Anita Prajapati

Tribhuvan University · Department of Mechanical Engineering

Most of the travel demand in developing countries is fulfilled by private vehicles dominated by 2-wheelers due to their affordability, accessibility, and availability, which has direct effects on energy, economy, and environment. To achieve sustainable transport, policies such as electric mobility and mass transport options have been implemented wh...

There is a growing number of national, subnational and even company targets for net-zero emissions of CO 2 in support of the Paris Climate Agreement goals of limiting the global average temperature increase within 1.5 • C by 2100. The challenges faced by developing countries in achieving net-zero emissions targets are, however, very prominent due t...

Nepal has substantial potential to generate electricity through hydropower projects. Most of the hydropower projects in Nepal are Run-off-River (ROR) types. Significant seasonal variation can be pronounced on its river basins resulting in higher streamflow & higher hydropower generation during the wet/summer season and just reverse scenario in case...

This paper analyses the public bus network of the valley, its service coverage, and the share of the valley population with suitable access to the network within a given distance and time. It also analyses spatial relationships to public transport access in the valley. The Spatio-temporal access with the public transport is analyzed using General T...

Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) including black carbon (BC), methane (CH4), and tropospheric ozone (O3) are major climate forcers after carbon dioxide (CO2). These SLCPs also have detrimental impacts on human health and agriculture. Studies show that the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, which includes Nepal, has been experiencing the impac...

Growing demand for transport activities has raised numerous transport problems, mainly traffic congestion, environmental and energy issues. Efficient public bus services can be one of the sustainable solutions for meeting local transport demands. But the inefficient operation of public bus services in most of the developing countries has worsened t...

The main aim of this paper is to analyze the determinants of road transport energy consumption. Based on the literature study, four major factors are identified as major drivers of transport energy: transport intensity, energy intensity, per capita GDP and population. The correlation with transport energy consumption is analyzed and time series mul...

Energy situation of Nepal at present is very critical. Lingering energy crisis holds back economic advancement of the nation. Hours of power cut even in wet season depict perilous living standard of people. To estimate the future energy scenario, MARKAL modeling framework was used based on current energy statistics. Four scenario were assessed, bus...