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Evaluation of the Thermo-Osmotic Energy Conversion (TOEC) Process for Harvesting Low-Grade Heat Energy
DownloadSpring 2024
The growing global demand for energy, coupled with the need for sustainable and efficient energy solutions, has driven the exploration of new energy sources. Low-grade heat, widely available but challenging to convert into usable forms of energy (such as electricity), is a focal point for...
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Life Cycle Assessment of a Community-Based Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery System: Sewage Heat Recovery and MBR for Water Reuse
DownloadSpring 2021
Municipal sewage contains significant embedded resources in the form of chemical and thermal energy. Recent developments in sustainable technology has pushed for the integration of resource recovery from household wastewater to achieve net zero energy consumption and carbon neutral communities....
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Life Cycle Assessment of Transportation Fuels from Canada’s Oil Sands through Development of Theoretical Engineering Models
DownloadFall 2014
Oil sands in Canada are significant in fulfilling the current and the future energy demands of North America. The development of these resources, besides the increased awareness in global carbon management, has given way to various policy regulations such as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)...
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Life Cycle GHG Emissions of Mineralization and Carbon Utilization Research Perspectives: Modelling and Stakeholder Elicitation
DownloadSpring 2024
A recent International Panel on Climate Change report indicates that a rise of global mean surface temperature by 1.5ºC is expected to place increased risk on health, food security and climate. Carbon capture utilization (CCU) is a climate mitigation strategy where CO2 is converted into products,...
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Spring 2013
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is one of the important environmental issues that world is facing today. Biomass usage, specifically capturing energy from biomass that would otherwise decay, is one the of many options available to mitigate the impact of the buildup of GHG emissions from fossil...