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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Emissions Mitigation"”.
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The potential contribution of industrial symbiosis to greenhouse gas emissions mitigation
… to reduce specific energy demand as well as emissions. One option to reduce the overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of industrial production is the use of by-products in so-called ‘industrial symbiosis’. The aim of this thesis is to estimate the potential contribution of industrial …
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The role of industrial carbon capture and storage in emissions mitigation
… holds potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector. Industrial CCS applications, however, are more challenging to analyze than CCS in the power sector - mainly due to the vast heterogeneity in industrial and fuel processes. I focus on emission sources from cement …
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Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Potential through the use of Forest Bioenergy
… opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with fossil fuel use, reduce non-renewable energy consumption, and provide investment and employment in the forestry sector. These opportunities, however, must be considered within the broader contexts of forest systems. Of …
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Enteric methane emissions mitigation in U.S. beef production: industry adoption, public perception, and potential market impacts
… is receiving pressure to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, including methane. The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has set a target for the U.S. feedlot sector to reduce emissions by 10% per pound of beef by 2030. Feed additive 3-Nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP) has been developed to help mitigate …
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Analysis of future carbon tax scenarios for South African gold mines
… effect in 2019, and it places a price on the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). The second phase of the carbon tax will be implemented in 2023. Presently, there is uncertainty regarding the changes that will be made to tax policy during this review. This is especially problematic since GHG …
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Analysis of the embodied carbon emissions flows in China: applying a network perspective to sectors, provinces, and carbon communities within the Chinese economy
With China’s commitment to achieve peak emissions by 2030, emissions from different sectors of the economy are being examined. China’s current carbon emissions mitigation research focus mainly on the two ends of the industrial supply chain: production and consumption. Most of the intermediate …
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An analytical framework for long term policy for commercial deployment and innovation in carbon capture and sequestration technology in the United States
… technology has the potential to be a key CO2 emissions mitigation technology for the United States. Several CCS technology options are ready for immediate commercial-scale demonstration, but three obstacles to commercial deployment remain: the lack of a clear legal and regulatory framework for …
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Geometry-Aware Methodology for Coupling Mechanism Analysis and Radiation Mechanism Analysis
… modal-based equation is used to predict the emissions. Mitigation methodologies, such as component placement and grounding post design, are also discussed based on the modal analysis results.</p> <p>The transfer function method is commonly used for RFI problem analysis and mitigation. In this …
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A comparative assessment of the clean development mechanism and Alberta's carbon offset system
… within Alberta’s overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation strategy is to provide a cost-effective alternative for regulated facilities to meet their emissions reduction obligations. Offsets generated pursuant to the ACOS are permitted as equivalent alternatives to actual emission …
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Reliability estimation and risk-cost optimisation of underground pipelines
… and life cycle cost, including carbon dioxide emissions mitigation cost, using Genetic Algorithm (GA). Optimisation technique, SS has also been developed for risk-cost optimisation of underground pipelines. Examples are presented to validate the proposed methods with a view to prevent …
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Analysis of energy efficiency in South Africa's primary mineral industry: a focus on gold
… for the majority of its greenhouse gas emissions. In 2010 the global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide - the principal greenhouse gas-jumped by 5.3% from the previous year, to a record 30.4 gigatonnes (IEA 2011a). The International Energy Agency (2011) has projected that the …
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Under Pressure: Decomposing and Predicting Methane Emissions Variability in U.S. Oil and Gas Basins
… gas: a key U.S. resource. The challenge with mitigation is that methane comes from a large number of spread out and non-uniform sources. I investigate the largest industrial source of U.S. methane emissions - oil and gas infrastructure - across five major basins, and find a strong seasonal …
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Measuring Methane Emissions in the Urban Environment
Mitigating methane (CH4 ) emissions is a necessary intervention to address the immediate impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Bottom-up inventories and models are used to predict the quantity of CH4 emissions, but these estimates are poorly constrained, especially on a source-by-source basis. …
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Integrated Modeling of Agricultural Reactive Nitrogen in the United States: Emissions, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies
… is a leading source of reactive nitrogen (Nr) emissions, including nitric oxide (NO), nitrous acid (HONO), and ammonia (NH3), that damage air quality, climate, and human health. As air pollutants, NO and NH3 contribute to the formation of ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM), with impacts …
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LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICY IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD
… that an important element of climate change mitigation policy will be the development and diffusion of low-carbon technologies. This dissertation uses the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM), a global integrated assessment model to study the relationships between technology and policy in …
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Mobile Carbon Footprinting: Sensing and Shaping the Carbon Emissions of Daily Activities Using Digital Technologies
Lifestyle changes for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are becoming a necessary component of climate change mitigation. Data-driven digital tools for encouraging widespread participation in bottom-up emissions reduction and climate action do not yet exist, however, and emissions remain illegible …
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Pathways for Low Emissions Utilizing Spray Targeted Reactivity Stratification (STARS) in High Efficiency Natural Gas Dual Fuel Combustion
… since they emit pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. This dissertation focuses on experimental analysis of dual-fuel low temperature combustion (LTC), which can be used as a strategy to reduce engine-out emissions and increase engine efficiencies. Dual fuel LTC uses two different fuels, a …
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Development and Applications of the Modular Automotive Technology Testbed (MATT) to Evaluate Hybrid Electric Powertrain Components and Energy Management Strategies
… produce physical measured component losses and emissions to monitor emissions behavior. In the automotive world, new technology components are first developed on a test bench and then they are integrated into a prototype vehicle for transient evaluation from the vehicle system perspective. This …
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Three Essays On The Interaction Between Global Trade And Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Agreements
… of trade sanctions in enforcing greenhouse gas mitigation agreements is the fundamental theme of the three essays comprising this dissertation. All three essays employ a multi-sector, multi-region computable general equilibrium model, GTAP-AEZ-GHG, documented in Golub et al. (2009) to …
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Bioenergy and its use to mitigate the climate impact of aviation
… presents an opportunity to mitigate CO2 emissions contributing to anthropogenic climate change by offsetting fossil fuel use, and the work presented in this thesis contributes to the literature on bioenergy and climate change mitigation in three areas. First, this thesis quantifies the …
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