The Vehicle Kilometers of Travel (VKT) of each vehicle type can be applied to estimate amount of fuelconsumption and CO2 emission from transport sector of nation. The objectives of this study are to survey anddevelop VKT model, fuel consumption rate of each vehicle type as well as to calculate amount of fuelconsumption and CO2 emission from register vehicles in Khon Kaen Province. The target vehicle typeincludes motorcycle, sedan and pickup truck. The researchers interviewed the drivers by questioning arecord of odometer, vehicle age, fuel type and fuel consumption of their vehicles at the gas stations and thebus terminal in Khon Kaen City. The researchers developed the VKT models of each vehicle type, fuel type,and level of driver’s income, presenting a relation between VKT (kilometer) and vehicle age (year), byapplying the regression analysis. As the results, the developed VKT models reveal that VKT of all types ofvehicle has a high correlation with the age of vehicle as older vehicle has a higher VKT. The ranges of fuelconsumption rate of motorcycle and sedan are during 24.7-25.4 and 11.1-11.5 km/l, respectively. Thecalculated amount of CO2 emitted by targeted vehicles is 494,404 t-CO2/year.


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    Title :

    Vehicle kilometers of travel and fuel consumption rate for estimating CO2 emission of vehicles in Khon Kaen city



    Publication date :

    2014-10-24


    Remarks:

    Engineering and Applied Science Research; Vol 41 No 3 (2014); 333-346 ; 2539-6218 ; 2539-6161


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    DDC:    629




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