Wells to wire : life cycle assessment of natural gas-fired electricity / / Sarah Marie Jordaan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910491031303321
• Autore: Jordaan Sarah Marie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-71971-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (124 pages)
• Disciplina: 621.312132
• Soggetti: Gas power plants - Evaluation; Product life cycle
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 An Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment of Natural Gas-Fired Electricity -- Introduction -- Global Evolution of Natural Gas Production and Use in Electricity Generation -- Life Cycle Assessment as a Framework to Understand Environmental Impacts of Gas-Fired Power -- LCA Methodology -- What Will Be Covered in This Book -- Summary -- References -- 2 LCA Framework, Methods, and Application -- Introduction -- General Framework -- Goal and Scope Definition -- Inventory Analysis -- Impact Assessment -- Interpretation -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Denominator: Natural Gas Production, Throughput, and Electricity Generation -- Introduction -- Infrastructure Lifetime -- Natural Gas Extraction -- Facility Throughput -- Power Plant Operation -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment -- Introduction -- Impact Categories and Characterization Models -- A Focus on Improving Individual Impact Categories -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Air Pollution -- Water Consumption -- Quantification of Life Cycle Land Use Impacts -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Global Markets and Competitiveness of Gas-Fired Power -- Introduction -- Levelized Cost of Electricity -- The Economics of Natural Gas Production -- Production Costs -- Natural Gas Markets -- Additional Costs Associated with LNG -- Implications of LNG for Life Cycle Assessment of Gas-Fired Power -- ; Liquefaction to Power Plant -- Electricity Generation to End Use -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Tackling Uncertainty Across the Life Cycle of Gas-Fired Power -- Introduction -- Uncertainty in LCA -- Data Sources, Precision, and Accuracy -- Probabilities -- Approaching Uncertainty in LCA -- Monte Carlo Simulation -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Break-Even (Parametric) Analysis -- Scenario Analysis -- Conclusions -- References.; 7 Natural Gas as a Bridge Fuel? -- Introduction -- Compatibility with Paris Agreement -- Political, Economic, and Technological Uncertainties -- Future Research -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.