TITLE: GREET 1.5: Transportation Fuel-Cycle Model. Volume 1. Methodology, Development, Use and Results.

AUTHOR: M. Q. Wang.

INST.  AUTHOR: Argonne National Lab., IL. Center for Transportation Research.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DEG],  Aug 1999,  240p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: PB2000-101157INW

ABSTRACT:

The report documents the development and use of the most recent version (Version 1.5) of the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) model. The model calculates fuel-cycle emissions of five criteria pollutants (volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, oxides, particulate matter with diameters of 10 micrometers or less, and sulfur oxides) and three greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide). The model also calculates total energy consumption, fossil fuel consumption, and petroleum consumption when various transportation fuels are used. The GREET model includes the following cycles: petroleum to conventional gasoline, reformulated gasoline, conventional diesel, reformulated diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, and electricity via residual oil; natural gas to compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, Fischer-Tropsch diesel, dimethyl ether, hydrogen, and electricity; coal to electricity; uranium to electricity; renewable energy (hydropower, solar energy, and wind) to electricity; corn, woody biomass, and herbaceous biomass to ethanol; soybeans to biodiesel; flared gas to methanol, dimethyl ether, and Fischer-Tropsch diesel; and landfill gases to methanol. The report also presents the results of our analysis of fuel-cycle energy use and emissions associated with alternative  transportation fuels and advanced vehicle technologies to be applied to passenger cars and light-duty trucks.

REPORT  NUMBER: ANL/ESD-39-V1