The effect of export composition on energy demand: A fresh evidence in the context of economic complexity

Excellent electrochemical water splitting with remarkable durability can provide a solution to satisfy the increasing global energy demand in which the electrode materials play an important role.

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Current Technology Could Reduce Global Energy Demand by 85%

Chemical & Engineering News ◽

10.1021/cen010411141032 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 010411141032

Author(s):

Sara Peach

Keyword(s):

Energy Demand ◽

Global Energy ◽

Current Technology

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Fuzzy multi-objective decision making approach for nuclear power plant installation

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems ◽

10.3233/jifs-189101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (5) ◽

pp. 6339-6350

Author(s):

Esra Çakır ◽

Ziya Ulukan

Keyword(s):

Linear Programming ◽

Power Plant ◽

Nuclear Power Plant ◽

Energy Supply ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Total Duration ◽

Objective Functions ◽

Multi Objective

Due to the increase in energy demand, many countries suffer from energy poverty because of insufficient and expensive energy supply. Plans to use alternative power like nuclear power for electricity generation are being revived among developing countries. Decisions for installation of power plants need to be based on careful assessment of future energy supply and demand, economic and financial implications and requirements for technology transfer. Since the problem involves many vague parameters, a fuzzy model should be an appropriate approach for dealing with this problem. This study develops a Fuzzy Multi-Objective Linear Programming (FMOLP) model for solving the nuclear power plant installation problem in fuzzy environment. FMOLP approach is recommended for cases where the objective functions are imprecise and can only be stated within a certain threshold level. The proposed model attempts to minimize total duration time, total cost and maximize the total crash time of the installation project. By using FMOLP, the weighted additive technique can also be applied in order to transform the model into Fuzzy Multiple Weighted-Objective Linear Programming (FMWOLP) to control the objective values such that all decision makers target on each criterion can be met. The optimum solution with the achievement level for both of the models (FMOLP and FMWOLP) are compared with each other. FMWOLP results in better performance as the overall degree of satisfaction depends on the weight given to the objective functions. A numerical example demonstrates the feasibility of applying the proposed models to nuclear power plant installation problem.

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Biodiesel production from non-edible oils: A review

WEENTECH Proceedings in Energy ◽

10.32438/wpe.0602149 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 149-159

Author(s):

Jatinder Kataria ◽

Saroj Kumar Mohapatra ◽

Amit Pal

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impact ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

World Wide ◽

Edible Oils ◽

Control Measure ◽

Biodiesel Production ◽

Pollution Level ◽

Animal Fats ◽

The World

The limited fossil reserves, spiraling price and environmental impact due to usage of fossil fuels leads the world wide researchers’ interest in using alternative renewable and environment safe fuels that can meet the energy demand. Biodiesel is an emerging renewable alternative fuel to conventional diesel which can be produced from both edible and non-edible oils, animal fats, algae etc. The society is in dire need of using renewable fuels as an immediate control measure to mitigate the pollution level. In this work an attempt is made to review the requisite and access the capability of the biodiesel in improving the environmental degradation.

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Direct ammonia fueled solid oxide fuel cells: A comprehensive review on challenges, opportunities and future outlooks

International Journal of Energy Technology ◽

10.32438/ijet.203011 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 70-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Molla Asmare ◽

Mustafa Ilbas

Keyword(s):

Electric Power ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Clean Energy ◽

Performance Comparison ◽

Optimum Operating ◽

Practical Implementation ◽

Human Society ◽

Energy Access ◽

Green Fuel

Nowadays, the most decisive challenges we are fronting are perfectly clean energy making for equitable and sustainable modern energy access, and battling the emerging alteration of the climate. This is because, carbon-rich fuels are the fundamental supply of utilized energy for strengthening human society, and it will be sustained in the near future. In connection with this, electrochemical technologies are an emerging and domineering tool for efficiently transforming the existing scarce fossil fuels and renewable energy sources into electric power with a trivial environmental impact. Compared with conventional power generation technologies, SOFC that operate at high temperature is emerging as a frontrunner to convert the fuels chemical energy into electric power and permits the deployment of varieties of fuels with negligible ecological destructions. According to this critical review, direct ammonia is obtained as a primary possible choice and price-effective green fuel for T-SOFCs. This is because T-SOFCs have higher volumetric power density, mechanically stable, and high thermal shocking resistance. Also, there is no sealing issue problem which is the chronic issues of the planar one. As a result, the toxicity of ammonia to use as a fuel is minimized if there may be a leakage during operation. It is portable and manageable that can be work everywhere when there is energy demand. Besides, manufacturing, onboard hydrogen deposition, and transportation infrastructure connected snags of hydrogen will be solved using ammonia. Ammonia is a low-priced carbon-neutral source of energy and has more stored volumetric energy compared with hydrogen. Yet, to utilize direct NH3 as a means of hydrogen carrier and an alternative green fuel in T-SOFCs practically determining the optimum operating temperatures, reactant flow rates, electrode porosities, pressure, the position of the anode, thickness and diameters of the tube are still requiring further improvement. Therefore, mathematical modeling ought to be developed to determine these parameters before planning for experimental work. Also, a performance comparison of AS, ES, and CS- T-SOFC powered with direct NH3 will be investigated and best-performed support will be carefully chosen for practical implementation and an experimental study will be conducted for verification based on optimum parameter values obtained from numerical modeling.

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Atlas of economic complexity, Russian regional pages

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2018-6-71-91 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 71-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

I. L. Lyubimov ◽

M. V. Lysyuk ◽

M. A. Gvozdeva

Keyword(s):

Value Added ◽

Growth Strategy ◽

Gdp Per Capita ◽

Export Diversification ◽

Russian Regions ◽

Economic Complexity ◽

Diversification Strategies ◽

Central Regions ◽

Per Capita ◽

Regions Of Russia

Well-established results indicate that export diversification might be a better growth strategy for an emerging economy as long as its GDP per capita level is smaller than an empirically defined threshold. As average incomes in Russian regions are likely to be far below the threshold, it might be important to estimate their diversification potential. The paper discusses the Atlas of economic complexity for Russian regions created to visualize regional export baskets, to estimate their complexity and evaluate regional export potential. The paper’s results are consistent with previous findings: the complexity of export is substantially higher and diversification potential is larger in western and central regions of Russia. Their export potential might become larger if western and central regions, first, try to join global value added chains and second, cooperate and develop joint diversification strategies. Northern and eastern regions are by contrast much less complex and their diversification potential is small.

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BP Global Energy Outlook 2030

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2013-5-109-128 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 109-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

C. Rühl

Keyword(s):

Emerging Economies ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Net Energy ◽

Global Energy ◽

The Past ◽

Market Shares ◽

The Us ◽

Almost All ◽

Oil Gas

This paper presents the highlights of the third annual edition of the BP Energy Outlook, which sets out BP’s view of the most likely developments in global energy markets to 2030, based on up-to-date analysis and taking into account developments of the past year. The Outlook’s overall expectation for growth in global energy demand is to be 36% higher in 2030 than in 2011 and almost all the growth coming from emerging economies. It also reflects shifting expectations of the pattern of supply, with unconventional sources — shale gas and tight oil together with heavy oil and biofuels — playing an increasingly important role and, in particular, transforming the energy balance of the US. While the fuel mix is evolving, fossil fuels will continue to be dominant. Oil, gas and coal are expected to converge on market shares of around 26—28% each by 2030, and non-fossil fuels — nuclear, hydro and renewables — on a share of around 6—7% each. By 2030, increasing production and moderating demand will result in the US being 99% self-sufficient in net energy. Meanwhile, with continuing steep economic growth, major emerging economies such as China and India will become increasingly reliant on energy imports. These shifts will have major impacts on trade balances.

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