Comparison of vehicular fuel consumption and CO2 emission before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu valley
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Thapathali Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University
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10.3126/jiee.v4i1.34628
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In the past few decades, the change in emission and fuel consumption pattern of Kathmandu valley (KV) has been increasing rapidly. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was disrupted for a certain time. The main aim of this study is to compare the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for KV based on the motor-spirit (MS) & high-speed-diesel (HSD) fuel consumed by the vehicles. From the fuel sales data provided by Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), CO2 emission was calculated as per the Tier 1 approach given in the guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 14.9% of total fuel sales of Nepal was consumed in KV alone by road transport for fiscal year (FY) 2019/20. KV area produced 9,14,352 tonnes of CO2 emissions from the transportation sector in the FY 2019/20 from the corresponding 2,92,260 kiloliters of fuels. CO2 emission had declined by 80.11% after the lockdown was implemented in the valley but later on, till Asar (Mid June – Mid July) it again rose to 65%.
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Journal: Journal of Innovations in Engineering Education (JIEE), ISSN 2594-343X (print), 2773-823X (online)
Volume/Issue: Vol. 4, Issue 1 (2021), pages 10-17
Article type: Research Article
Published: 2021-03-05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/jiee.v4i1.34628
Authors and affiliations:
- Paranjaya Paudel (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal)
- Sabal Sapkota (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal)
- Khem Gyanwali (Department of Automobile and Mechanical Engineering, Thapathali Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Thapathali GPO Box 280, Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Bikash Adhikari (Kathmandu University, School of Science, Environmental Engineering Program, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal)
TCIOE department(s): Department of Automobile and Mechanical Engineering
Publisher: Thapathali Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Journal website: https://journal.tcioe.edu.np/articles/ec663035-524f-494a-89c4-086332b5621a
NepJOL: https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/jiee/article/view/34628
Keywords
CO2 Emission , Fuel Consumption , Emission Factor , Road Transportation , Kathmandu Valley , JIEE , Journal of Innovations in Engineering Education , JIEE 2021 , JIEE Volume 4 , Research Article , Thapathali Campus , TCIOE , Institute of Engineering , IOE , Tribhuvan University , Nepal , engineering research Nepal , peer-reviewed journal article , open access , Department of Automobile and Mechanical Engineering
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Paudel, P., Sapkota, S., Gyanwali, K., & Adhikari, B. (2021). Comparison of vehicular fuel consumption and CO2 emission before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu valley. Journal of Innovations in Engineering Education, 4(1), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.3126/jiee.v4i1.34628
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