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Blend for all or pure for few? Well-to-wheel life cycle assessment of blending electricity-based OME 3–5 with fossil diesel

Simon Voelker, Sarah Deutz, Jannik Burre, Dominik Bongartz, Ahmad Omari, Bastian Lehrheuer, Alexander Mitsos, Stefan Pischinger, André Bardow, Niklas von der Assen

Sustainable Energy & Fuels· Volume 6· Issue 8

Abstract

Using life cycle assessment, we explore the conditions under which a fleet-wide blending of OME 3–5 with fossil diesel can reduce environmental impacts in terms of CO 2 , NO x , and soot emissions.
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OpenAlex topics: Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

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Affiliations

Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52062, Germany

Process Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany

Institute for Combustion Engines, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany

JARA-ENERGY, 52056 Aachen, Germany

Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany

Energy & Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung · Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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