute terms are EUR 1.3 million tons compared to the operation of the original fleet while maintaining the same driving performance. The renewal of the vehicle fleet secured by vehicle traction transition can be a way to reduce the energy intensity and environmental impacts of public transport in Žilina.

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Study on possible economic and environmental impacts of electric vehicle infrastructure in public road transport in Kolkata

Cited by 28 publications

References 7 publications

Houses Based on Wood as an Ecological and Sustainable Housing Alternative—Case Study

Houses Based on Wood as an Ecological and Sustainable Housing Alternative—Case Study

Remanufacturing cathode from end-of-life of lithium-ion secondary batteries by Nd:YAG laser radiation

Environmental Sustainability of the Vehicle Fleet Change in Public City Transport of Selected City in Central Europe

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