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Estimating the Railways Kuznets Curve for high income nations : a GMM approach for three pollution indicators
Hassan, Syeda Anam; Nosheen, Misbah - In: Energy reports 5 (2019), pp. 170-186
three key pollution emissions Carbondioxide emission, Nitrous oxide emissions and Methane emissions for 37 High income … for carbondioxide and methane emissions indicating increased level of pollution. While nitrous oxide emissions exhibit the … bidirectional relation of nitrous and methane emissions and uni-directional association of CO2 emissions to railways transportation …
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An overview of higher alcohol and biodiesel as alternative fuels in engines
Erdiwansyah; Mamat, R.; Sani, M. S. M.; Sudhakar, K.; … - In: Energy reports 5 (2019), pp. 467-479
Hydrocarbon based conventional fuels are considered as fast depleting and harmful to the environment as they release poisonous chemicals to the atmosphere. Higher Alcohols and Biodiesel are the most promising alternative fuels widely researched due to their availability, ease of production and...
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Use of NH3 fuel to achieve deep greenhouse gas reductions from US transportation
Kang, Doo Won; Holbrook, John H. - In: Energy reports 1 (2015), pp. 164-168
The transportation sector is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in the United States. This … study identifies scenarios for dramatically reducing future GHG emissions from the US transportation sector, specifically …-based fuels. Projected US LDV carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2013 reference case projections …
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Experimental investigation on performance, combustion and emission characteristics of DI diesel engine using algae as a biodiesel
Subramaniam, Mohankumar; Muthiya Solomon, Jenoris; … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020), pp. 1382-1392
with diesel results in higher thermal efficiency lower HC, CO, Smoke and particulate matter emissions. However, the other … emissions like Nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide were shown marginally higher. Regarding cylinder pressure and heat release rate …
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Intermediate pressure reboiling in geothermal flash plant for increased power production and more effective non-condensable gas abatement
Novotny, Vaclav; Vitvarova, Monika; Spale, Jan; … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 3, pp. 20-27
Non-condensable gases (NCG) in condensing geothermal flash plants have negative effects as they reduce heat transfer and thus deteriorate vacuum in condenser. Therefore, it is necessary to evacuate the condenser by vacuum pumps which substantially increases the parasitic load of the plant....
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On the possibility to simulate the operation of a SI engine using alternative gaseous fuels
Laurentiu Niculae, Andrei; Miron, Lucian; Chiriac, Radu - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 3, pp. 167-176
A thermodynamic combustion model developed in AVL BOOST software was used in order to evaluate the pollutant emissions … of pollutant emissions when the engine is running with the studied alternative fuels. As the percentage of hydrogen in … total unburned hydrocarbon emissions decrease while nitrogen oxides increase. The values of peak fire pressure, maximum …
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An analysis on the current situation of energy development and its environmental problems in Yulin City
Zhai, Xiaowei; Cheng, Zhuo; Chang, Shaohai; Ai, Xiaofei; … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 15-20
This paper has done research on the current situation of energy development and its problems in Yulin for improving the coordinated development between economy and ecological environment. Through the current situation analysis of the principal energy development and environmental pollution, it...
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Comparative evaluation of the performance of rice bran and cotton seed biodiesel blends in VCR diesel engine
K., Sundar; Udayakumar, R. - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 2, pp. 795-801
emission by 3.86% and 3.13% compared to diesel. B20 blends of MECSO and MERBO produce low emissions than diesel, thus these …
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Comparative study of low temperature denitration performance of Mn-Ce/ACFA-TiO2 catalysts under oxy-fuel and air-fuel combustion flue gases
Gou, Xiang; Zhang, Ruiping; Xu, Guoyou; Zhao, Dong - In: Energy reports 6 (2020), pp. 1545-1552
Low temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts were prepared by using acetic acid modified fly ash (ACFA) and TiO2 with the loading of Mn-Ce. The powder catalysts were characterized by BET, XRD and SEM. The effects of Mn-Ce molar ratio on the NO conversion of SCR catalyst were...
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Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia : asymmetry analysis
Mahmood, Haider; Alkahteeb, Tarek Tawfik; Furqan, Maham - In: Energy reports 6 (2020), pp. 1553-1560
urbanization on the CO2 emissions per capita in Saudi Arabia, utilizing an annual period 1968-2014. The results show that both … urbanization on the emissions. An asymmetry in the relationship of industrialization and emissions is also found. The increasing … urban and industrial–environmental policies to put a halt on increasing CO2 emissions. …
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