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Energy & Fuels
Andrew Davies, Michael D. Simmons
Summary: The global energy supply still heavily relies on crude oil and natural gas, with a significant demand for hydrocarbons projected in the next three decades. Rapidly transitioning to lower carbon sources presents challenges, necessitating the exploration of low carbon intensity 'advantaged hydrocarbons' and significant carbon sequestration efforts.
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Soil Science
Ronald Amundson
Summary: The book "Factors of Soil Formation" is a significant work that translated the concept of soil forming factors into a quantitative scientific framework. It explores the energy and mass fluxes within the soil system, inspired by thermodynamics. It provides an important lens to examine academic and societally relevant issues in the 21st century, with a critical emphasis on the impact of human activities on soil systems.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Dominik Thom, Werner Rammer, Patrick Laux, Gerhard Smiatek, Harald Kunstmann, Sebastian Seibold, Rupert Seidl
Summary: Observational evidence suggests that forests in the Northern Alps are changing at an increasing rate due to climate change. This study used a process-based forest landscape model to simulate future forest dynamics and found that the acceleration of forest dynamics will continue in the coming decades. However, forest structure changes are expected to level off in the second half of the 21st century, while tree species changes diverge under different climate scenarios.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Hamidreza Mahdavi, Huacheng Zhang, Lauren K. Macreadie, C. M. Doherty, Durga Acharya, Stefan J. D. Smith, Xavier Mulet, Matthew R. Hill
Summary: The research on porous liquids (PLs) as a potential nanocomposite has revealed the combination of the ease of handling liquid absorbents with the high permanent porosity of metal organic frameworks. The study investigates the component materials systematically, elucidating the parameter space for stable photoluminescence, related to gas sorption capacities and other performance parameters. This research may have broader implications for future investigations in the field of nanocomposites.
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Economics
Lutz Kilian
Summary: This paper examines alternative methods of estimating oil supply and demand elasticities and their incorporation in global oil market models. The author points out drawbacks in some methodologies and explains the rationale for using different elasticity definitions. The analysis reaffirms the dominant role of oil demand shocks in determining the real price of oil.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Nikolaos Iliopoulos, Motoharu Onuki, Miguel Esteban
Summary: Residential demand response empowers electricity consumers to change their consumption patterns in order to help balance the energy grid. This study examines the influence of various characteristics on households in Yokohama on their willingness to participate in demand response programs, finding that factors such as household income, ownership of electric vehicles, socio-environmental awareness, and philanthropic inclinations all influence demand flexibility. Policy recommendations are also proposed to introduce residential demand response programs to a wider public.
Review
Thermodynamics
T. Capurso, M. Stefanizzi, M. Torresi, S. M. Camporeale
Summary: Hydrogen is gaining momentum in the global energy transition, with potential to create a virtuous cycle for renewables-based electricity grids and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Its sustainable production using electrolysis powered by renewable energies can contribute effectively to carbon neutrality goals.
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Energy & Fuels
Guixian Liu, Zhaoyang Kong, Jiajia Dong, Xiucheng Dong, Qingzhe Jiang, Ke Wang, Jiaman Li, Chade Li, Xin Wan
Summary: The study shows that the main factors of central heating include energy consumption structure, heat generation method, heat transport carrier, heating degree days and heating area; the main factor that increases energy consumption of central heating in each province is the same, which is heating area (HA). The main factors that reduce energy consumption in each province are different, and using gas instead of coal for heating can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Tingting Li, Josep G. Canadell, Xiu-Qun Yang, Panmao Zhai, Qingchen Chao, Yanyu Lu, Danqing Huang, Wenjuan Sun, Zhangcai Qin
Summary: Wetlands act as sinks for CO2 and sources of CH4, and wetland management can alter these fluxes, thus impacting the climate system. This study assesses the CH4 emissions and CO2 sequestration from wetlands in China under various climate and management scenarios. The results show that wetland restoration leads to increased CH4 emissions and net CO2 sequestration, resulting in a combined net greenhouse gas sink in most scenarios. The highest climate cooling is achieved under medium restoration, consistent with the Paris agreement target.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Zhenxing Li, Mohammad Maruf Hasan, Zheng Lu
Summary: The study evaluates the risk of oil supply in Southeast Asian nations and develops a composite index for analysis. Nepal and Sri Lanka are found to be most susceptible to oil supply interruptions, indicating potential shifts in India's oil suppliers. Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka have the lowest supply risk scores, making them vulnerable to supply disruptions. Policies such as adopting renewable technologies, nuclear power generation, diversifying export supplies, and reducing fossil fuel subsidies can help reduce the impact of oil supply risk.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Engineering, Industrial
Qian Chen, Lili Zuo, Changchun Wu, Yankai Cao, Yaran Bu, Feng Chen, Rehan Sadiq
Summary: An integrated methodology is proposed to assess the gas supply reliability of a gas pipeline network considering stochastic demands. The methodology includes selecting typical scenarios, assessing gas supply conditions using Latin hypercube sampling with the Cholesky decomposition method, and optimizing supply schemes using the Dijkstra algorithm. The assessment results cover probability distributions of gas shortages, identification of vulnerable units, reasons for gas supply shortages, and supply reliability for both the network and individual customers.
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
L. E. Revell, F. Robertson, H. Douglas, O. Morgenstern, D. Frame
Summary: The tropospheric westerly jet is a key feature of Southern Hemisphere climate. In recent decades, the jet has strengthened and moved poleward during austral summer due to the Antarctic ozone hole. Future trends of the jet will be influenced by ozone recovery in the Antarctic and greenhouse gas forcing. This study shows that accurate simulation of stratospheric ozone is crucial for projections of Southern Hemisphere climate change.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Dominik Keiner, Ashish Gulagi, Christian Breyer
Summary: This study utilizes LUT-DEMAND to create comprehensive demand input data and explores various economic and demographic scenarios. The results show that macro-economic assumptions have a significant impact on the scale and trajectory of energy demand.
Article
Transportation
Rui Yao, Shlomo Bekhor
Summary: This paper presents a new ridesharing simulation model that considers dynamic driver supply and passenger demand, and complex interactions between drivers and passengers. The proposed model provides new insights to ridesharing operations by explicitly considering realistic interactions and developing new events, procedures, and modules.
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(2022)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Hamidreza Mahdavi, Nathan T. Eden, Cara M. Doherty, Durga Acharya, Stefan J. D. Smith, Xavier Mulet, Matthew R. Hill
Summary: Porous liquids (PLs), with the combination of easy liquid handling and high adsorption capacity, have unique advantages in various applications. This study aims to create PLs using different metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) modification methods and investigate the influence of solvents on the overall stability of the nanocomposites. The results show that by combining zirconium-based MOFs with specific solvents, high CO2 sorption capacity can be achieved. These findings have significant implications for future research in the field of PLs.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
