Publication detail

A review on air emissions assessment: transportation

Fan, Y.V. Perry, S. Klemeš, J.J. Lee, C.T.

Original Title

A review on air emissions assessment: transportation

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The greenhouse gas emissions footprint and global warming potential are widely-used for environmental sustainability studies. However, environmental sustainability is far wider than carbon emissions and climate change. This review aims to highlight the importance of considering air pollutants in optimisation studies and evaluate the limitation of the current assessments for air emissions, particularly in relation to transportation. The source of air pollutants is firstly overviewed with special attention on non-stationary sources, freight and sea transportation. The type of measurement to obtain the emission data and the available optimisation models on transport mode choice selection were then summarised. The strengths and Weaknesses' have been indicated. The identified gap includes greenhouse gas and air pollutants not being evaluated simultaneously and the interaction between the different pollutants are not being adequately considered. A better assessment framework and impact categories classification are consequently required. The summarised assessment model of transportation mode choice shows that the current viewpoint on low emissions, green or environmental sustainability options refers to carbon dioxide as a part of greenhouse gas. Attention towards a better emission assessment and management has been supported in this study through critical discussion. The next step of this work is to develop a methodology to measure greenhouse gas and air pollutants simultaneously by considering the synergistic effect and the discussed limitation. It is important for minimising the potential of footprint shifting and poor decision-making.

Keywords

Air pollutants; Emissions assessment; Greenhouse gas; Transportation; Transportation mode choice; Carbon dioxide; Decision making; Gas emissions; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Sustainable development; Critical discussionsE; nvironmental sustainability; Global warming potential; Non-stationary sources; Optimisation models; Transport mode choices; Transportation mode; Air pollution

Authors

Fan, Y.V.; Perry, S.; Klemeš, J.J.; Lee, C.T.

Released

1. 9. 2018

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

ISBN

0959-6526

Periodical

Journal of Cleaner Production

Year of study

194

Number

194

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

673

Pages to

684

Pages count

12

BibTex

@article{BUT151481,
  author="Fan, Y.V. and Perry, S. and Klemeš, J.J. and Lee, C.T.",
  title="A review on air emissions assessment: transportation",
  journal="Journal of Cleaner Production",
  year="2018",
  volume="194",
  number="194",
  pages="673--684",
  doi="10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.151",
  issn="0959-6526"
}