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…
Oil cargoes account for a significant share of the railways transportation structure. The tank-car fleet is owned by commercial entities of various forms of ownership. Small transport companies merge into larger ones to increase the efficiency of…
The rapid expansion of production of North American petroleum crude oil from shale has led to a significant increase in rail transport of crude oil. Broken rails are frequent causes of train accidents. Ultrasonic rail defect inspection is widely used…
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…
Scope: This document specifies requirements, including corrosion protection, for the design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of steel-cased pipelines for pipeline transportation systems in the petroleum and natural gas industries in…
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…
The growth in bitumen and synthetic crude oil (SCO) production in the Canadian oil sands industry has superseded pipeline capacity growth in recent years, leading to the increased interest in the transport of crude oil by rail to desired markets.…
Hazardous materials transportation is risky and an accident at any point of route can lead to severe consequences including fatalities, injuries, and environmental degradation. Routing hazardous materials is one of the main strategies to reduce the…
The paper describes education programs which deal with engineering and policies that originated in United States. The programs train engineers to solve problems that lie at the junction of technology, society, and Politics. In addition to technical…
This paper proposes a failure-related definition of interdependencies. The concept of interdependencies has never been discussed with a level of formality that could support its systematic treatment. To be used in engineering settings,…
This paper denotes the gas pipeline's risk degree by expectation wealth loss. We propose to classify the events that result in pipelines accidents according to independency principle and partition this kind of events into exclusive small events. The…
With the significant development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rail transport, the railway system is increasingly more closely connected with the integrated electricity-natural gas system (IEGS). To coordinate the economic operations of the two…
Gas hydrate is a material which contains molecules of gases in the structure like cages formed by molecules of water. Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is in equilibrium state at around 193 K under atmospheric pressure and NGH is expected to be stowed and…
"Space Weather" refers to electromagnetic and particle conditions in the near-Earth space that may disturb and damage ground-based and space-borne technological systems. "Geomagnetically induced currents" (GIC) in technological conductor networks,…
This paper for the first time explains the level of mobility using Cobb-Douglas utility function model, and then the mobility level of public transit in Suzhou old area has been investigated and analyzed. Computing each trip mode's passenger turnover…
Proper modelling of transport has become more important to formulate the necessary infrastructure construction and potential energy consumption and oil security, pollution and GHGs issue under the background of transport activity increase in the…
Being one of the most important strategic materials, oil products play an irreplaceable role in the supply of emergency resources and the normal operation of various transportation vehicles. Faced with unexpected disasters, it is urgent to allocate…
Effective management of diesel and petrol supply chain (DPSC) is essential to achieve security of fuel supply. This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess the effectiveness of DPSC in Namibia, recommending appropriate strategies…
Despite the offer of tax incentives for converting vehicles to alternative fuels, fewer than 8 million alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) are expected to be placed in service in the next ten years. More than 90 percent of car owners can be expected to…
Transportation sector accounts for a major share of energy consumption in China, especially the petroleum products, which experienced rapid increases in energy demand. This paper aims at analyzing future energy consumption in Chinese transportation…
Effective management of diesel and petrol supply chain (DPSC) is essential to achieve security of fuel supply. This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess the effectiveness of DPSC in Namibia, recommending appropriate strategies…
Currently, one of the main gas-producing regions in Russia is the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district. Obviously, the efficiency of hydrocarbon fields development will affect the rate of the social-economic development of the entire region. In this…
The Hudson River (New York, USA) as it runs between the New York Harbor and the Port of Albany has been an important route for commercial traffic, including the annual transport of an average of 56 million barrels (bbl) of refined petroleum (mainly…
In 2014, there were around 500,000 carloads of petroleum crude oil on the U.S. railroad network, an 80-fold increase since 2005. A spate of crude oil release incidents has attracted national attention to railroad transportation safety. A practical…
Burgeoning oil and gas production in Texas with the application of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling techniques has dramatically impacted the condition of rural roadway infrastructure. Many rural roadways are now inundated with…
With the increase in crude oil rail transportation, accurate modelling of non-Newtonian crude oil rheological properties and the corresponding nonlinear sloshing effects becomes necessary in order to establish safety and operation guidelines. In this…
The rapidly changing landscape of crude oil exploration and drilling in the US and Canada, together with economic considerations, logistical issues related to pipeline transport, and the availability of new types of crude oils, including Bakken crude…
The rapid expansion of production of North American petroleum crude oil from shale has led to a significant increase in rail transport of crude oil. Broken rails are frequent causes of train accidents. Ultrasonic rail defect inspection is widely used…
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…
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has emerged as a possible alternative fuel for freight railroads in the United States, due to the availability of cheap domestic natural gas and continued pursuit of environmental and energy sustainability. A safety…
The Thai government has a plan to start the first operation of the Thai High-Speed Rail (THSR) in 2021. However, ensuring the profit of THSR while limiting the project impacts on existing transport options is challenging. In this study, an approach…
Transportation emissions account for one-fourth of Europes greenhouse gas emissions, and they pose serious local public health problems in all European countries. Transportations black carbon emissionswhich are particulate matterare also major…
The world gas consumption, as well as the needs in its transportation are growing constantly nowadays. Gas transportation in a liquid form has become a strong competitor for traditional pipelines. LNG can be transported by different transport means…
It is known that there are several kinds of PD patterns to be applied to describe the insulation defects in rail transportation GIS. In order to solve the problems of discontinuous discharge region when using the traditional PRPD pattern, the polar…
The risk analysis of railway dangerous goods transportation is an important part of railway transportation safety management. At present, the risk analysis methods for railway dangerous goods transportation are mainly qualitative and quantitative…
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 growth in bitumen and synthetic crude oil (SCO) production in the Canadian oil sands industry has superseded pipeline capacity growth in recent years, leading to the increased interest in the transport of crude oil by rail to desired markets.…
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…