Analysis of Emissions and Fuel Consumption in Freight Transport

Andrzej Ziółkowski, Paweł Fuć, Aleks Jagielski and Maciej Bednarek
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Andrzej Ziółkowski: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, Poznan University of Technology, 60-695 Poznan, Poland
Paweł Fuć: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, Poznan University of Technology, 60-695 Poznan, Poland
Aleks Jagielski: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, Poznan University of Technology, 60-695 Poznan, Poland
Maciej Bednarek: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, Poznan University of Technology, 60-695 Poznan, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: Currently in Europe, road freight transport is characterized by the most dynamic advancement. Year after year, we may observe an increase in the amount of transported goods. The paper presents the emissions of gaseous exhaust components such as CO, THC, and NO x as well as fuel consumption in freight transport. The emission analysis was performed for the entire transport cycle covering the handling of the goods with forklifts and carriage with a heavy-duty truck. The investigations were performed under actual conditions of operation using a Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS). The fuel mileage was determined using the carbon balance method. The test routes were designed so as to reproduce the transport-logistic system typical of small towns. The setting for the tests was a town located in central Poland near the A2 motorway constituting part of the trans-European logistic network with multiple locations of logistic centers. In order to present the real emissions during handling, two test variants were considered: an outdoor variant (on a nearby lot) and inside a warehouse. The test run of the heavy-duty truck involved transporting 24,000 kg of load on urban and extra-urban (local and intercity) roads. The exhaust emissions and fuel mileage were determined for each of the stages as well as for the entire research cycle.

Keywords: combustion engines; forklifts emission; HDV emission; freight transportation; RDE; PEMS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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