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UNINA9910814971803321 |
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Transport fuels from Australia's gas resources / / edited by Robert Clark and Mark Thomson |
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Sydney Australia : , : New South Publishing, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gas as fuel - Australia |
Motor fuels - Australia |
Natural gas - Economic aspects - Australia |
Natural resources - Australia - Management |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A UNSW Press book"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; ACRONYMS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. STRATEGIC OVERVIEW; 2. AUSTRALIA'S OIL AND GAS RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE; 3. THE OUTLOOK FOR GAS IN THE TRANSPORT FUEL MARKET; 4. LNG FOR AUSTRALIAN ARTICULATED TRUCKS; 5. THE ECONOMICS OF GTL; 6. STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS; 7. GTL AND LNG TRANSPORT FUEL TECHNOLOGIES; 8. WELL TO WHEELS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; 9. EARNING A SOCIAL LICENCE FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT FUELS; 10 REGULATORY ISSUES; SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING UNITS AND CONVERSIONS; GEOLOGICAL EPOCHS; GLOSSARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The transport sector in Australia depends heavily on imported oil-based fuels. With this comes the ever-present risk of oil supply shortages. But Australia is gas-rich and oil-poor, so it makes practical sense to assess how our own gas resources can be used to produce these fuels. Natural gas can be used directly as a fuel, blended with diesel in modified diesel engines, and converted into a conventional liquid fuel - all at a modest cost. This book, written by Australia's leading experts in the field, demonstrates how using natural gas as a |
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