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1 Online-Ressource (x, 251 pages)
ISBN:
9781119012856
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Natural gas is the world’s cleanest fossil fuel -- it generates less air pollution and releases less CO2 per unit of useful energy than liquid fuels or coals. With its vast supplies of conventional resources and nonconventional stores, the extension of long-distance gas pipelines and the recent expansion of liquefied natural gas trade, a truly global market has been created for this clean fuel. Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century discusses the place and prospects of natural gas in modern high-energy societies. Vaclav Smil presents a systematic survey of the qualities, origins, extraction, processing and transportation of natural gas, followed by a detailed appraisal of its many preferred, traditional and potential uses, and the recent emergence of the fuel as a globally traded commodity. The unfolding diversification of sources, particularly hydraulic fracturing, and the role of natural gas in national and global energy transitions are described. The book concludes with a discussion on the advantages, risks, benefits and costs of natural gas as a leading, if not dominant, fuel of the 21st century. This interdisciplinary text will be of interest to a wide readership concerned with global energy affairs including professionals and academics in energy and environmental science, policy makers, consultants and advisors with an interest in the rapidly-changing global energy industry.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Valuable Resource with an Odd Name; 1.1 METHANE'S ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS; Chapter 2 Origins and Distribution of Fossil Gases; 2.1 BIOGENIC HYDROCARBONS; 2.2 WHERE TO FIND NATURAL GAS; 2.3 RESOURCES AND THE PROGRESSION OF RESERVES; Chapter 3 Extraction, Processing, Transportation, and Sales; 3.1 EXPLORATION, EXTRACTION, AND PROCESSING; 3.1.1 Exploration and Drilling; 3.1.2 Well Completion and Production; 3.1.3 Natural Gas Processing; 3.2 PIPELINES AND STORAGES; 3.2.1 Modern Pipelines; 3.2.2 Storing Natural Gas; 3.3 CHANGING PRODUCTIONChapter 4 Natural Gas as Fuel and Feedstock; 4.1 INDUSTRIAL USES, HEATING, COOLING, AND COOKING; 4.1.1 Industrial Uses of Natural Gas; 4.1.2 Natural Gas for Space Heating and Cooling; 4.1.3 Cooking with Natural Gas; 4.1.4 Liquefied Petroleum Gas; 4.2 ELECTRICITY GENERATION; 4.2.1 Gas Turbines; 4.2.2 CCGTs; 4.3 NATURAL GAS AS A RAW MATERIAL; 4.3.1 Ammonia Synthesis; 4.3.2 Plastics from Natural Gas; 4.3.3 Gas-to-Liquid Conversions; Chapter 5 Exports and Emergence of Global Trade; 5.1 NORTH AMERICAN NATURAL GAS SYSTEM; 5.2 EURASIAN NETWORKS; 5.3 EVOLUTION OF LNG SHIPMENTS; Chapter 6 Diversification of Sources6.1 SHALE GAS; 6.1.1 American Shale Gas Extraction; 6.1.2 Shales outside the United States; 6.2 CBM AND TIGHT GAS; 6.2.1 Tight Gas; 6.3 METHANE HYDRATES; Chapter 7 Natural Gas in Energy Transitions; 7.1 FUEL SUBSTITUTIONS AND DECARBONIZATION OF ENERGY SUPPLY; 7.2 METHANE IN TRANSPORTATION; 7.2.1 LNG; 7.2.2 CNG; 7.3 NATURAL GAS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; 7.3.1 Methane Emissions from Gas Industry; 7.3.2 Methane from Shale Gas; 7.3.3 Water Use and Contamination; Chapter 8 The Best Fuel for the Twenty-First Century?; 8.1 HOW FAR WILL GAS GO?; 8.2 SHALE GAS PROSPECTS; 8.3 GLOBAL LNG8.4 UNCERTAIN FUTURES; References; Index; EULA.
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ISBN 9781119012849
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ISBN 9781119012863
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Smil, Vaclav Natural gas Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2015
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
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Geographie
Schlagwort(e):
Erdgas
;
Gastechnik
;
Erdgasgewinnung
;
Erdgasindustrie
;
Energieerzeugung
;
Schiefergas
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