Life Cycle Analysis of Alternative Fuel Pathways
This Chapter is focused on the review of the development and application for alternative fuel pathways Life-cycle Analysis (LCA) models. A summary on the studies of multi-pathway comprehensive analysis and individualized studies of LCA models of the world
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ces in Energy Systems Engineering
Advances in Energy Systems Engineering
Georgios M. Kopanos ⋅ Pei Liu Michael C. Georgiadis Editors
Advances in Energy Systems Engineering
123
Editors Georgios M. Kopanos Cranfield University Bedfordshire UK
Michael C. Georgiadis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
Pei Liu Tsinghua University Beijing China
ISBN 978-3-319-42802-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42803-1
ISBN 978-3-319-42803-1
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Preface
Contemporary energy systems are changing fast and exhibit increasingly complex features. This is mainly due to the fact that conversion and supply of energy is not the only mission of energy systems nowadays. Besides providing energy, energy systems are also expected to secure their resources so that they can be operated in a long-term future, to minimize their impacts on our ecology and environmental system during construction and operation, to provide economically affordable energy to maximize their benefits to a larger population, and to contribute to the mitigation of carbon emissions for the globe’s climate. New technologies have been continuously emerged toward addressing some of the above-mentioned targets. With the implementation of these technologies, renewable energy has been increasingly exploited and used, energy efficiency of conventional power generation has been continuously improved, and energy end-consumers have become more energy efficient and environmentally benign. Albeit these achievements, large gaps are still observed between the current energy supply and demand sides. Dependence on conventional fossil fuels is still strong in most parts
