“Airpocalypse” or Tsar Economic China

2018 ◽  
pp. 137-161
Author(s):  
Fauzia Ghani ◽  
Komal Ashraf Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

This chapter focuses on the case study of China, which is facing grave issues regarding environment and global warming. Hence, the “Airpocalypse” in China led to need and debate about the sustainability of the environment. In this chapter, an effort has been made to analyze the environmental sustainability risk which the country of China can have for the increasing rate of global warming, and how this part of region can have a transnational impact on other neighboring countries when it comes to the cause of making environment pure from pollutants, carbon dioxide, and coal emissions. The methodology of this research is qualitative, descriptive, and analytical in nature. This chapter includes the variable of environmental sustainability which is dependent on the energy consumption of industries of China involved in emission of greenhouse gases.

scholarly journals Application of the methodology related to the emission standard to specific railway line in comparison with parallel road transport: a case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 03002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Rybicka ◽  
Ondrej Stopka ◽  
Vladimír Ľupták ◽  
Mária Chovancová ◽  
Paweł Droździel
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Emission Standard ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
The Impact

At present, the impact of transport on the environment constitutes a serious problem. This mainly concerns energy consumption and production of greenhouse gases (GHG) that via their participation in greenhouse effect intensification contribute to global warming. In this paper, the calculations provided by the EN 16258: 2012 methodology will be applied to two modes of transport: railway and road transport. Subsequently, the methodology will be applied to a case study of a selected nonelectrified railway line in comparison with parallel road transport. In particular, energy consumption and production of greenhouse gases will be monitored depending on traveling the distance between selected cities in the Czech Republic.

Global Climate Change Opportunity as Well as Challenge to Architecture

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 5289-5292
Author(s):  
Jun Hua Yu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

As known to all, the emission of greenhouse gases is mainly caused by human activities. If we could cut down the emission, we could gradually prevent the influence of climate change. Relevant research shows that in the field of energy consumption, the control of CO2 emission is the most effective way to save energy. Thus, reducing the architectural energy consumption is one of the most crucial factors to realize global climate goals. Although more and more scholars prefer to use the word ‘dilemma’ to describe the urgent contradiction between architectural construction and environment, and energy as well, I still want to discuss the influence of global warming on the architecture industry, and explain why it is an opportunity as well.

Global Warming and Its Multiple Causes

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romdhane Ben Slama
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Infrared Radiation ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The One ◽  
Heat Released ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

The global warming which preoccupies humanity, is still considered to be linked to a single cause which is the emission of greenhouse gases, CO2 in particular. In this article, we try to show that, on the one hand, the greenhouse effect (the radiative imprisonment to use the scientific term) took place in conjunction with the infrared radiation emitted by the earth. The surplus of CO2 due to the combustion of fossil fuels, but also the surplus of infrared emissions from artificialized soils contribute together or each separately,  to the imbalance of the natural greenhouse effect and the trend of global warming. In addition, another actor acting directly and instantaneously on the warming of the ambient air is the heat released by fossil fuels estimated at 17415.1010 kWh / year inducing a rise in temperature of 0.122 ° C, or 12.2 ° C / century.

scholarly journals Emission of Greenhouse Gases and Odorants from Pig Slurry - Effect on the Environment and Methods of its Reduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Marszałek ◽  
Zygmunt Kowalski ◽  
Agnieszka Makara
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Gaseous Pollutants ◽  
Pig Slurry ◽  
Heterogeneous Mixture ◽  
Liquid Fertilizer ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

Abstract Pig slurry is classified as a natural liquid fertilizer, which is a heterogeneous mixture of urine, faeces, remnants of feed and technological water, used to remove excrement and maintain the hygiene of livestock housing. The storage and distribution of pig slurry on farmland affect the environment as they are associated with, among others, the emission of various types of gaseous pollutants, mainly CH4, CO2, N2O, NH3, H2S, and other odorants. Methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are greenhouse gases (GHGs) which contribute to climate change by increasing the greenhouse effect. Ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are malodorous gases responsible for the occurrence of odour nuisance which, due to their toxicity, may endanger the health and lives of humans and animals. NH3 also influences the increase of atmosphere and soil acidification. The article presents the environmental impact of greenhouse gases and odorous compounds emitted from pig slurry. Key gaseous atmospheric pollutants such as NH3, H2S, CH4, CO2 and N2O have been characterized. Furthermore, methods to reduce the emission of odours and GHGs from pig slurry during its storage and agricultural usage have been discussed.

The impact of sustainable architecture patterns in optimizing energy consumption (Case Study: hot and dry climate)

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (SE) ◽  
pp. 531-538
Author(s):  
Adel Ataei Karizi ◽  
Mahjoobeh Noohi Bezenjani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
International Level ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Sustainable Architecture ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution ◽  
Climate Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Today, the environment, optimizing energy consumption and sustainable development have become the most important issues at the international level. Increasing population growth has disastrous effects on Earth's natural habitats and issues such as general global warming, increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause global warming, air, water and soil pollution all lead to irresponsible consumption of energy. This paper tries to evaluate sustainable patterns in warm and dry areas that with the climate analysis and contemporary comparison of design in hot and dry climate while clarifying various aspects, explain the impact of environmental factors in the formation of sustainable architecture and the use of applied patterns to design a sustainable architecture. It have been used analytical method, as well as library and documentary research in this study.

scholarly journals Silica-Related Catalysts for CO2 Transformation into Methanol and Dimethyl Ether

Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1282
Author(s):  
Isabel Barroso-Martín ◽  
Antonia Infantes-Molina ◽  
Fatemeh Jafarian Fini ◽  
Daniel Ballesteros-Plata ◽  
Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Dimethyl Ether ◽  
Catalytic Reactions ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Co2 Transformation

The climate situation that the planet is experiencing, mainly due to the emission of greenhouse gases, poses great challenges to mitigate it. Since CO2 is the most abundant greenhouse gas, it is essential to reduce its emissions or, failing that, to use it to obtain chemicals of industrial interest. In recent years, much research have focused on the use of CO2 to obtain methanol, which is a raw material for the synthesis of several important chemicals, and dimethyl ether, which is advertised as the cleanest and highest efficiency diesel substitute fuel. Given that the bibliography on these catalytic reactions is already beginning to be extensive, and due to the great variety of catalysts studied by the different research groups, this review aims to expose the most important catalytic characteristics to take into account in the design of silica-based catalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol and dimethyl ether.

Grey Forecasting Model for CO2 Emissions

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 1664-1668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Lin Bao ◽  
Hong Qi Hui
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Forecasting Model ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Grey Forecasting ◽  
Grey Forecasting Model ◽  
Average Residual

CO2 is the most frequently implicated in global warming among the various greenhouse gases associated with climate change. Chinese government has been taking serious measures to control energy consumption to reduce CO2 emissions. This study applies the grey forecasting model to estimate future CO2 emissions and carbon intensity in Shijiazhuang from 2010 until 2020. Forecasts of CO2 emissions in this study show that the average residual error of the GM(1, 1) is below 1.5%. The average increasing rate of CO2 emissions will be about 6.71%; and the carbon intensity will be 2.10 tons/104GDP until year 2020. If the GDP of Shijiazhuang city can be quadruple, the carbon intensity will be half to the 2005 levels until 2020. The findings of this study provide a valuable reference with which the Shijiazhuang government can formulate measures to reduce CO2 emissions by curbing the unnecessary the consumption of energy.

scholarly journals Mixing the Message: Do Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Affect Dung-Generated Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fallon Fowler ◽  
Christopher J. Gillespie ◽  
Steve Denning ◽  
Shuijin Hu ◽  
Wes Watson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Dung Beetles ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

AbstractBy mixing and potentially aerating dung, dung beetles may affect the microbes producing the greenhouse gases (GHGs): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Here, their sum-total global warming effect is described as the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Our literature analysis of reported GHG emissions and statistics suggests that most dung beetles do not, however, reduce CO2e even if they do affect individual GHGs. Here, we compare the GHG signature of homogenized (“premixed”) and unhomogenized (“unmixed”) dung with and without dung beetles to test whether mixing and burial influence GHGs. Mixing by hand or by dung beetles did not reduce any GHG – in fact, tunneling dung beetles increased N2O medians by ≥1.8x compared with dung-only. This suggests that either: 1) dung beetles do not meaningfully mitigate GHGs as a whole; 2) dung beetle burial activity affects GHGs more than mixing alone; or 3) greater dung beetle abundance and activity is required to produce an effect.

scholarly journals Analysis of Poultry Litter as a Fuel Source in Cogeneration

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Nilesh C. Dhavane ◽  
Dr. Parashuram R. Chitragar
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Poultry Litter ◽  
Sugar Factory ◽  
Available Energy ◽  
Fuel Source ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

The aim of this research work is to utilize the available poultry litter as a substitutional fuel in cogeneration power plant in the sugar factory. In India, tons of poultry litter is damaging the fields due to uncontrolled disposal of poultry litter as fertilizer. It also contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases namely methane and carbon dioxide thus polluting the atmosphere. About 100 tons per day manure can be collected which can be used as fuel source at the location selected. With this amount of fuel available, energy can be generated in the cogeneration power plant. ost feasible of this work that can be implemented in cogeneration power plant in sugar factory.

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