Although the transportation tends to serve as flexible loads to smooth the energy demand profile, the transportation capacity is far from fully exploited to promote the efficiency of energy systems. Railways can transport a large volume of liquefied…
The electrified railway system with liquefied natural gas (LNG) transported is closely related to the integrated electricity-gas energy system, but little research focuses on the coordinated optimal operation of these systems. To fill the gap, this…
The article considers the variants of emergency situations that occur during railway transportation of oil and petroleum products in the Northern regions. Options for implementing measures to eliminate fires and explosions related to these events are…
We consider the problem of empty tank cars relocation in a railway petroleum transportation. Biggest petroleum carrier in Kazakhstan railway network provides transportation service to the customers. The majority of its expenses consist of an empty…
North America is experiencing a boom in crude oil supply, primarily due to growing production in the Canadian oil sands and the recent expansion of shale oil production from the Bakken fields in North Dakota and Montana as well as the Eagle Ford and…
This study presents a comprehensive environmental impact and economic assessment of the use of natural gas in potentially cleaner locomotives. An integrated direct methane-solid oxide fuel cell powering system is proposed and analyzed using energy…
Different technologies have been applied to store and transport natural gas. Such technologies and their applications are dependent on factors such as scale of development and distance from markets. In this work, the economic evaluation of natural…
The refineries in eastern Canada depend primarily on the marine networks to meet their crude demand. This exclusive reliance on a single mode results in overloaded marine networks, which in turn increases the associated risk for oil spills and…
The low probability – high consequence nature of hazardous materials (hazmat) incidents dictate a risk-averse route planning approach. However, preparing routing plans for multiple hazmat shipments between various origin–destination pairs also raises…
Railroad is one of the primary transportation modes for hazardous materials (hazmat) shipments in North America. Designing an emergency response network capable of providing commensurate response is one of the primary levers to contain (or mitigate)…