A-1A1a-1 - Petrol cars

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in E-1A3b - Road Transportation.

Transition Elements

This activity has the following mitigation methods modelled as transition elements:

• T-1A1a-1 - Shift to electric cars
• T-1A1a-2 - Shift to hydrogen cars
• T-1A1a-3 - Ecodriving of cars
• T-1A1a-4 - Improved car engine technology
• T-1A1a-5 - Increase journey sharing
• T-1A1a-6 - Shift from car to railway
• T-1A1a-7 - Shift to online meetings and services
• T-1A1a-8 - Shift from car to remote working
• T-1A1a-9 - Biofuel for petrol cars
• T-1A1a-10 - Shift to walking and cycling
• T-1A1a-11 - Shift to electric bikes
• T-1A1a-12 - Shift to travel by electric bus
• T-1A1a-13 - Shift to travel by hydrogen bus
• T-1A1a-14 - Shift to travel by LPG bus
• T-1A1a-15 - Shift to travel by gas bus
• T-1A1a-16 - Shift to travel by petrol bus
• T-1A1a-17 - Shift to travel by diesel bus
• T-1A1a-18 - Shift to trams, light rail and subway
• T-1A1a-19 - Shift to gas cars

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description
emission_factor_ethanol_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor ethanol
emission_factor_petrol_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor petrol WTW
resource_proportion_ethanol	percent	Fuel proportion ethanol
energy_intensity_personal_vehicles_petrol	kwh_vehicle_km	Energy intensity petrol ICE
resource_proportion_petrol	percent	Fuel proportion petrol
stock_personal_vehicles_petrol	vehicle_km	Stock of personal vehicles (petrol) operation
stock_growth_personal_vehicles_petrol	vehicle_km_percapita	Growth personal vehicles (petrol) per capita

YAML Specification

title: A-1A1a-1 - Petrol cars
id: petrol_vehicles
sector: transport
version: 2.0.2
progress: 80
ipccEmissionSource: 1a3b-road-transportation
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: stock_personal_vehicles_petrol
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - stock_growth_personal_vehicles_petrol
  primaryStock:
    name: personal_vehicles_petrol
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/vehicle_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_personal_vehicles_petrol
  input:
  - resource: ethanol
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_ethanol
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_ethanol_kwh_to_co2e
  - resource: petrol
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_petrol
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_petrol_kwh_to_co2e

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