This paper describes an automatic oil leak detection system which can detect accidental oil leaks at an early stage by continuously and remotely monitoring the underground tank that stores oil for standby engine generators. The engine generator is a…
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a promising alternative to coal to mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) and particulate emissions from power, industry, and district heating in China. While numerous existing life cycle assessment (LCA) studies estimate…
Driven by global environmental emission issues, energy access in remote communities, and tighter requirements for system resilience and reliability, electricity production is shifting from a centralized paradigm to a decentralized one. In this…
Microgrids have been considered an essential component for improving the efficiency, resilience and reliability of the evolving electric power grid. Their modularity adds to the operational flexibility of the system in addition to provision for…
The advantages of natural gas based power plants (NGPPs) have propelled the demand of natural gas as a preferred fuel for power generation [7]. With increase in NGPP consumption, the importance of interdependence between electricity and natural gas…
We investigate the potential for extracting heat from produced natural gas and utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) as a working fluid for the dual purpose of enhancing gas recovery (EGR) and extracting geothermal energy (CO2-Plume Geothermal…
Energy consumption is a major concern of industrial companies including power plants. So, precise information about this issue is vital. Gas flow metering is an important tool for the purpose and optical methods are new approaches in this field. This…
With the global demand for electrical energy increasing rapidly due to factors such as population and economic growth, energy sourced from fuels subject to price uncertainty can have negative effects on economic development. Sourced from wind, a…
The increasing load of electricity, water, cold, gas, and heat on offshore islands brings certain pressure to the island microgrid. Based on offshore islands, this paper proposes a multi-energy coupling energy system for offshore islands that takes…
Generation self-scheduling and coal supply in coal-fired power plants are closely related but typically optimized separately. To enhance the optimal operation of power plants, we propose a coordinated optimal operation strategy of generation and coal…
The development of the energy sector in Egypt is considered an urgent issue due to the rapid population rise rate. In particular, renewable energy sources (RESs) applications play an essential role in the coverage of energy demand. Therefore, Egypt…
This chapter proposes a new approach for the long‐term generation mix with multi‐criteria considering air pollution constraints, which are not only SO2 and NOX but also CO2 emission limitations, under the uncertain circumstances using linear…
In order to alleviate the shortage of natural gas supply in winter, relevant policies have been issued to promote the construction of gas peak-shaving and storage facilities. Large-scale gas storage can transfer the supply-demand relationship of…
The rapid increase of renewable generation and its anticipated continued growth requires greater operational flexibility in modern power systems. Previous studies explored the addition of more flexible resources to improve system flexibility, but…
Power is essential to the financial development and social improvement of any nation. Indigenous power sources must be created to the ideal level to reduce reliance on imported powers, subject to settling monetary, natural, and social requirements.…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is perhaps the most important greenhouse gas and it has been directly implicated in global warming. Fossil fuel-based power plants are one of the most important sources of CO2 and their sustainable operation requires mitigation…
One solution to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energy sources is the use of power-to-gas (PtG) systems. These convert excess energy from the power grid into synthetic gases that can either be stored or used directly in other energy sectors.…
The research on the cooperative operation of natural gas and new energy power generation is beneficial to improve the absorption ratio of wind and photoelectric. However, the micro-grid system with new energy resources and natural gas still has the…
Using abandoned cavern as gas storage can significantly reduce the construction cost of large-scale compressed air energy storage system, but the air tightness of cavern gas storage will significantly affect the gas storage performance. In order to…
In recent days, aiming for power generation with less carbon emission, led to the high penetration of renewable energy into the distribution grid. To improve the intermittency caused by renewables and to increase the grid flexibility, grid integrated…
The Trans-Alaska pipeline was built to transport crude oil from the Prudhoe Bay field on the North Slope of Alaska to an ice-free port in south-central Alaska. The 48 in pipeline has a design capacity of two million barrels per day but is currently…
Enhanced sustainability and efficiency are among the prime indicators to achieve in the power generation sector of any country. The decline in efficiency might be caused by improper utilization of fuels and increasing entropy in outdated generation…
The current study deals with the thermodynamic modeling of an innovative integrated plant based on solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold energy supply. For the suggested innovative plant the energy, and exergy simulations…
The main objective of this study was to generate renewable energies (i.e., thermal energy and electricity) by turning agricultural waste to green energy based on waste gasification integrated with low-temperature air separation, gas turbine, and CO2…
Freeze desalination (FD) works upon the separation of impurities from pure water during ice crystals formation. The required cold source could be supplied by the cold energy of liquefied natural gas (LNG). In the current study, freeze desalination of…
High ambient temperature negatively affects gas turbine performance, especially in a tropical climate. Cogeneration improves fuel utilization by taking advantage of the energy discharged as waste heat in the exhaust gases. This case study assesses…
Background Chemical looping combustion (CLC) has attracted wide interests with high-efficiency and near-zero energy penalty carbon capture. However, the low-pressure operation of the most adopted circulating fluidized-bed reactors restricts the…
Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) arising from the combustion of fuels are a significant source of air pollution. Estimating them for a given fuel blend is difficult, because the emissions are affected in a highly complex manner by several factors…
Abstractss Attention towards the use of biomass for Power Generation has increased intensely from the past few years because of the awareness of global warming and a bad effect on the environment due to the fossil fuels combustion. This paper…
To achieve a complete decarbonisation of the global energy system, an energy mix based on different renewable sources, an effective large-scale energy storage system and a certain flexibility and simplicity of use of energy in its various forms for…
Globally as well as in the United States electricity is produced with diverse energy sources and technologies. Every country with their innovative technologies of producing electric power of their demand due to population growth uses many different…
Non-emitting variable renewable energy (VRE) resources are needed on the power grid if the United States is to “deeply decarbonize” the power sector. The intermittent nature of these resources makes them difficult to integrate into the power system.…
The existing combustion-centered energy mix in Malaysia has shown that replacing fossil fuels with zero-carbon alternative fuels could be a better approach to achieve the reduction of the carbon footprint of the power generation industry. In this…
Abstractss Attention towards the use of biomass for Power Generation has increased intensely from the past few years because of the awareness of global warming and a bad effect on the environment due to the fossil fuels combustion. This paper…
Thermochemical conversion of oil sludge (OS) residues from crude oil refinery was studied as an alternative for treatment and energy recovery before OS final disposal. A simulation model for OS gasification was developed and validated by using…
Globally as well as in the United States electricity is produced with diverse energy sources and technologies. Every country with their innovative technologies of producing electric power of their demand due to population growth uses many different…
CO2 capture methods of post-combustion and pre-combustion from power plant are investigated in this study. Different injection strategies for CO2 and water individually or combined are conducted by the model scaled up from Wilmington heavy oil…
This work presents an analytical methodology for selecting the most economical mix of drivers for large mechanical load and power generation for offshore production in the Gulf of Mexico. These method accounts for CAPEX, life-cycle costs and the…
Microturbines present themselves as a reliable and versatile solution for the generation of electric power on units consuming a few dozens of kilowatts. Confirming the catalog information, preventive maintenance intervals are reduced and simple…
As the search for oil and gas progressed, platforms were located further offshore in deeper waters. This necessitated the requirement for offshore living quarters located on the platforms. Thus, the generation of electricity became a natural part of…
According to industry body Oil and Gas UK, [1] there are some 475 installations, 10,000 kilometres of pipelines, 15 onshore terminals and 5,000 wells that will eventually be decommissioned in the UK Oil and Gas industry. This paper summarises the…
This paper provides a brief history and overview of the 100,000,000 m/sup 3/-of-gas/d Troll Project, the largest gas project in Europe, with an expected lifetime of 50 years. A system description details the selection of five 40-MW 12-pulse…
In Indonesia, there are many power plants either owned by PLN or private company (non PLN) with varying electricity. The production of electricity will incur environment negative impact due to carbon footprint. As pollutant or byproduct, carbon…
The paper provides a brief history and overview of the 100 million cubic meters of gas per day Troll Project, the largest gas project in Europe with an expected lifetime of 50 years. A system description details the selection of five, 40 MW, 12 pulse…
Adjustable speed drives are widely used in the petroleum, chemical and pipeline industries for energy savings and process control optimization. Their output powers range from fractions of kilowatts through tens of megawatts, with motor speeds up to…
Questions of mathematical aspects of microwave technologies development for the oil extraction complex are considered. Mathematical modeling of noncompressed viscous liquid moving in cylindrical waveguide is discussed. The results of modeling are…
Natural gas is the preferred fuel for most applications ranging from home heating to electric power production with high efficiency combined cycle power plants. It is competitively priced, relatively easy to transport and results in substantially…
Every measure must be taken to control electric power expense because it plays such a large role in the operating expense of a petroleum products pipeline. This effort is made more difficult by the fact that electric utilities are continuously…
We present a robot system for in-pipe inspection of underground urban gas pipelines. The robot is configured as an articulated structure like a snake with a tether cable. Two active driving vehicles are located in front and rear of the system, and…
In modern power systems, it is very important to provide secure and effective generation. Power plants with multiple fuel options are a good solution for this purpose, especially in the electric grids that are highly dependent on the natural gas…