Fossil energy,environmental and cost performance of ethanol in Thailand |
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| Institution: | 1. Financial Engineering Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200052, PR China;2. Department of Mathematics and Physics, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, PR China;3. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong;1. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, People''s Republic of China;2. The State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Centre for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People''s Republic of China;3. CQM—Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus Universitário da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | This study aims to perform a life cycle analysis of the environmental benefits and limitations of using ethanol as an alternative transportation fuel in Thailand. In particular, the analysis compares the life cycle fossil energy use, air emissions and social costs of cassava-based gasohol E10 with those of gasoline. The results of the study show that, along its whole life cycle, E10 consumes less fossil oil (6.3%) and produces lesser amounts of CO2 (6.4%), CH4 (6.2%), CO (15.4%) and NOx (15.8%) than CG. Including externalities substantially changes the cost performance in favor of ethanol. After environmental costs are added, the cost of E10 and of gasoline become equal to each other whilst before that, E10 is more costly. |
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