Georgios Alexandrakis, "Study of pollutant emissions with the evolution of technology", Diploma Work, School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2022
https://doi.org/10.26233/heallink.tuc.92575
This dissertation deals with the continuous and increasing pollution of the environment due to motor vehicles. It will include an introduction to the pollutants emitted by vehicles in particular and their degree of responsibility for environmental pollution. Then there will be an analysis of vehicles that use gasoline, diesel and electronic engines. A comparison will be made of the pollutants produced in these engines. Then there will be a deepening of the long-term pollution of the environment due to batteries (due to their recycling) where the question will arise whether the production of batteries will burden the environment more than we think. An assessment will also be made through an analysis of the total life cycle of the battery as well as the pollutants produced. Finally, a reference should be made to the combustion of hydrogen for the production drive, whether it is possible to introduce this alternative form of energy source and what difficulties it had.