Methane emissions from natural gas vehicles in China

Da Pan; Lei Tao; Kang Sun; Levi M. Golston; David J. Miller; Tong Zhu; Yue Qin; Yan Zhang; Denise L. Mauzerall; Mark A. Zondlo

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18141-0

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Methane emissions from natural gas vehicles in China

Da Pan,
Lei Tao,
Kang Sun,
Levi M. Golston,
David J. Miller,
Tong Zhu,
Yue Qin,
Yan Zhang,
Denise L. Mauzerall,
Mark A. Zondlo

Affiliations

Da Pan: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Lei Tao: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Kang Sun: Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo
Levi M. Golston: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
David J. Miller: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Tong Zhu: State Key Joint Laboratory for Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University
Yue Qin: Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
Yan Zhang: Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University
Denise L. Mauzerall: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Mark A. Zondlo: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18141-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The methane emissions from natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are unclear. Here the authors report high methane emissions from heavy-duty NGVs, and by using a scenario analysis show that strictly implementing the upcoming China VI standard could reduce GHG emissions by 509 Mt CO2eq for 2020-2030.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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