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2018-01-01
Khan, Md. Mohib-Ul-Haque, Vaezi, Mahdi, Kumar, Amit
Siting a solid waste conversion facility requires an assessment of solid waste availability as well as ensuring compliance with environmental, social, and economic factors. The main idea behind this study was to develop a methodology to locate suitable locations for waste conversion facilities...
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2018-01-01
Kumar, Mayank, Oyedun, Adetoyese Olajire, Kumar, Amit
Hydrothermal processing, a thermochemical approach, is an excellent method of converting energy-rich biomass into useful products. This approach offers the advantage of handling biomass with relatively high moisture content by precluding an energy-intensive pretreatment step. Hydrothermal...
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2018-01-01
Davis, Matthew, Ahiduzzaman, Md., Kumar, Amit
This paper interprets the energy flow from available primary fuel to end use in all of the provinces and territories in Canada for the year 2012 using Sankey diagrams. These flow charts illustrate energy production, imports, exports, and local consumption by economic sector, and quantify the...
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Energy efficiency improvement opportunities and associated greenhouse gas abatement costs for the residential sector
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Subramanyam, Veena, Kumar, Amit, Talaei, Alireza, Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain
Despite improvements, the residential sector is one of most energy-intensive sectors in the world and is the third largest consumer of energy across Canada, and in Alberta in particular. This study investigates opportunities to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)...
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2017-01-01
Thaker, Spandan, Oni, Abayomi Olufemi, Kumar, Amit
In this paper, a data-intensive cost model was developed for sensible heat, latent heat and thermochemical storage systems. In order to evaluate the economic feasibility of storage systems, five scenarios were developed depending on the method of storage. The five scenarios considered were...
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A techno-economic assessment of bitumen and synthetic crude oil transport (SCO) in the Canadian oil sands industry: Oil via rail or pipeline?
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Verma, Aman, Nimana, Balwinder S., Olateju, Babatunde, Rahman, Md. Mustafizur, Radpour, Saeidreza, Canter, Christina E., Subramanyam, Veena, Paramashivan, Deepak, Vaezi, Mahdi, Kumar, Amit
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. However, the specific techno-economic parameters...
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Life cycle water-demand coefficients for conventional oil production from five North American locations
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The production of liquid fuels from crude oil requires water. There has been limited focus on the assessment of life cycle water demand footprints for crude oil production and refining. The overall aim of this paper is address this gap. The objective of this research is to develop water demand...
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Development of life cycle water footprints for oil sands-based transportation fuel production
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There is considerable focus on oil sands transportation fuel production. However, most studies focus on greenhouse gas emissions; there is limited work on understanding the life cycle water footprint. This study is an effort to address this gap. The main objective of this study is to develop...
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Development of water demand coefficients for power generation from renewable energy technologies
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Renewable energy technology-based power generation is considered to be environmentally friendly and to have a low life cycle greenhouse gas emissions footprint. However, the life cycle water footprint of renewable energy technology-based power generation needs to be assessed. The objective of...
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2017-01-01
Subramanyam, Veena, Kumar, Amit, Ahiduzzaman, Md
This study was conducted to identify energy efficiency improvement options and assess these opportunities in terms of potential of energy savings and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation for the commercial and institutional sector. In addition, associated GHG abatement cost (GHGAC) curves were...