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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Energy Return On Investment (EROI)"”.
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Physical and Economic Models of Natural Resource Scarcity: Theory and Application to Petroleum Development and Production in the Lower 48 United States, 1955-1985
Physical and economic models of the costs of developing and producing petroleum in the lower 48 United States were calculated and compared for the 1955 to 1985 period. The physical scarcity model calculated the energy return on investment (EROI) for petroleum development and production. The EROI is …
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Energy, environment, and sustainability: a hierarchical analysis of south Louisiana
This dissertation details research into the sustainability of industrial, human, and natural systems in south Louisiana. Chapter 1 is a general introduction. Chapter 2 calculates the energy return on financial investment (EROFI) of oil and gas production in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) …
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Biofuels from Liquefaction of Marine Microalgae: Production, Upgrading, and Environmental Impacts
… is an attractive source for liquid fuel production as it grows rapidly even in adverse conditions, and fixes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by photosynthesis. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of microalgae is a promising conversion technology in which algal biomass is treated as an aqueous …
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Energy and Environmental Tools for Process Sustainability Evaluation
… of theoretical approaches and their application to real cases in order to assess the sustainability of production processes. Adopting an approach of Life Cycle Thinking allows to compare different technologies, both traditional and innovative ones, evaluating the best performance from an …