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Showing 1 to 20 of 547 for “"fossil fuel"”.
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Hybrid solar-fossil fuel power generation
… this thesis, a literature review of hybrid solar-fossil fuel power generation is first given with an emphasis on system integration and evaluation. Hybrid systems are defined as those which use solar energy and fuel simultaneously, thus excluding the viable alternative of solar thermal plants …
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Statistical analysis of correlated fossil fuel securities
… potentially tradable. Securities related to the fossil fuels industry are used as the basis of a practical application to two distinct forecasting techniques. The first method, forecasting using conditional multivariate Gaussian statistics, was shown to yield, in a relative sense, the best …
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Social Movements at the Fossil Fuel Frontier in South Africa
… the world economy, global emissions from fossil fuels have never been higher than today. Looking at South Africa, the continent’s biggest fossil fuel emitter, I analyse social struggles over new fossil fuel projects. South Africa’s government shows a determination to fast-track fossil fuel …
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Radioactivity of Fossil Fuel Waste Products and Associated Environmental Implications
<p>Extraction of energy resources and energy production can redistribute and concentrate naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM), particularly from the uranium (238U t1/2=4.5 x 109 yr) and thorium (232Th t1/2=1.4 x 1010 yr) decay series, posing potential human and environmental health …
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Fossil fuel impact of buildings electrification in New York City
… (80X50) requires a deep citywide conversion from fuel combustion systems to more efficient technologies, such as air-source heat pumps. Moreover, this challenging goal relies also on a much cleaner grid with the majority of electrical generation being provided by renewable sources, such as solar …
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Identifying water contamination from fossil fuel development using geochemical and isotopic fingerprints
<p>Fossil fuels continue to be a major component of the energy economies in North America, accounting for 60% of electricity generation in the U.S. Recent incidences (i.e. spills) and limited regulation of the fossil fuel industry has generated public concern about the risks fossil fuel development …
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Air/gas system dynamics and implosion control of fossil fuel power plants
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1985.
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A solar reforming system for use in hybrid solar-fossil fuel power generation
… solution is the concept of hybrid solar-fossil fuel power generation. Previous work has shown that utilizing solar reforming in conventional power cycles has higher performance compared to other integration methods. In this thesis, a two level analysis of a hybrid redox redox cycle is …
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Passive Solar Landscape Design: Its Impact on Fossil Fuel Consumption Through Landscape Design
… buildings - comfort — our lives revolve around fossil fuels. Technology and the demands of living in today's society add to our gigantic fossil fuel appetite. With gas prices topping three dollars per gallon, changes must be made. This thesis project presents an analysis of passive solar …
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Modelling the Future of Clean and Transitional Energy Systems from Conventional Fossil Fuel Development
The continuously increasing demand for energy has resulted in the fast depletion of conventional energy sources, resulting in a high degree of environmental issues worldwide. This thesis consists of a review and model development to determine the opportunities and impacts (i.e. cumulative …
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Fermentation of organic waste for bioplastic production : A potential sustainable alternative to fossil-fuel plastic
The plastic pollution has become a massive problem in the Arctic, affecting aquatic, and terrestrial ecosystems, the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. One of the solutions proposed by the Arctic Council is to improve waste management by using renewable and sustainable materials. This is where …
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Fermentation of organic waste for bioplastic production. A potential sustainable alternative to fossil-fuel plastic
The plastic pollution has become a massive problem in the Arctic, affecting aquatic, and terrestrial ecosystems, the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. One of the solutions proposed by the Arctic Council is to improve waste management by using renewable and sustainable materials. This is where …
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Tracking nuclear generating station emissions and fossil fuel contributions using tree rings in southern Ontario, Canada
… and carbon-13 (12,13C) are derived from fossil fuel combustion in the urban, industrial, and transportation sectors. In Ontario (Canada), ~half of the province’s power generation is derived from three nuclear generating stations (NGS), including Bruce Nuclear Generating Station (BNGS), …
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Defeating Cap-and-Trade: Contrarian Access, Organised Disinformation, and the Influence of Fossil Fuel Money in Congress
This dissertation examines how the fossil fuel industry and the broader climate change counter-movement influenced the U.S. congressional debate over cap-and-trade legislation between 2003 and 2010. While extensive scholarship has traced the ideological and institutional foundations of climate …
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The Relationship Between Economic Growth and Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption Growth in Net Energy-Importing Emerging Economies
… the relationship between economic growth and fossil fuel energy consumption through three interrelated chapters—each of which addresses a facet of the relationship. The first chapter argues that mainstream explanations for Industrial Revolution generally assign a pride of place to …
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Solar Energy as an Alternative to Fossil Fuel for Drying Corn on Farms in East Central Illinois
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T19:23:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8004201.pdf: 8315359 bytes, checksum: db355fd0bbfa5c1bf03198ac3e2f7bab (MD5) Previous issue date: 1979
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An analysis of how climate policies and the threat of stranded fossil fuel assets incentivize CCS deployment
… while utilizing these potentially stranded fossil fuel assets. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Energy Agency (IEA), and other international expert organizations see CCS playing a large role in the mix of climate mitigation technologies, but deployment has …
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