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Energies, Volume 5, Issue 2

February 2012 - 19 articles

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Articles (19)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,664 Views
13 Pages

22 February 2012

Great attention has been paid to carbon bio-sequestration due to increasing concerns over global warming. Understanding the relationship between carbon bio-sequestration and its influencing factors is of great significance for formulating appropriate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
134 Citations
11,505 Views
21 Pages

A Review on Research on Replacement of CH4 in Natural Gas Hydrates by Use of CO2

  • Jiafei Zhao,
  • Kun Xu,
  • Yongchen Song,
  • Weiguo Liu,
  • Weihaur Lam,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Kaihua Xue,
  • Yiming Zhu,
  • Xichong Yu and
  • Qingping Li

22 February 2012

This paper introduces the research advances on replacement of CH4 in Natural Gas Hydrates (NGHs) by use of CO2 and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the method on the natural gas production from such hydrates. Firstly, the feasibility of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,303 Views
18 Pages

22 February 2012

The recovery of CH4 gas from natural hydrate formations by injection of industrially emitted CO2 is considered to be a promising solution to simultaneously access an unconventional fossil fuel reserve and counteract atmospheric CO2 increase. CO2 obta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
7,658 Views
21 Pages

Numerical Simulation of Methane Production from Hydrates Induced by Different Depressurizing Approaches

  • Xuke Ruan,
  • Yongchen Song,
  • Jiafei Zhao,
  • Haifeng Liang,
  • Mingjun Yang and
  • Yanghui Li

22 February 2012

Several studies have demonstrated that methane production from hydrate-bearing porous media by means of depressurization-induced dissociation can be a promising technique. In this study, a 2D axisymmetric model for simulating the gas production from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,221 Views
7 Pages

Thermodynamic Stability of Structure H Hydrates Based on the Molecular Properties of Large Guest Molecules

  • Kyoichi Tezuka,
  • Tatsuhiko Taguchi,
  • Saman Alavi,
  • Amadeu K. Sum and
  • Ryo Ohmura

22 February 2012

This paper report analyses of thermodynamic stability of structure-H clathrate hydrates formed with methane and large guest molecules in terms of their gas phase molecular sizes and molar masses for the selection of a large guest molecule providing b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
9,874 Views
28 Pages

Experimental Simulation of the Exploitation of Natural Gas Hydrate

  • Bei Liu,
  • Qing Yuan,
  • Ke-Hua Su,
  • Xin Yang,
  • Ben-Cheng Wu,
  • Chang-Yu Sun and
  • Guang-Jin Chen

22 February 2012

Natural gas hydrates are cage-like crystalline compounds in which a large amount of methane is trapped within a crystal structure of water, forming solids at low temperature and high pressure. Natural gas hydrates are widely distributed in permafrost...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
8,109 Views
13 Pages

22 February 2012

Based on currently available data from site measurements in the Shenhu Area of the South China Sea, methane hydrate dissociation behavior by depressurization is studied in a one-dimensional experimental apparatus. According to time variation of tempe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,907 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2012

This paper focuses on development and evaluation of an economic-driving assistance program for transit vehicles (EDTV) which can minimize energy consumption, air pollution emission of buses, and improve the level of service of transit system as well....

  • Article
  • Open Access
94 Citations
9,116 Views
16 Pages

17 February 2012

Due to the movement and complexity of the carbon market, traditional monoscale forecasting approaches often fail to capture its nonstationary and nonlinear properties and accurately describe its moving tendencies. In this study, a multiscale ensemble...

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