Truck Propane SH

Medium-Duty Truck - Short Haul Overview

The Medium-Duty Truck for Short-Haul operations represents a class of robust vehicles engineered for transporting substantial loads over moderate distances. These trucks are single units with more than four tires, designed with a maximum range of up to 320 km, making them ideal for regional distribution tasks.

Medium-Duty Truck Short-Haul Performance Metrics

• Operational Range: Capable of covering distances up to 320 km, tailored for short-haul logistics.
• Annual Mileage (d_annual): The truck class maintains a yearly operational distance of 26,600 km.
• Load Capacity (n_lpv): With an average load capacity of 0.98 tonnes per vehicle.
• Capacity Factor: A 10% capacity utilization factor is applied, as detailed by Schnidrig¹.
• Reference Capacity: Achieving a reference capacity of 29.76 tonne-kilometers per hour (tkm/h), these trucks are optimally configured for regional distribution networks.

The formula used to calculate the reference capacity is as follows:

\[ ref_{capacity} = \dfrac{d_{annual} \cdot n_{lpv}}{8760 \cdot 0.10} \]

This equation considers the annual distance covered, the average load capacity, and the capacity utilization rate, emphasizing the trucks’ utility and efficiency in short-haul transportation tasks.

Propane

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a type of heat engine where fuel combustion takes place inside a chamber. This causes an increase in temperature and pressure. This pressure is then applied directly to pistons, rotors or a nozzle, which converts the thermal energy of combustion into mechanical energy to move the vehicle. Propane-powered vehicles operate like gasoline-powered ones. There are two types of propane fuel injection system: vapor injection and liquid injection. In both cases, propane is stored as a liquid in a tank at relatively low pressure. Liquid injection technology enables more precise control of fuel delivery, improving engine performance and efficiency.

ES Model Integration

All the parameters concerning the Truck Propane SH are listed in the table below.

entry_key	value	unit	sets	source_reference
CO2_E (layer)	0.776	kg_CO2	NA	Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François, (2022): "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"
MOB_FREIGHT_ROAD (layer)	1	tkm	NA	Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François, (2022): "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"
PROPANE (layer)	-3.694	kWh	NA	Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François, (2022): "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"
c_inv	3512.1	CAD/(tkm/h)	NA	Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François, (2022): "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"
c_maint	155.54	CAD/(tkm/h)/y	NA	Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François, (2022): "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"
lifetime	15	y	NA	Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François, (2022): "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"
ref_size	29.76	tkm/h	NA	Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François, (2022): "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"

References

Data Sources
Agez, Maxime; Ménard, Jean-François; Saunier, François. (2022). "Analyse du Cycle de Vie de Filières Énergétiques et de Leur Utilisation pour le Transport Routier au Québec – Partie 2 : Utilisation"

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1. Jonas Schnidrig, “Assessment of Green Mobility Scenarios on European Energy Systems” (EPFL, 2020). ↩