Fuel Consumption, Emissions of Air Pollutants and Opportunities for Reducing CO 2 Emissions from Linear Sources in the Model Rural Municipality

Anita Konieczna, Kamil Roman () and Witold Rzodkiewicz
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Anita Konieczna: Institute of Technology and Life Sciences—National Research Institute, Falenty, 3 Hrabska Avenue, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Kamil Roman: Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 166 Nowoursynowska St., 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Witold Rzodkiewicz: Central Office of Measures, Electricity and Radiation Department, 2 Elektoralna St., 00-139 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: The study estimates the amount of emissions resulting from linear sources. There were calculations for a model rural municipality, composed of national, provincial, country, and municipal roads that run through the area. In this study, the following categories of vehicles were assumed to travel along this route: motorcycles, passenger cars, light trucks (vans), heavy trucks without trailers, trucks with trailers, and buses. The analysis used data on the average volume of traffic (SDR) on selected roads on the territory of the sample municipality, based on the frequency of participation in traffic by each mode of transportation on selected road sections. To estimate the emission rates of each pollutant, for each vehicle category separately, the calculations were made based on the emission factor rates for each type of fuel. According to the adopted methodology and based on the adopted assumptions scenarios, pollutants’ emissions were estimated. The implementation of the scenarios offered for reducing CO 2 emissions has been proposed, and it is estimated that, depending on the variant adopted, the reductions will be between 13 and 21% in variant I, between 3 and 8% in variant II, and between 18 and 34% in combining these variants. The variant with a reduction in private car transportation in favor of bicycle transportation in combination with public transportation showed the most favorable effects on the environment.

Keywords: energy transition; transport CO 2 emission; atmosphere protection; climate change; greenhouse gases; GHG emission reduction (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: 2023
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