Deep-shaft mining in roadway stress concentration, difficult control of the surrounding rock, and mining imbalance affect mining efficiency in coal mines. The mechanical parameters and crack development law of roadway surrounding rock were studied by laboratory experiments. The mechanical model was established by the method of theoretical analysis, the maximum empty roof distance was deduced, and two support schemes were designed. Through the numerical simulation method, the support scheme was compared and analyzed, the deformation rule of roadway surrounding rock, the optimization of roadway support parameters and the application of hysteresis technology are studied. The effect of different support schemes was verified by three-dimensional similar simulation experiments. The practical engineering verification showed that the construction time of each support circle was reduced by approximately 1 h, and the work was completed 60 days earlier. The research showed that the optimal support scheme was support scheme 1 (7 bolts with 800 mm × 1000 mm spacing between the roof, 10 bolts with 800 mm × 1000 mm spacing between the two sides, and 2 × 1 × 2 cables with 1600 mm × 2000 mm spacing between the roof). Support scheme 1 was applied to the engineering site to control the deformation of surrounding rock at 80 mm, and the deformation was less than the original support scheme. The construction was completed in advance under the hysteresis process, and the support efficiency and operation safety were improved. The results revealed the mechanism of surrounding rock control and proved the effectiveness of digging support synergy. This optimization plan serves as a reference for studying roadway support in rapid excavation and provides theoretical support for safe and efficient coal roadway mining.
{"title":"Collaborative optimization of driving support technology in the W3233 working face return airway","authors":"Ziyi Yang, Yingfu Li, Peng Kong, Zhigang Zhu, Zulin Wang, Guowei Wang","doi":"10.1177/01445987231202620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231202620","url":null,"abstract":"Deep-shaft mining in roadway stress concentration, difficult control of the surrounding rock, and mining imbalance affect mining efficiency in coal mines. The mechanical parameters and crack development law of roadway surrounding rock were studied by laboratory experiments. The mechanical model was established by the method of theoretical analysis, the maximum empty roof distance was deduced, and two support schemes were designed. Through the numerical simulation method, the support scheme was compared and analyzed, the deformation rule of roadway surrounding rock, the optimization of roadway support parameters and the application of hysteresis technology are studied. The effect of different support schemes was verified by three-dimensional similar simulation experiments. The practical engineering verification showed that the construction time of each support circle was reduced by approximately 1 h, and the work was completed 60 days earlier. The research showed that the optimal support scheme was support scheme 1 (7 bolts with 800 mm × 1000 mm spacing between the roof, 10 bolts with 800 mm × 1000 mm spacing between the two sides, and 2 × 1 × 2 cables with 1600 mm × 2000 mm spacing between the roof). Support scheme 1 was applied to the engineering site to control the deformation of surrounding rock at 80 mm, and the deformation was less than the original support scheme. The construction was completed in advance under the hysteresis process, and the support efficiency and operation safety were improved. The results revealed the mechanism of surrounding rock control and proved the effectiveness of digging support synergy. This optimization plan serves as a reference for studying roadway support in rapid excavation and provides theoretical support for safe and efficient coal roadway mining.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136308704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-20DOI: 10.1177/01445987231190786
Xinyuan Zhao, Ke Yang, Xinwang Li, Lichao Cheng
The law of ground pressure behavior can accurately guide the material proportion and performance of the roadside backfill body (RBB) in gob-side entry retaining (GER), thereby reducing the waste of materials and the cost of retaining roadway. In this study, a similar material modeling is used to verify the spatiotemporal law of the ground pressure in the engineering case of solid dense backfilling mining in Xingtai Mine, China. Based on that law, the theoretical requirements for the bearing performance of the RBB are proposed. Finally, a material mix proportion that meets the theoretical requirements is obtained by compression test, and the deformation and failure characteristics of the backfill body with that mix proportion are analyzed. The results show that the maximum pressure of the backfill body measured in Xingtai Mine is 5.5 MPa, which is about 40 m away from the coal face; after 40 m, the force on the backfill body will not increase anymore. The physical simulation experiment also proved that the ground pressure behind the coal face increases gradually and tends to be during the backfilling process, which shows certain spatiotemporal characteristics. Through the proportioning experiment, it is determined that the optimal material mix proportion of the RBB is gangue:fly ash:cement = 10:3:1, which meets the theoretical requirement that the strength of the RBB at any position is not less than the ground pressure at that position. The research results provide theoretical support for the field practice of GER in solid dense backfilling mining.
{"title":"The Material Mix Proportion of Roadside Backfill Body (RBB) Based on Spatiotemporal Law of Ground Pressure: A Case Study","authors":"Xinyuan Zhao, Ke Yang, Xinwang Li, Lichao Cheng","doi":"10.1177/01445987231190786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231190786","url":null,"abstract":"The law of ground pressure behavior can accurately guide the material proportion and performance of the roadside backfill body (RBB) in gob-side entry retaining (GER), thereby reducing the waste of materials and the cost of retaining roadway. In this study, a similar material modeling is used to verify the spatiotemporal law of the ground pressure in the engineering case of solid dense backfilling mining in Xingtai Mine, China. Based on that law, the theoretical requirements for the bearing performance of the RBB are proposed. Finally, a material mix proportion that meets the theoretical requirements is obtained by compression test, and the deformation and failure characteristics of the backfill body with that mix proportion are analyzed. The results show that the maximum pressure of the backfill body measured in Xingtai Mine is 5.5 MPa, which is about 40 m away from the coal face; after 40 m, the force on the backfill body will not increase anymore. The physical simulation experiment also proved that the ground pressure behind the coal face increases gradually and tends to be during the backfilling process, which shows certain spatiotemporal characteristics. Through the proportioning experiment, it is determined that the optimal material mix proportion of the RBB is gangue:fly ash:cement = 10:3:1, which meets the theoretical requirement that the strength of the RBB at any position is not less than the ground pressure at that position. The research results provide theoretical support for the field practice of GER in solid dense backfilling mining.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136308707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1177/01445987231188533
Hong Xiao, Meijun Li, Ning Wang, Chengyu Yang, Qiuya Han, Xiaoqiang Liu, Ningning Zhong, Shuichang Zhang, Nansheng Qiu
The hydrocarbon phase state of deep to ultra-deep reservoirs in the Tarim and Sichuan basins has been of great interest in oil and gas exploration. Based on a combination of molecular dynamics simulation, gold-tube pyrolysis experiments, and geological-geochemical theory, this study discusses the mechanisms governing the stability of oils in deep reservoirs from the perspectives of their reservoir accumulation histories and chemical reactions. Generally, the reason for the existence of liquid oil in the Tarim Basin is widely considered to be only controlled by external geological conditions, mainly including low geothermal gradient, absence of thermal events, low maximum reservoir temperatures, and late hydrocarbon generation process. However, this study firstly proposed that the chemical composition of oil is an internal factor for its thermal stability. The simulation results reveal that the polycondensation reactions of asphaltene will release hydrogen atoms, which can provide a necessary hydrogen source for cracking of liquid chain hydrocarbons. It means that the presence of asphaltene components can promote the cracking of chain hydrocarbons and generate methane. The normal mature oil in the Sichuan Basin generally has higher contents of asphaltenes than that of the high-mature light oil of the Tarim Basin, so more hydrogen has historically been available for the cracking of oil to gas. By looking at the accumulation histories and chemical compositions of the crude oils, this study first explains the stable long-term storage of liquid hydrocarbons in the Tarim Basin, providing important guidance for future deep to ultra-deep oil and gas exploration.
{"title":"Occurrence of deep liquid oil reservoirs in the Sichuan and Tarim basins as constrained by geological evidences and molecular simulation","authors":"Hong Xiao, Meijun Li, Ning Wang, Chengyu Yang, Qiuya Han, Xiaoqiang Liu, Ningning Zhong, Shuichang Zhang, Nansheng Qiu","doi":"10.1177/01445987231188533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231188533","url":null,"abstract":"The hydrocarbon phase state of deep to ultra-deep reservoirs in the Tarim and Sichuan basins has been of great interest in oil and gas exploration. Based on a combination of molecular dynamics simulation, gold-tube pyrolysis experiments, and geological-geochemical theory, this study discusses the mechanisms governing the stability of oils in deep reservoirs from the perspectives of their reservoir accumulation histories and chemical reactions. Generally, the reason for the existence of liquid oil in the Tarim Basin is widely considered to be only controlled by external geological conditions, mainly including low geothermal gradient, absence of thermal events, low maximum reservoir temperatures, and late hydrocarbon generation process. However, this study firstly proposed that the chemical composition of oil is an internal factor for its thermal stability. The simulation results reveal that the polycondensation reactions of asphaltene will release hydrogen atoms, which can provide a necessary hydrogen source for cracking of liquid chain hydrocarbons. It means that the presence of asphaltene components can promote the cracking of chain hydrocarbons and generate methane. The normal mature oil in the Sichuan Basin generally has higher contents of asphaltenes than that of the high-mature light oil of the Tarim Basin, so more hydrogen has historically been available for the cracking of oil to gas. By looking at the accumulation histories and chemical compositions of the crude oils, this study first explains the stable long-term storage of liquid hydrocarbons in the Tarim Basin, providing important guidance for future deep to ultra-deep oil and gas exploration.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135206714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1177/01445987231188161
Chuanzhi Cui, Yin Qian, Zhongwei Wu, Shuiqingshan Lu, Jiajie He
Traditional machine learning methods are difficult to accurately forecast oil production when development measures change. A method of oil reservoir production prediction based on normalized mutual information and a long short-term memory-based sequence-to-sequence model (Seq2Seq-LSTM) was proposed to forecast reservoir production considering the influence of liquid production and well spacing density. First, the marine sandstone reservoirs in the Y basin were taken as the research object to establish the sample database. Then, the feature selection was carried out according to the normalized mutual information, and liquid production, production time, equivalent well spacing density, fluidity and original formation pressure were determined as input features. Finally, a Seq2Seq-LSTM model was established to forecast reservoir production by learning the interaction from multiple samples and multiple sequences, and mining the relationship between oil production and features. The research showed that the model has a high accuracy of production prediction and can forecast the change of production when the liquid production and well spacing density change, which can provide scientific recommendations to help the oilfield develop and adjust efficiently.
{"title":"Forecasting of oil production driven by reservoir spatial–temporal data based on normalized mutual information and Seq2Seq-LSTM","authors":"Chuanzhi Cui, Yin Qian, Zhongwei Wu, Shuiqingshan Lu, Jiajie He","doi":"10.1177/01445987231188161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231188161","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional machine learning methods are difficult to accurately forecast oil production when development measures change. A method of oil reservoir production prediction based on normalized mutual information and a long short-term memory-based sequence-to-sequence model (Seq2Seq-LSTM) was proposed to forecast reservoir production considering the influence of liquid production and well spacing density. First, the marine sandstone reservoirs in the Y basin were taken as the research object to establish the sample database. Then, the feature selection was carried out according to the normalized mutual information, and liquid production, production time, equivalent well spacing density, fluidity and original formation pressure were determined as input features. Finally, a Seq2Seq-LSTM model was established to forecast reservoir production by learning the interaction from multiple samples and multiple sequences, and mining the relationship between oil production and features. The research showed that the model has a high accuracy of production prediction and can forecast the change of production when the liquid production and well spacing density change, which can provide scientific recommendations to help the oilfield develop and adjust efficiently.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135149040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1177/01445987231193034
Xin Zhou, Qiquan Ran
The advancement of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies has led to an increased significance of shale gas as a vital energy source. In the realm of oilfield development decisions, production forecast analysis stands as an essential aspect. Despite numerical simulation being a prevalent method for production prediction, its time-consuming nature is ill-suited for expeditious decision-making in oilfield development. Consequently, we present a data-driven model, ASGA-XGBoost, designed for rapid and precise forecasting of shale gas production from horizontally fractured wells. The central premise of ASGA-XGBoost entails the implementation of ASGA to optimize the hyperparameters of the XGBoost model, thereby enhancing its prediction performance. To assess the feasibility of the ASGA-XGBoost model, we employed a dataset comprising 250 samples, acquired by simulating shale gas multistage fractured horizontal well development through the use of CMG commercial numerical simulation software. Furthermore, XGBoost, GA-XGBoost, and ASGA-XGBoost models were trained using the data from the training set and employed to predict the 30-day cumulative gas production utilizing the data from the testing set. The outcomes demonstrate that the ASGA-XGBoost model yields the lowest mean absolute error and offers optimal performance in predicting the 30-day cumulative gas production. Additionally, the mean absolute error of the unoptimized XGBoost model is markedly greater than that of the optimized XGBoost model, indicating that the latter, refined through the application of intelligent optimization algorithms, exhibits superior performance. The insights gleaned from this investigation have the potential to inform the development of strategic plans for shale gas oilfields, ultimately promoting the cost-effective exploitation of this energy resource.
{"title":"Production prediction based on ASGA-XGBoost in shale gas reservoir","authors":"Xin Zhou, Qiquan Ran","doi":"10.1177/01445987231193034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231193034","url":null,"abstract":"The advancement of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies has led to an increased significance of shale gas as a vital energy source. In the realm of oilfield development decisions, production forecast analysis stands as an essential aspect. Despite numerical simulation being a prevalent method for production prediction, its time-consuming nature is ill-suited for expeditious decision-making in oilfield development. Consequently, we present a data-driven model, ASGA-XGBoost, designed for rapid and precise forecasting of shale gas production from horizontally fractured wells. The central premise of ASGA-XGBoost entails the implementation of ASGA to optimize the hyperparameters of the XGBoost model, thereby enhancing its prediction performance. To assess the feasibility of the ASGA-XGBoost model, we employed a dataset comprising 250 samples, acquired by simulating shale gas multistage fractured horizontal well development through the use of CMG commercial numerical simulation software. Furthermore, XGBoost, GA-XGBoost, and ASGA-XGBoost models were trained using the data from the training set and employed to predict the 30-day cumulative gas production utilizing the data from the testing set. The outcomes demonstrate that the ASGA-XGBoost model yields the lowest mean absolute error and offers optimal performance in predicting the 30-day cumulative gas production. Additionally, the mean absolute error of the unoptimized XGBoost model is markedly greater than that of the optimized XGBoost model, indicating that the latter, refined through the application of intelligent optimization algorithms, exhibits superior performance. The insights gleaned from this investigation have the potential to inform the development of strategic plans for shale gas oilfields, ultimately promoting the cost-effective exploitation of this energy resource.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135149032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As human demand for energy continues to grow, energy security has become an important research topic for national economic and social development. As the country with the highest energy demand and import in the world, China needs to ensure its energy import security in a personal way. Against this research background, this paper investigates the causal relationship between bilateral political relations and China's energy import security. This research selected HS 6-digit percentile trade data from 47 energy-exporting countries engaged in energy trade with China from 2000 to 2020. A trade gravity model was constructed to examine the impact of bilateral political relations on China's energy import security. Multiple empirical analyses were conducted using the PPMLHDFE method to investigate various aspects of the relationship. The research shows that: (1) Bilateral political relations can significantly affect China's energy trade imports. (2) The regional security situation of exporting countries and the signing of free trade agreements with China play a moderating role between bilateral political relations and energy imports. (3) In the heterogeneity analysis, the influence of bilateral political relations on China's energy trade has obvious stage characteristics, and the influence of bilateral political relations on China's energy trade is stronger in countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative, and there is a certain path-dependent type of China's energy imports.
{"title":"Bilateral political relations and the security of China's energy imports","authors":"Wenguang Tang, Jiacheng Wang, Xiaohui Yuan, Siqi Wang, Qihui Shao, Jian Hu","doi":"10.1177/01445987231199139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231199139","url":null,"abstract":"As human demand for energy continues to grow, energy security has become an important research topic for national economic and social development. As the country with the highest energy demand and import in the world, China needs to ensure its energy import security in a personal way. Against this research background, this paper investigates the causal relationship between bilateral political relations and China's energy import security. This research selected HS 6-digit percentile trade data from 47 energy-exporting countries engaged in energy trade with China from 2000 to 2020. A trade gravity model was constructed to examine the impact of bilateral political relations on China's energy import security. Multiple empirical analyses were conducted using the PPMLHDFE method to investigate various aspects of the relationship. The research shows that: (1) Bilateral political relations can significantly affect China's energy trade imports. (2) The regional security situation of exporting countries and the signing of free trade agreements with China play a moderating role between bilateral political relations and energy imports. (3) In the heterogeneity analysis, the influence of bilateral political relations on China's energy trade has obvious stage characteristics, and the influence of bilateral political relations on China's energy trade is stronger in countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative, and there is a certain path-dependent type of China's energy imports.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135149035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1177/01445987231195679
Elnara Rustamzade, Wen Pan, John T. Foster, Michael Pyrcz
A commingled production scheme, where wells are simultaneously completed in multiple reservoir units, offers a cost-effective alternative worldwide. However, their behavior can be more complex than single-unit wells in sequential production. Limited completion studies exist for the unique Paleogene Gulf of Mexico fields. To aid decision-making, we conducted a numerical study using geological and reservoir models of Lower and Upper Wilcox units, based on publicly available data. Results show that commingled production maximizes per-well oil production compared to sequential schemes. Over 30 years, it provides 61% more oil recovery, and over 50 years, it yields 21% more. One-factor-at-a-time design of experiments sensitivity analysis identifies that key reservoir properties influencing oil recovery in both schemes are upper and lower unit thicknesses, facies proportion of the upper unit. Additionally, average permeability of the lower unit plays a significant role in sequential production schemes.
{"title":"Comparison of commingled and sequential production schemes by sensitivity analysis for Gulf of Mexico Paleogene Deepwater turbidite oil fields: A simulation study","authors":"Elnara Rustamzade, Wen Pan, John T. Foster, Michael Pyrcz","doi":"10.1177/01445987231195679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231195679","url":null,"abstract":"A commingled production scheme, where wells are simultaneously completed in multiple reservoir units, offers a cost-effective alternative worldwide. However, their behavior can be more complex than single-unit wells in sequential production. Limited completion studies exist for the unique Paleogene Gulf of Mexico fields. To aid decision-making, we conducted a numerical study using geological and reservoir models of Lower and Upper Wilcox units, based on publicly available data. Results show that commingled production maximizes per-well oil production compared to sequential schemes. Over 30 years, it provides 61% more oil recovery, and over 50 years, it yields 21% more. One-factor-at-a-time design of experiments sensitivity analysis identifies that key reservoir properties influencing oil recovery in both schemes are upper and lower unit thicknesses, facies proportion of the upper unit. Additionally, average permeability of the lower unit plays a significant role in sequential production schemes.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"63 1","pages":"2078 - 2100"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79504371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.1177/01445987231198937
Aiman Albatayneh
The Russian–Ukraine war has had and will continue to impact global energy and food security; this will increase the pressure on low-income communities due to rising food costs, as some food was used for energy (i.e. cooking oil). In addition to that, rising energy demand, fuel price increases, the need for energy security, climate change, and means of lowering greenhouse gas emissions are significant considerations in all ethical discussions, particularly when considering the human right to food; there is a tension between the usage of land and availability of water and the human need for fuel, such as biofuel. Although biofuels have the potential to alleviate energy difficulties, producing and consuming such fuels raises social, economic, technological, environmental, and ethical concerns due to ethical aspects such as Rights, Duty, Virtue, Utilitarianism, and Sustainability. Furthermore, all participants bear an ethical responsibility to ensure that biofuels are produced and used appropriately, taking into account citizens’ rights to nourishment, well-being, and employment, the environmental sustainability of such fuels, as well as their capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the equitable distribution of such fuels’ costs and benefits. Using human food to produce biofuels has raised several issues since it may jeopardize the human right to enough sustenance for healthy living. In contrast, current biofuel production and use do not meet environmental sustainability requirements.
{"title":"The energy-food dilemma for utilizing biofuels in low-income communities amidst the Russian–Ukrainian conflict","authors":"Aiman Albatayneh","doi":"10.1177/01445987231198937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231198937","url":null,"abstract":"The Russian–Ukraine war has had and will continue to impact global energy and food security; this will increase the pressure on low-income communities due to rising food costs, as some food was used for energy (i.e. cooking oil). In addition to that, rising energy demand, fuel price increases, the need for energy security, climate change, and means of lowering greenhouse gas emissions are significant considerations in all ethical discussions, particularly when considering the human right to food; there is a tension between the usage of land and availability of water and the human need for fuel, such as biofuel. Although biofuels have the potential to alleviate energy difficulties, producing and consuming such fuels raises social, economic, technological, environmental, and ethical concerns due to ethical aspects such as Rights, Duty, Virtue, Utilitarianism, and Sustainability. Furthermore, all participants bear an ethical responsibility to ensure that biofuels are produced and used appropriately, taking into account citizens’ rights to nourishment, well-being, and employment, the environmental sustainability of such fuels, as well as their capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the equitable distribution of such fuels’ costs and benefits. Using human food to produce biofuels has raised several issues since it may jeopardize the human right to enough sustenance for healthy living. In contrast, current biofuel production and use do not meet environmental sustainability requirements.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"15 1","pages":"1942 - 1955"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86209042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-16DOI: 10.1177/01445987231185885
M. Alsaleh, A. Abdul-Rahim
The European geothermal heating market, at one time dominated by only a handful of countries, is set to experience a purple patch in the coming years as governments scramble to find an affordable alternative to expensive gas-fired heating. The primary focus of this study will be to investigate what effect will worldwide governance factors and economic growth on the geothermal energy output among the 27 European Countries from the time being 1996 to 2021. Using the autoregressive distributed lag, the findings shows that a significant increase in the geothermal energy industry sustainability can occur in European Union 14 (EU14) emerged economies using worldwide governance factors than in EU13 emerging economies. Among additional factors, instability in the political realm, regulatory issues in the area of quality, accountability, and voice-related issues, and the ability to curb corrupt practices contribute more positively to geothermal energy sustainability in EU14 emerged economies than in European Union 13 (EU13) emerging economies. On the other hand, government effectiveness contributes more positively to geothermal energy sustainability in EU13 emerging economies than in EU14 emerged economies. The finding implies that geothermal power sustainability in EU region countries can be significantly increased by mounting the level of worldwide governance determinants to achieve Energy Union aims by 2030. This will finally be spread to combat climate change and environmental pollution. All observations on projected calculations are valid. The confirmation was achieved with the aid of the three estimators used in the study which are the pooled mean group estimator, the mean group estimator, and the third one was dynamic fixed effect approach. This study recommended that these European countries need to put more effort in terms of being effective in worldwide governance indicators which will help in goal attainment at the societal and environmental levels. Those in charge of making laws in the European countries should get more engaged in worldwide governance scopes as this will assist in facilitating the security and sustainability of geothermal energy generation. Those in charge of making policies in the EU countries should as well lay more emphasis on the strategies that could be cointegrated and as well sustainable toward worldwide governance fractionation toward the achievement of the sustainability of geothermal power and this will drastically reduce the need or dependence on fossil fuel and emissions coming from carbon dioxide in the future time.
{"title":"Rethinking the governance of geothermal power industry: The roadmap for sustainable development","authors":"M. Alsaleh, A. Abdul-Rahim","doi":"10.1177/01445987231185885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01445987231185885","url":null,"abstract":"The European geothermal heating market, at one time dominated by only a handful of countries, is set to experience a purple patch in the coming years as governments scramble to find an affordable alternative to expensive gas-fired heating. The primary focus of this study will be to investigate what effect will worldwide governance factors and economic growth on the geothermal energy output among the 27 European Countries from the time being 1996 to 2021. Using the autoregressive distributed lag, the findings shows that a significant increase in the geothermal energy industry sustainability can occur in European Union 14 (EU14) emerged economies using worldwide governance factors than in EU13 emerging economies. Among additional factors, instability in the political realm, regulatory issues in the area of quality, accountability, and voice-related issues, and the ability to curb corrupt practices contribute more positively to geothermal energy sustainability in EU14 emerged economies than in European Union 13 (EU13) emerging economies. On the other hand, government effectiveness contributes more positively to geothermal energy sustainability in EU13 emerging economies than in EU14 emerged economies. The finding implies that geothermal power sustainability in EU region countries can be significantly increased by mounting the level of worldwide governance determinants to achieve Energy Union aims by 2030. This will finally be spread to combat climate change and environmental pollution. All observations on projected calculations are valid. The confirmation was achieved with the aid of the three estimators used in the study which are the pooled mean group estimator, the mean group estimator, and the third one was dynamic fixed effect approach. This study recommended that these European countries need to put more effort in terms of being effective in worldwide governance indicators which will help in goal attainment at the societal and environmental levels. Those in charge of making laws in the European countries should get more engaged in worldwide governance scopes as this will assist in facilitating the security and sustainability of geothermal energy generation. Those in charge of making policies in the EU countries should as well lay more emphasis on the strategies that could be cointegrated and as well sustainable toward worldwide governance fractionation toward the achievement of the sustainability of geothermal power and this will drastically reduce the need or dependence on fossil fuel and emissions coming from carbon dioxide in the future time.","PeriodicalId":11606,"journal":{"name":"Energy Exploration & Exploitation","volume":"129 1 1","pages":"1821 - 1849"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77880758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-12DOI: 10.1177/01445987231188152
J. Asfar, Mohammad Alrbai, Nezar Qudah
In this work, a hybrid system consisting of a parabolic trough collector and a steam power plant is proposed. The effect of utilizing the parabolic trough collector on improving the performance of the plant and reducing fuel consumption has been studied experimentally. This study was implemented on a lab scale hybrid energy system consisting of a parabolic trough collector unit incorporated into a biomass-oil shale fired steam power plant during startup conditions. To determine the performance of this lab-scale hybrid system, the efficiency of the parabolic trough collector standalone system has been measured and the flow rate of the system has been tuned to 0.31 L/min to obtain an efficiency of 10.2%. The biomass-oil shale fired power plant worked with superheated steam at 377 °C temperature and 0.6 MPa pressure. The thermal efficiency of the power plant was 12.6% with net output power of 6.3 kW without using the parabolic trough collector unit. It was found that the performance of the hybrid system has shown better efficiency than the standalone biomass fired power plant with the same fuel mixture ratio and steam flowrate. The fuel mixture consumed in the hybrid system decreased by 62.0% at starting up condition. This result may be extended to steady-state operating conditions by increasing the number of parabolic trough collector units utilized. Furthermore, the overall thermal efficiency of the hybrid parabolic trough collector power plant system may reach 33.3% during steady-state operation if 48 parabolic trough collector similar units were used. These parabolic trough collector units should be arranged in three parallel rows, each row of 16 units in series.
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