{"title":"Plastics as A Potential Source of Energy: A Review","authors":"Amrita Soni","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3707343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3707343","url":null,"abstract":"It’s almost been a century since the invention of plastic we all are using it extensively in all possible way in our everyday life. It takes thousands of years for typical plastic and almost one year for biodegradable plastic for complete breakdown, but under favorable condition with proper sunlight (ultraviolet light) which breaks its long chain bonds and requires high pressure. Plastics from various sources like household items, trash contains low density polyethylene (LDPE), polyethylene - terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) which under pyrolysis can be broken down into smaller number of carbon chain (alkanes) and can be converted to flammable oils which will burn with clean and non - sooty flame. Other method of converting them to fuel is by using some other materials which will help polymer chain to breakdown easily such as pyrolysis of plastics with low grade coal which is generally having low calorific value. Second option could be by combining polymers with low grade heavy Sulphur content oils which under certain temperature and pressure with some suitable catalyst which will infuse Sulphur from sour oil to long chains of polymers thus breaking them down. Talking about biodegradable plastic they can be converted to fuel by microalgae which will convert it to solid fuel upon treatment and certain bacteria which upon eating releases certain flammable gases and can be used as a biogas in biogas plant. This review aims on highlighting the various process for conversion of plastics to fuel.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130671574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic Behavior of Hydro/thermal Electrical Operators Under an Environmental Policy Targeting the Preservation of Ecosystem Integrity and Air Quality","authors":"H. Hedfi, A. Dakhlaoui, Abdessalem Abbassi","doi":"10.21314/JEM.2020.222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21314/JEM.2020.222","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we analyze the effect of an environmental policy targeting the enhancement of ecosystem integrity as well as air quality in the wholesale electricity market. We develop a dynamic Cournot game featuring two risk-averse electricity producers – one hydro and one thermal – under demand uncertainty. We demonstrate that while improving air quality necessarily raises the market price, enhancing ecosystem integrity can, under the water-abundance hypothesis, reduce it. Moreover, in order to establish a statement about the environmental policy’s efficiency, we examine interactions between these environmental measures and their potential side effects. We show that prioritizing a natural flow regime minimizes the taxation efficiency of lowering air pollution and emphasizes the price rise due to taxation. Nevertheless, the effect of the taxation policy on the efficiency of the ecosystem integrity policy depends on the hydro producer’s ability to substitute thermal units. In order to establish a precise environmental statement, regulation authorities need to compare, using appropriate criteria, the importance of an avoided unit of surrounding ecosystem alteration with the importance of an avoided unit of air-polluting production in the functioning of the whole ecosystem.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129568676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Free Cooling Without Refrigeration Cycle","authors":"M. Khalfan, Mohammed Sameer Baig","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3418512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3418512","url":null,"abstract":"In the present scenario free cooling system is one effective solution for reducing the power consumption of air conditioning systems. Various free cooling methods are available for data centers and commercial buildings that eliminate or reduce the need for mechanical cooling by utilizing outdoor air under certain conditions. It is evident that climate conditions affect the performance of free cooling modes. It also affects the performance of main components of the cooling infrastructure indirectly due to inefficiencies caused by the part load operation during free cooling modes. Hence, modeling key components of cooling infrastructure in an essential element for reliable assessment of these methods. Most of the studies assessing energy saving potential of free cooling methods in the existing literature follow simpler approaches that do not consider the off-design performance of cooling equipment.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122882843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Application of Real Options to Capital Budgeting for Power Grid Reliability","authors":"Paul Borochin, Yanhui Zhao","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3138209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3138209","url":null,"abstract":"How does a public electric utility company optimize its capital budget for grid reliability? We illustrate an economically optimal way to allocate funding these efforts using circuit-level data from Eversource Energy to quantify the benefits to tree trimming treatments over the period of 2013-2017. A real options framework allows us to quantify in dollar terms the uncertain benefits in terms of customer outages avoided relative to known costs of treatment. We find that the less costly Standard Maintenance Trimming (SMT) is economically effective for all circuit types observed in Eversource's CT grid, while the more extensive Enhanced Tree Trimming (ETT) is effective on dense circuits only. Compared to this model, a traditional discounted cash flow model leads to underinvestment in grid resilience and ignores both uncertainty in estimates and the ability to change policy based on its efficacy.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130609421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transient Stability Improvement Using STATCOM","authors":"Shaileshkumar Kakaiya, Dr.Bhupendra R. Parekh","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3442558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3442558","url":null,"abstract":"The complexity of modern electrical power system is increasing gradually and becoming a challenging problem of the power system stability, and dominantly to the aspects of the transient stability in the power system. The transient stability plays a crucial role in making sure the fulfilled stable operating condition of power system during the events like large faults and disturbances taking place in the system. So to improve the performance and the transient stability of the system FACTS devices are employed in the transmission network. The unique features and qualities of FACTS controllers allows to enhance the power system stability and also these controllers allows controlling the power flow in the network. The simulation results here illustrate the effect of STATCOM on the various parameters of the system and how they are improved in the presence of the same.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133614485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical Study on the Effects of Contact Angle Change on Capillary Trapping","authors":"Y. Kano, T. Ishido, M. Sorai","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3366094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3366094","url":null,"abstract":"Low permeability and high capillary pressure are the major trapping mechanisms, while from Tertiary to Quaternary sedimentary basins with moderate permeability and capillary pressure are also the target sites of CO2 geological storage in Japan. In such a site, it would be a problem that geochemical reactions caused by dissolved CO2 may result in the reduction of capillary trapping. In this study, we conducted numerical simulations on the reduction of capillary trapping due to contact angle change and its effects on the long-term behavior of injected CO2. Also investigated is the effect of methane present in the storage formation or mixed in the injected CO2. Simulation results showed that i) changes in contact angle significantly influence the capillary trapping of CO2; and ii) the presence of methane retains higher gaseous mobility and affects the long-term behavior of injected CO2; and iii) the contributions of dissolution trapping and residual gas trapping are significant to the CO2 storage.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123211701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Kinetic Equations of Addition Processes by the Free-Radical Nonbranched-Chain Mechanism","authors":"M. M. Silaev","doi":"10.21276/IJIRCST.2017.5.5.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21276/IJIRCST.2017.5.5.1","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was the conclusion of simple kinetic equations to describe ab initio initiated nonbranchedchain processes of the saturated free-radical addition to the double bonds of unsaturated molecules in the binary reaction systems of saturated and unsaturated components. In the processes of this kind the formation rate of the molecular addition products (1:1 adducts) as a function of concentration of the unsaturated component has a maximum. Five reaction schemes are suggested for this addition processes. The proposed schemes include the reaction competing with chain propagation reactions through a reactive free radical. The chain evolution stage in these schemes involves three or four types of free radicals. One of them is relatively low-reactive and inhibits the chain process by shortening of the kinetic chain length. Based on the suggested schemes, nine rate equations (containing one to three parameters to be determined directly) are deduced using quasi-steady-state treatment. These equations provide good fits for the nonmonotonic (peaking) dependences of the formation rates of the molecular products (1:1 adducts) on the concentration of the unsaturated component in binary systems consisting of a saturated component (hydrocarbon, alcohol, etc.) and an unsaturated component (alkene, allyl alcohol, formaldehyde, or dioxygen). The unsaturated compound in these systems is both a reactant and an autoinhibitor generating lowreactive free radicals. A similar kinetic description is applicable to the nonbranched-chain process of the free-radical hydrogen oxidation, in which the oxygen with the increase of its concentration begins to act as an oxidation autoingibitor (or an antioxidant). The energetics of the key radical-molecule reactions is considered.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128355266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Taheri, A. Ghaemi, H. Mashhadimoslem, S. Shahhosseini
{"title":"Modeling and Optimization of CO 2 Capture Process With Improved Porosity of PEI-Functionalized Adsorbent: RSM and ANN Approaches","authors":"F. Taheri, A. Ghaemi, H. Mashhadimoslem, S. Shahhosseini","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3889965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3889965","url":null,"abstract":"Adsorption and reduction of CO2 by amine-modified solid nano adsorbents were optimized by concomitant use of RSM (Response Surface Methodology) and ANNs (Artificial Neuron Networks). Extensive analysis of effective operating conditions including pressure, amine loading, and temperature, in the CO2 capture process by this robust method, was reliable. With the experimental data as training data using ANNs and RSM approach, the resulting model can provide acceptable results in an effect of independent variables and the interaction between them by the impact on the objective function, to optimize the process of CO2 capture by a new mesoporous amine-based nano adsorbent prepared with green chemistry. The models obtained from the ANN and RSM methods have acceptable compliance with the experimental outcomes and due to the minimum error obtained from the simulation, the ANN is recommended for the development of adsorption simulation models.","PeriodicalId":243799,"journal":{"name":"EngRN: Energy Systems (Topic)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125267413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}