Fossil fuel technologies

This book is a reality check of where energy will come from in the future.

This book introduces the underlying concepts of column dynamics and buckling, based on the latest state-of-the-art research on this innovative topic.

This book provides thorough knowledge and detailed information of oil shales using a range of conventional and unconventional techniques and methodologies combined to elucidate the composition of oil shale deposits.

This book presents a comprehensive assessment of clastic sedimentology and its application to reservoir geology.

This book addresses the problems involved in the modelling and simulation of shale gas reservoirs, and details recent advances in the field.

This book presents the state of art of the several advanced approaches to beneficiation of coal.

This book highlights various aspects of shale gas production and discusses the associated problems, which have greatly influenced the current situation on the global gas market.

This volume explores the latest developments in the area of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) used for high-temperature fuel cells.

This book focuses on the underlying mechanisms of lost circulation and wellbore strengthening, presenting a comprehensive, yet concise, overview of the fundamental studies on lost circulation and wellbore strengthening in the oil and gas industry, as well as a detailed discussion on the limitations of the wellbore strengthening methods currently used in industry.

This thesis presents an important step towards a deeper understanding of naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs (NFCRs).

This volume is a comprehensive guide to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for the spatial analysis of supply and demand for energy in the global and local scale.

This book offers an introduction to the geomechanical issues raised by both the extraction of actual and potential energy resources, and by the treatment of the ensuing environmental concerns.

This book systematically introduces the petroleum geological characteristics and exploration theory of marine strata in China.

This SpringerBrief critically examines the latest experimental and non-experimental approaches used for the fast and reliable characterization and determination of CO2-reservoir oil miscibility in terms of the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP).

Für repräsentative Fahrzeugmodelle mit unterschiedlichen Antriebskonzepten sind die Gesamtkosten bezogen auf deren Klimabelastung in diesem Buch vorgestellt.

The book presents a comprehensive and systematic account of the concept, the current status and the costs of the German energy transition: the Energiewende.

This book provides a concise introduction to China's electricity sector, suitable for university students and business analysts.

This book discusses all aspects of advanced engine technologies, and describes the role of alternative fuels and solution-based modeling studies in meeting the increasingly higher standards of the automotive industry.

This book presents articles from the International Conference on Improved Oil Recovery, CIOR 2017, held in Bandung, Indonesia.

This compendium covers unconventional fuel sources, i.

In diesem Buch werden für repräsentative Fahrzeuge mit unterschiedlichen Antriebskonzepten Gesamtkosten und Treibhausgasemissionen vorgestellt.

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This book discusses latest advances in the area of bioenergy, including algal biomass, biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethanation, pyrolysis, biomass gasification, biomass cook stoves and integrated processes.

This book provides extensive information on high-temperature H2S removal for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coarse gas, together with briefly introductions to the concept of clean coal technology, and to the mechanism and kinetics of hot coal gas desulfurizers.

This book presents the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences 2016 (ICIPEG 2016), held under the banner of World Engineering, Science & Technology Congress (ESTCON 2016) at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from August 15 to 17, 2016.

This book covers the various advanced reciprocating combustion engine technologies that utilize natural gas and alternative fuels for transportation and power generation applications.

This book provides a comparative analysis of both diesel and gasoline engine particulates, and also of the emissions resulting from the use of alternative fuels.

This book discusses different aspects of energy consumption and environmental pollution, describing in detail the various pollutants resulting from the utilization of natural resources and their control techniques.

This book aims at illustrating several examples of different membrane compositions ranging from inorganic, polymeric, metallic, metal organic framework, and composite which have been successfully deployed to separate industrially relevant gas mixtures including hydrogen, nitrogen, methane, carbon dioxide, olefins/parafins among others.

This book covers alternative fuels and their utilization strategies in internal combustion engines.

This book focuses on clean transport and mobility essential to the modern world.

The book features innovative scientific research by scientists, academicians and students, presented at the International Conference on Energy, Materials and Information Technology, 2017 at Amity University Jharkhand, India.

This book discusses the recent advances in combustion strategies and engine technologies, with specific reference to the automotive sector.

This is the first book illustrating China's forest carbon projects.

The oil-gas conductor is the key part that connects subsea facilities and offshore equipment.

This book introduces new geological analysis and geophysical methods and techniques for lithological reservoir exploration.

This book presents selected articles from the workshop on "e;Challenges in Petrophysical Evaluation and Rock Physics Modeling of Carbonate Reservoirs"e; held at IIT Bombay in November 2017.

Concerns over energy resources and the environmental impact of energy use will continue to be part of the polical agenda across the globe.

This book is an introduction to oil and gas designed to be both accessible to absolute beginners who know nothing about the subject, and at the same time interesting to people who work in one area (such as drilling or seismic exploration) and would like to know about other areas (such as production offshore, or how oil and gas were formed, or what can go wrong).

The coalbed methane (CBM) reserve in China ranks third in the world with a total resource of 36.

This book focuses on oilfield performance analysis and development adjustment by integrating geology, applied mathematics, and other relevant theories.

This book explores ways in which India can negotiate the low carbon path  up until 2030, when it is expected to be the largest economy after the US and China.

This book delves into the economic development of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 2nd International Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology Conference (IPPTC 2018).

This monograph is based on methanol as a fuel for transportation sector, specifically for compression ignition (CI) engines.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Fourth International Technical Symposium on Deepwater Oil and Gas Engineering & The Third International Youth Forum on Gas Hydrate, held in Qingdao, China in December 2021.

This book presents the theory and technologies of drilling operations.

This book covers different aspects related to utilization of alcohol fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines with a focus on combustion, performance and emission investigations.

This book analyzes the formation and evolution of the giant hydrocarbon reservoirs based on major basins onshore China.