Smart Mobility and Energy Transitions
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 41991
Special Issue Editor
Interests: new fuels; biomass; biorefinery systems; alternative powertrains; alternative road vehicle simulation; system energy and emissions; life cycle assessment; indicators for sustainable mobility
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Cities have increased their goals of becoming smart, air pollution-free, carbon neutral, and energy self-sufficient. Citizens’ mobility plays a major role in the cities’ metabolisms, consuming more than 30% of the energy and generating heat, CO2, and mostly PM2.5 and NOx regulated emissions. Car/bus exhaust aftertreatment devices increase unregulated emissions such as ammonia (NH3) a PM2.5 precursor, and black carbon (which provokes local climate change phenomena by absorbing sunlight).
Solar energy and biofuels, from urban metabolism waste, together with public and shared transportation, could pave the way towards a more sustainable mobility system that helps to ensure smart city targets.
Latin American countries are enforcing their flex-fuel fleets and boosting sugar-cane/agriculture waste biorefineries for ethanol production. In Europe, the RED II agreement states that at least 14% of transportation fuel must come from renewable sources by 2030, crop-based biofuels cannot exceed 7%, and advanced biofuels must be at least 3.5% by 2030. Biorefineries from urban metabolism waste streams, e.g., solid urban waste/urban wastewaters, can be explored for transport-related material building blocks and advanced biofuels.
Papers are welcomed in the following areas:
- Plug-in hybrid and pure electric bus systems simulation and monitoring of PM2.5, NOx, NH3, and black carbon;
- Ethanol hybrid ED95 bus and flex-fuel vehicles simulation and monitoring of PM2.5, NOx, and NH3, and black carbon;
- Shared mobility systems and evaluation of their success in supressing conventional private modes;
- Low-cost sensor networks for traffic related air quality monitoring and historical trends;
- Biorefinery systems for sustainable transportation (biopolymers and biofuels from waste resources);
- Solar powered charging stations for e-mobility;
- Well-to-wheels of alternative transport systems.
Prof. Dr. Carla Silva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electricity
- biogas
- biodiesel
- ethanol
- hydrogen
- plug-in hybrid
- hybrid, flex-fuel engine
- real-time monitoring networks
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