The present study investigates the status of the urban environment in Ranchi, a rapidly growing city in the eastern part of India. The various environmental indicators viz., ambient air quality, aerosol concentration, ambient noise level and urban green space were analysed in a spatio-temporal...

The main aim of this study was to investigate the temporal trends in maximum (T <Subscript>max</Subscript>), minimum (T <Subscript>min</Subscript>) temperature and diurnal temperature range (DTR) at annual and seasonal basis for seven sites in north-west region of India. The analysis was carried out for period of 31 years (1970–2000)....</subscript></subscript>

Biomass is considered carbon neutral, and displacement of fossil fuel-based power by biomass-based power is one means to mitigate greenhouse gases. Large forest areas in British Columbia (BC), Canada, are infested by the mountain pine beetle (MPB). Dead wood from the infestation is expected to...

This study estimated the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and net energy ratio (NER) for producing hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD) from canola and camelina in Western Canada. Using 1 MJ of energy in the HDRD produced as the functional unit, a variety of scenarios were evaluated to...

Hydrogen is produced via steam methane reforming (SMR) for bitumen upgrading which results in significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Wind energy based hydrogen can reduce the GHG footprint of the bitumen upgrading industry. This paper is aimed at developing a detailed data-intensive...

Emissions from crude recovery contribute significantly to the life cycle GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions of transportation fuels. Recovery emissions come from drilling and land use change, crude extraction, crude oil processing, venting, flaring, and fugitives. In this study an attempt has been...

The formulation of the static user equilibrium traffic assignment problem (UETAP) under some simplifying assumptions has a unique solution in terms of link flows but not in terms of path flows. Large variations are possible in the path flows obtained using different UETAP solution algorithms....

Biomass fuels have long been accepted as useful renewable energy sources, especially in mitigating greenhouse gases (GHG), nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxide emissions. Biomass fuel is carbon neutral and is usually low in both nitrogen and sulfur. For the past decade, various forms of biomass...

The tortuosity factor of road infrastructure is an important parameter for assessing and designing biofuel facilities. This study focuses on the assessment of tortuosity factor considering real road network and dispersedly lignocellulosic biomass resources. A methodology is developed and applied...

Triticale, a hybrid between wheat and rye, has gained the attention of researchers as a feasible future energy crop for Canada. The study focuses on development of data intensive techno-economic model for assessment of triticale straw-based electricity generation, its optimum size and the GHG...