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Spring harvested corn stover was used for direct combustion in a 146 kW dual chamber boiler designed for wood logs … combustion chamber at a rate of 10.5 to 12.8 kg/h over a 24-h period, with three replications, and compared to a control wood … combustion trial (12.1 kg/h during 24 h). The overall heat transfer efficiency for stover was lower than for wood (57% <em …
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this work, the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of various biodiesel (rice bran oil and pungam oil) and … exhibited lower unburned hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and soot emissions with a penalty of higher NO<SUB align …="right"><SMALL>x</SMALL></SUB> emissions. …
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this work, the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of various biodiesel (rice bran oil and pungam oil) and … exhibited lower unburned hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and soot emissions with a penalty of higher NOx emissions. …
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decarbonized. Maximum availability of biomethane and hydrogen from power to gas is estimated at 100-150 billion cubic meters by … 2050 (or around 25-30% of gas demand in the late 2010s. Therefore, large scale hydrogen production from reforming methane …. Costs of biomethane and hydrogen options are several times higher than prices of natural gas in 2019-2020. Significant …
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This paper constructs a stylized model of firm output and emissions that accounts for the two externalities that … characterize environmental markets when technological change is endogenous. The first externality concerns emissions, the external … return to innovation above the private return. We show that when firms can reduce emissions separately through both output …
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This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make …, the Kyoto Protocol, and the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The political, social, and economic context of … committee to oversee the carbon allowance market in a theoretical U.S. emissions trading scheme. Its objective will be to: (1 …
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. Results: The numerical results show that carbon emissions and energy consumption penalties affect optimal biorefinery … selections and supply chain decisions. Conclusions: We conclude that there is no need to penalize both emissions and energy use … emissions or energy consumption penalties makes the optimization model closer to supply sources while having higher land rental …
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Does a more unequal society emit more CO2? The nexus between carbon emissions and income inequality has been at the … emissions in highly tertiarized countries. In contrast, the relationship in non-service-intensive economies turns negative. We …
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same ambitious climate policy target (~85% CO2 emissions reduction). The main insights on the deployment of CCS in Europe … transport infrastructure is available, CCS will be a preferred mitigation option for the industry sector emissions. The joint … only capture 80–90% of the CO2 emissions of thermal power plants. Moreover, the advantages of CCS in terms of energy system …
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We investigate the relationship between farm level competitiveness and environmental performance using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). We use an Irish panel of farm level financial data for the years 2000-2017 to analyse the link between EU Common Agricultural Policy environmental payments,...
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