Introduction: With the advent of global climate change, it has become incumbent on governments and industries to monitor and limit greenhouse gas emissions to prevent a catastrophic rise in the average global temperature. The Paris agreement [Paris…
Introduction: With the advent of global climate change, it has become incumbent on governments and industries to monitor and limit greenhouse gas emissions to prevent a catastrophic rise in the average global temperature. The Paris agreement [Paris…
Electrification and decarbonization of the chemical industry are the keys to achieve carbon neutrality for human society, which necessitates the transition from fossil resource-based chemical production to renewable energy-based chemical production.…
This paper presents a model-based analysis of a process coupling trirefos rming and Fischer-Tropsch technologies for the production of liquid fuels from CO2-rich natural gas. The process also includes an upgrading section based on hydrocracking, a…
The new scenario involving the rapid energy supply transition from oil-based to natural gas-based undoubtedly affects the future carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offers an opportunity for the use of natural gas hydrates (NGHs). NGHs account for…
Although natural gas is often viewed as a commodity fuel with limited variability due to standardization for pipeline transportation, life cycle impacts of natural gas vary substantially. Greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity is one of the most…
Abundant supply, low prices, and low carbon content may result in an increased use of natural gas (NG) as an alternative transportation fuel. Assessments of the associated climate benefits are sensitive to the climate metric and time horizon selected…
Petroleum, a type of fossil fuels, is made up of the words "petra" meaning stone in Latin and "oleum" meaning oil (Petra oleum = Petrol) and it is Petroleum is English. Due to the growing population in the world, dependence on oil continues despite…
The effect of transportation on the atmosphere is immense because it is the biggest energy consumer which burns much of the global oil. This triggers environmental impact and leads to a global warming by releasing carbon dioxide, including nitrous…
Under the pressure of climate change and energy crisis, electric vehicles (EVs) have experienced a marked growth in many countries recently. However, the environmental benefits of EVs cannot be achieved if the charging power from the electricity grid…
With global warming and 2050 carbon reduction targets, the demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) marine transportation continues to increase. LNG carriers that experience emergency unseaworthy accidents at sea have the need for emergency transfer…
Within the context of the energy transition, there are several alternatives under study for the gradual replacement of diesel fuel based urban transport vehicles. This paper proposes an answer to the following question: Which bus technology and…
The need for sustainable zero-carbon fuels to substitute the conventional fossil fuels in the transport field becomes unavoidable to overcome the depletion of petroleum reserves and global warming. Metal fuels are promising energy-carrying materials…
Natural gas, as a very important source of energy and chemical feedstock, can be used in place of coal to lower net carbon dioxide emissions. Membrane separation technology is an attractive alternative for natural gas purification where the…
Hydrogen has a potentially important future role as a replacement for natural gas in the domestic sector in a zero-carbon economy for heating homes and cooking. To assess this potential, an understanding is required of the global warming potentials…
There is an increasing global attention toward hydrogen as a green energy carrier, primarily because of the environmental concerns associated with global warming issues. It is expected that the produced hydrogen from various sources may be injected…
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is gaining traction as a substitute energy source in the transportation sector. While presented as a promising energy alternative, LNG also faces criticism for being environmentally unsustainable. This debate has sparked…
The aim of this paper is to assess the environmental impact of electricity production from one of the best available gas-fired power plants and to compare it with the current mix of electricity and the supply of electricity from a typical gas plant.…
Carbon dioxide storage in geological formations is one of the mature strategies developed for controlling global warming. This paper represents a comprehensive experimental and geochemical modeling study to analyze CO2-brine-rock interactions in a…
One of the current prospective solutions that can contribute to significant carbon dioxide emission mitigation is carbon capture and storage in geological formations. The most challenging issue in underground storage is the provision of safe and…
In much of the world, compressed natural gas (CNG) has been a long recognized alternative transportation fuel due to the fact that it is domestic, one of the cleanest burning and most affordable alternative transportation fuel available – directly…
We assessed the technical and economic viability of small-scale plants producing “drop-in replacement” transportation fuels from non-food biomass and capturing and storing byproduct CO2 in spent shale-gas wells. Additional designs considered…
One of the most innovative and effective technologies developed in recent decades for reducing carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere is carbon capture and storage (CCS). It consists of capture, transport and injection of CO2 produced by energy…
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has been causing harmful effects to the environment and even to the whole earth. Nowadays, it is the leading cause of global warming and the greenhouse effect that poses a serious threat to the welfare of the planet earth and its…
Globally increasing carbon dioxide emissions, as the result of increased anthropogenic activities, has been an environmental challenge for recent years, due to the significant contribution of CO2 to global warming and air pollution. Therefore,…
The amount of CO2 released in the atmosphere has been at a continuous surge in the last decade, and in order to protect the environment from global warming, it is necessary to employ techniques like carbon capture. Developing technologies like Carbon…
During recent years reduction of carbon dioxide emission driving development of different technologies for CO2 capturing and utilization. Carbon dioxide injection in underground reservoirs is on of effective methods for storage or utilization as…
To mitigate global warming to temperatures no higher than 2 C or even less than 1.5 C, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is indispensable. This is especially true for China, which relies heavily on coal-fired power plants. In China, CCS could play an…
This study develops an integrative simulation model of a water alternating gas (WAG) process that co-injects carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4)–CO2–CH4 WAG—for formation damage caused by asphaltene deposition in an oil reservoir. The influences…
Improved oil recovery from tight oil reservoirs to fulfill the fossil fuel requirements and the CO2 storage to meet the net carbon zero objectives are the two motivations of this work. CO2 is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas and its emission to…
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) produced by the extraction of natural gas are an important contributor to lifecycle emissions and account for a significant fraction of anthropogenic methane emissions in the USA. The timing as well as the magnitude of these…
With global warming and 2050 carbon reduction targets, the demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) marine transportation continues to increase. LNG carriers that experience emergency unseaworthy accidents at sea have the need for emergency transfer…
In this study, natural gas and diesel dual-fuel combustion in a heavy-duty compression ignition engine is experimentally evaluated by adopting a modified multi-angle nozzle of a diesel injector to reduce the global warming impact (GWI) factor while…
Annually billions of cubic meters of natural gas are flared around the globe at various oil and gas production sites. Natural gas flaring practices waste valuable energy resources that can be used for economic support and will also be beneficial to…
Combining a conventional demethanizer with thermally coupled deethanizer and propane-butane recovery columns or a three-product dividing wall column (DWC) provides a realistic opportunity for natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation complexes as…
In order to meet current carbon dioxide emissions reduction challenges, natural gas processing and refining industries have to find new ways to minimize energy requirements. Building on foundations laid down in a preceding effort, this paper shows…
In order to meet current carbon dioxide emissions reduction challenges, natural gas processing and refining industries have to find the ways to minimize energy requirements of distillation operations. Building on foundations lied down in a preceding…
This paper proposes a novel integrated system for hydrogen and natural gas blending system for a selected residential application. In the current system, hydrogen is generated via an alkaline water electrolyzer unit, and the electricity required for…
Considering the revised standards pertaining to the regulations on the carbon dioxide emissions of marine engines by international maritime organizations, the use of low- or zero-carbon fuel is necessitated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the…
Petroleum, a type of fossil fuels, is made up of the words "petra" meaning stone in Latin and "oleum" meaning oil (Petra oleum = Petrol) and it is Petroleum is English. Due to the growing population in the world, dependence on oil continues despite…
Drastic growth in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the last few decades, due mainly to the development of industrial activities, is one of the most important parameters that greatly influence global warming and climate change. While oil and gas…
The aim of this paper is to assess the environmental impact of electricity production from one of the best available gas-fired power plants and to compare it with the current mix of electricity and the supply of electricity from a typical gas plant.…
Under the pressure of climate change and energy crisis, electric vehicles (EVs) have experienced a marked growth in many countries recently. However, the environmental benefits of EVs cannot be achieved if the charging power from the electricity grid…
This research work aims to provide detailed feasibility, a techno-economic evaluation, and energy management of stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic-diesel-battery (PV/DG/B) system. The proposed system can be applied to supply a specific load that is far…
Under the pressure of climate change and energy crisis, electric vehicles (EVs) have experienced a marked growth in many countries recently. However, the environmental benefits of EVs cannot be achieved if the charging power from the electricity grid…
There is an increasing global attention toward hydrogen as a green energy carrier, primarily because of the environmental concerns associated with global warming issues. It is expected that the produced hydrogen from various sources may be injected…
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) during the dehydration process of natural gas are of important concerns as this gas negatively affects the climate and environment in general. Dehydration process also encounters many heating, cooling and pumping units,…
With global warming and 2050 carbon reduction targets, the demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) marine transportation continues to increase. LNG carriers that experience emergency unseaworthy accidents at sea have the need for emergency transfer…
Within the context of the energy transition, there are several alternatives under study for the gradual replacement of diesel fuel based urban transport vehicles. This paper proposes an answer to the following question: Which bus technology and…