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Energy is a basic requirement for economic development. Every sector of Indian economy-agriculture, industry transport, commercial and domestic needs input of energy. The economic development plans implemented since independence have necessarily required increasing amount of energy. As a result...
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regulated and unregulated exhaust emissions. However, most researchers have observed a significant increase in NOx emissions … believe that the fuel properties have been shown to effect the emissions of NOx. The present work reviews the effect of fuel … properties and composition on NOx emissions from biodiesel fuelled engines. The paper is organised in three sections. The first …
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The fundamental combustion and emissions properties of advanced biofuels are reviewed, and their impact on engine …-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions, compared to traditional fossil fuels or first-generation biofuels from food-based feedstocks. These … biofuels or from Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. The engine performance and exhaust pollutant emissions of advanced biofuels are …
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tends to provide a theoretical estimate of methane emissions from both livestock manure in Nigeria and municipal solid waste … Organization (FAO) was used to estimate the methane emissions from animal residues using a mathematical approach developed by the … Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Emissions of methane from solid wastes were also estimated based on the 2011 cities …
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As global energy demand rises, natural gas (NG) plays a pivotal role in energy supply. Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel and it has high energy conversion efficiencies for power generation. Natural gas has been extensively investigated for use in spark-ignition (SI) and...
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) emissions. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions were also increased for gases with higher levels of higher WN, while total …) emissions did not show any fuel effects. Moreover, adding of small fractions of higher alkanes, such as ethane and propane …
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Evaluating the environmental sustainability performance of a nation is complex. This paper considers the merits of environmental indices, and how effective they are when assessing the environmental sustainability of any nation. The simplicity and generic qualities of environmental indices...
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of energy and emissions performance for different biomass cookstoves is given. Data is obtained from reliable sources …
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reduce NOx emissions. The emission of fuel cell is low as compared to conventional vehicles but as penalty, fuel cell …
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This paper presents a review and assessment of public-policy options for supporting large-scale penetration of photovoltaics (PV) in the United States. The goal therein is to reduce the costs both of solar technology and of grid integration, so enabling solar deployment nationwide. In this...
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