The purpose of this article was to compare different waste heat recovery system technologies designed for automotive applications. A complete literature review is done and results in two comparative graphs. In the second part, simulation models are built and calibrated in order to assess the...

Transport makes up 20 percent of the World’s energy use; in OECD countries this has exceeded 30 percent. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that the global energy consumption will increase by 2.1 percent annually, a growth rate that is higher than for any other sector. The high...

This paper aims to make an analysis of passenger car customer behavior with an emphasis on the adoption of low-carbon and fuel efficient vehicles, based on the research existing on the subject. As literature shows, consumer behavior is influenced by instrumental factors as well as affective and...

Natural gas is one of the most promising alternative fuels to meet the upcoming stringent Euro 6 emissions regulations in the European Union, as well as the planned reductions in CO2 emissions. For spark-ignition engines, bi-fuel fuelling equipment is widely available and engine conversion...

The road transports especially the motor vehicles play a significant role in increment of energy consumption in the transportation sector. However, the harmful greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from such vehicles which are the main causes of global warming, have been increased as well. One of the...

In this work, the commercially available diesel fuel (Bu00), butanol(20%)–diesel(80%) (by vol.) (Bu20), butanol(30%)–diesel(70%) (Bu30), and butanol(40%)–diesel (60%) (Bu40) fuels were tested. Experiments were conducted on a high-speed direct injection (DI) diesel engine for passenger-car...

The paper's objective is to suggest a model for determining optimal lifetime of passenger car based on minimization of CO2 emission. The life cycle was modeled by eight main life cycle sequences. Combining the mathematical interpretations of the itch life cycle sequence is developed an...

Differing from those traditional vehicle exhaust heat recovery systems which just provided thermal energy directly for cabin warming, integrated Exhaust Energy Recovery (EER) which is researched and developed mainly in recent years aims to convert exhaust thermal energy to mechanical or electric...

The road transport and particularly the passenger cars are responsible for increasing the share of transport energy consumption and harmful emissions level growth. The fuel economy label is an informative tool to influence customers and manufacturers to put special care to the energy efficiency...

Automobiles are considered as the main energy consumer in the transportation sector. According to the National Energy Balance, its accounted for about 36% of the total energy consumption in Malaysia. In order to reduce energy consumption in this sector, this country must consider setting fuel...

In anticipation of rapid growth, the passenger car market in India is crowded with 18companies trying to establish themselves. Most companies have joint ventures with Indianpartners and have entered the market in the last two years. The number of new entrants over anarrow time window of two...

Individual workshop presentations on CO2 reductions from passenger cars by stakeholders, environmental organisations and research institutions.