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Article title
Well-to-wheel analysis for electric, diesel and hydrogen traction for railways
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Article number
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Volume number
17
Issue number
1
First page of article
28
ISSN of journal
1361-9209
Year of publication
2012
URL
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Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
This paper describes a new methodology for the assessment of fuel efficiency in railways. The assessment considers all aspects from fuel production to the train operation itself for a range of competing fuels. This paper focuses on hydrogen, and the results show that although in some cases greenhouse gas emissions are lower with hydrogen fuel, the benefit is marginal, and a move to hydrogen as a fuel for railways is not currently economical. The value of the paper is not only in the particular examples given, but in the methodology proposed which provides a step-change in analysis procedures.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
C - Railway Research and Energy
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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