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A techno-economic assessment of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities in Western Canada
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Raj, Ratan, Suman, Ravi, Ghandehariun, Samane, Kumar, Amit, Tiwari, Manoj K.
The availability and low cost of natural gas in North America open the possibility of transporting it to places where there is significant demand. Natural gas can be transported long distances as liquefied natural gas (LNG). In this paper, data-intensive techno-economic models were developed to...
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A techno-economic study of shipping LNG to the Asia-Pacific from western Canada by LNG carrier
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Raj, Ratan, Ghandehariun, Samane, Kumar, Amit, Geng, Jia, Linwei, Ma
There is a high demand for natural gas in the Asia-Pacific region. Most of this gas is exported from the Middle East, Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. There is interest in the Asia-Pacific to diversify its import portfolio. From a Canadian perspective, there are abundant resources of natural...
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A well-to-wire life cycle assessment of Canadian shale gas for electricity generation in China
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Raj, Ratan, Ghandehariun, Samane, Kumar, Amit, Linwei, Ma
China relies heavily on coal for power generation, and the demand for coal in a country of this size makes China the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitter; hence China is pursuing greener pathways for power generation. Importing shale gas in the form of LNG from Canada is one such pathway. It...
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Characterization of Particulate Matter Morphology and Volatility for Two Direct-Injection Engines
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Particulate matter emitted from two direct injection engines has been characterized by morphology, volatility, mass-mobility exponent, effective density, and size distribution using tandem measurements from a centrifugal particle mass analyzer (CPMA) and differential mobility analyzers (DMA). The...
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2016-01-01
The key objective of this paper is to develop a benchmark for water demand coefficients of the complete life cycle of natural gas-fired power generation. Water demand coefficients include water consumption and water withdrawals for various stages of natural gas production as well as for power...
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Integrated techno-economic and environmental assessments of sixty scenarios for co-firing biomass with coal and natural gas
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Agbor, Ezinwa, Oyedun, Adetoyese Olajire, Zhang, Xiaolei, Kumar, Amit
Displacement of fossil fuel-based power through biomass co-firing could reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuels. In this study, data-intensive techno-economic models were developed to evaluate different co-firing technologies as well as the configurations of these...
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Introduction of Competition in Regulated Markets: Analysis of Colombia’s Natural Gas Industry
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This dissertation deals with the introduction of competition in regulated industries such as natural gas. The thesis focuses on the recently developed Colombian natural gas market and uses a more mature market, the deregulated gas market existing in the province of Alberta, Canada, as a benchmark...