(a) Calculate the annual emissions in gigatonnes of CO2 from the US fleet of passenger vehicles. The fleet is 200 million vehicles, average mileage is 24 MPG, and average driving distance is 12,000 miles/vehicle/year. Assume STP, fuel density is 0.7 kg/L, complete stoichiometric combustion, and that gasoline is pure octane. (b) Calculate the CO2 emissions in Ib/mil for the average vehicle.
(a) Calculate the annual emissions in gigatonnes of CO2 from the US fleet of passenger vehicles. The fleet is 200 million vehicles, average mileage is 24 MPG, and average driving distance is 12,000 miles/vehicle/year. Assume STP, fuel density is 0.7 kg/L, complete stoichiometric combustion, and that gasoline is pure octane. (b) Calculate the CO2 emissions in Ib/mil for the average vehicle.
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Given
- No of vehicle-200 million
- Average mileage=24MPG
- Average driving distance=12000 miles/vehicle/year
- Density =0.7kg/L
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- Annual emission of CO2 (gigatonnes)
- Emission of CO2(lb/mil)
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