Transport fuels from Australia's gas resources / / edited by Robert Clark and Mark Thomson
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| Titolo: |
Transport fuels from Australia's gas resources / / edited by Robert Clark and Mark Thomson
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| Pubblicazione: | Sydney Australia : , : New South Publishing, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.8233 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gas as fuel - Australia |
| Motor fuels - Australia | |
| Natural gas - Economic aspects - Australia | |
| Natural resources - Australia - Management | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | ClarkRobert |
| ThomsonMark | |
| Note generali: | "A UNSW Press book"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 transport fuel could increase our fuel self-sufficie |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Transport fuels from Australia's gas resources |
| ISBN: | 1-74224-718-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787110303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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