A Formation of Distributed Energy Network and Energy Conservation in a University

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuya Shimohara ◽  
Yuu Notoji ◽  
Tsuguhiko Nakagawa
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Air Conditioner ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Natural Energy ◽  
Energy Network

Recently, cutting the CO2 emissions has been the worldwide problem. In order to reduce the CO2 emissions, it is important to promote the energy conservation and introduce the sustainable natural energy. In this paper, we have been studied to develop a combination energy system of the energy conservation and the natural energy in the Okayama Prefectural University. We have a result that it is possible to cut off the 36% or more CO2 emission with the combination of (1) replacing the air-conditioner from the absorption type to a heat pump type, (2) introducing photovoltaic power generation and (3) changing the car that is used for commute from the internal-combustion engine type to an electric vehicle (EV). In addition to cut the CO2 emission, the studied combination energy system can be presented the high economically method.

Plant Biomass as a Substitute for Oil in Transportation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. McElroy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Motor Fuel ◽  
Energy System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Corporate Average Fuel Economy ◽  
Transportation Sector ◽  
Henry Ford

As discussed in Chapter 3, the transportation sector accounts for approximately a third of total emissions of CO2 in the United States, with a smaller fraction but a rapidly growing total in China. Combustion of oil, either as gasoline or diesel, is primarily responsible for the transportation- related emissions of both countries. Strategies to curtail overall emissions of CO2 must include plans for a major reduction in the use of oil in the transportation sector. This could be accomplished (1) by reducing demand for trans¬portation services; (2) by increasing the energy efficiency of the sector; or (3) by transitioning to an energy system less reliant on carbon- emitting sources of energy. Assuming continuing growth in the economies of both countries, option 1 is unlikely, certainly for China. Significant success has been achieved already in the United States under option 2, prompted by the application of increasingly more stringent corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards. And the technological advances achieved under this program are likely to find application in China and elsewhere, given the global nature of the automobile/ truck industry. The topic for discussion in this chapter is whether switching from oil to a plant- or animal- based fuel could contribute to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions from the transportation sector of either or both countries, indeed from the globe as a whole. The question is whether plant- based ethanol can substitute for gasoline and whether additional plant- and animal- derived products can cut back on demand for diesel. The related issue is whether this substitution can contribute at acceptable social and economic cost to a net reduction in overall CO2 emissions when account is taken of the entire lifecycle for production of the nonfossil alternatives. There is an extensive history to the use of ethanol as a motor fuel. Nicolas Otto, cred¬ited with the development of the internal combustion engine, used ethanol as the energy source for one of his early vehicle inventions in 1860. Henry Ford designed his first auto¬mobile, the quadricycle, to run on pure ethanol in 1896.

A214 A Formation of Distributed Energy Network and Energy Conservation on the campus

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010.15 (0) ◽  
pp. 267-268
Author(s):  
Kazuya SHIMOHARA ◽  
Yuu NOTOJI ◽  
Seiji SHIBA ◽  
Tuguhiko NAKAGAWA
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Energy Network

A Case Study on Energy Saving and New Energy Services

2012 ◽  
Vol 462 ◽  
pp. 327-330
Author(s):  
Ze Guo Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
New Energy

Energy conservation or energy saving is one of the most important methods for reducing CO2 emissions, which is known to be associated with global warming. Although development of renewable energy sources such as solar or wind energy is necessary, we must first pay attention to the fact that enormous amounts of energy are consumed uselessly at present. Energy saving should therefore be one of the first problems to be tackled. It may not only bring reductions in CO2 emission, but also may lead to savings in expenditure on energy. This paper introduces some of the initiatives taking place in Japan aimed at energy conservation.

scholarly journals Estimation of CO2 Emissions of Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle and Battery Electric Vehicle Using LCA

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuji Kawamoto ◽  
Hideo Mochizuki ◽  
Yoshihisa Moriguchi ◽  
Takahiro Nakano ◽  
Masayuki Motohashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Internal Combustion Engine ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Vehicle Operation

In order to reduce vehicle emitted greenhouse gases (GHGs) on a global scale, the scope of consideration should be expanded to include the manufacturing, fuel extraction, refinement, power generation, and end-of-life phases of a vehicle, in addition to the actual operational phase. In this paper, the CO2 emissions of conventional gasoline and diesel internal combustion engine vehicles (ICV) were compared with mainstream alternative powertrain technologies, namely battery electric vehicles (BEV), using life-cycle assessment (LCA). In most of the current studies, CO2 emissions were calculated assuming that the region where the vehicles were used, the lifetime driving distance in that region and the CO2 emission from the battery production were fixed. However, in this paper, the life cycle CO2 emissions in each region were calculated taking into consideration the vehicle’s lifetime driving distance in each region and the deviations in CO2 emissions for battery production. For this paper, the US, European Union (EU), Japan, China, and Australia were selected as the reference regions for vehicle operation. The calculated results showed that CO2 emission from the assembly of BEV was larger than that of ICV due to the added CO2 emissions from battery production. However, in regions where renewable energy sources and low CO2 emitting forms of electric power generation are widely used, as vehicle lifetime driving distance increase, the total operating CO2 emissions of BEV become less than that of ICV. But for BEV, the CO2 emissions for replacing the battery with a new one should be added when the lifetime driving distance is over 160,000 km. Moreover, it was shown that the life cycle CO2 emission of ICV was apt to be smaller than that of BEV when the CO2 emissions for battery production were very large.

scholarly journals Biomethane use for automobiles towards a CO2-neutral energy system

Clean Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-140
Author(s):  
Fabio Orecchini ◽  
Adriano Santiangeli ◽  
Fabrizio Zuccari
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Reduction Of Co2

Abstract To pursue the goal of sustainable mobility, two main paths can be considered: the electrification of vehicles and the use of biofuels, replacing fossil fuels, in internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. This paper proposes an analysis of different possible scenarios for automobiles towards a CO2-neutral energy system, in the path of the use of biofuels and the production, distribution and use of biomethane. The study, an update of work presented previously, focuses on different scenarios that take into account numerous parameters that affect the overall efficiency of the production-and-use process. A Well-to-Wheel analysis is used to estimate the primary energy savings and reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions compared both to the use of fossil-based methane and to other fuels and automotive technologies. In particular, the study shows that the Non-Renewable Primary Energy Consumption (NRPEC) for biomethane is slightly higher (+9%) than that of biodiesel, but significantly lower than those of all the other power trains analysed: –69% compared to the battery electric vehicle (BEV) and –55% compared to bioethanol. Compared to the use of fossil natural gas, the NRPEC is reduced to just over a third (2.81). With regard to CO2 emissions, biomethane has the lowest values: –69% compared to BEV, –176% compared to bioethanol and –124% with respect to biodiesel. Compared to the use of fossil natural gas, the CO2 emissions are reduced over a third (3.55). Moreover, the paper shows that biomethane can completely cover the consumption of fossil methane for vehicles in Italy, proposing two different hypotheses: maximum production and minimum production. It is evident, therefore, that biomethane production can completely cover the consumption of fossil methane for vehicles: this means that the use of biomethane in the car can lead to a reduction in NRPEC equal to 28.9 × 106 GJ/year and a reduction of CO2 emissions equal to 1.9 × 106 t/year.

A Case Study on Energy Saving and New Energy Services

2011 ◽  
Vol 301-303 ◽  
pp. 357-360
Author(s):  
Qing Bao Wei
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
New Energy

Energy conservation or energy saving is one of the most important methods for reducing CO2 emissions, which is known to be associated with global warming. Although development of renewable energy sources such as solar or wind energy is necessary, we must first pay attention to the fact that enormous amounts of energy are consumed uselessly at present. Energy saving should therefore be one of the first problems to be tackled. It may not only bring reductions in CO2 emission, but also may lead to savings in expenditure on energy. This paper introduces some of the initiatives taking place in Japan aimed at energy conservation.

Distributed Energy System Conbination with Energy Conservation, PV and EV

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuya Shimohara ◽  
Yuu Notoji ◽  
Tsuguhiko Nakagawa
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Distributed Energy System
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