Natural gas : fuel for the 21st century / Vaclav Smil.
Natural gas is the world's cleanest fossil fuel; it generates less air pollution and releases less CO2 per unit of useful energy than liquid fuels or coals. With its vast supplies of conventional resources and nonconventional stores, the extension of long-distance gas pipelines and the recent e...
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Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Valuable Resource with an Odd Name; 1.1 METHANE'S ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS; Chapter 2 Origins and Distribution of Fossil Gases; 2.1 BIOGENIC HYDROCARBONS; 2.2 WHERE TO FIND NATURAL GAS; 2.3 RESOURCES AND THE PROGRESSION OF RESERVES; Chapter 3 Extraction, Processing, Transportation, and Sales; 3.1 EXPLORATION, EXTRACTION, AND PROCESSING; 3.1.1 Exploration and Drilling; 3.1.2 Well Completion and Production; 3.1.3 Natural Gas Processing; 3.2 PIPELINES AND STORAGES; 3.2.1 Modern Pipelines; 3.2.2 Storing Natural Gas.
- 3.3 CHANGING PRODUCTIONChapter 4 Natural Gas as Fuel and Feedstock; 4.1 INDUSTRIAL USES, HEATING, COOLING, AND COOKING; 4.1.1 Industrial Uses of Natural Gas; 4.1.2 Natural Gas for Space Heating and Cooling; 4.1.3 Cooking with Natural Gas; 4.1.4 Liquefied Petroleum Gas; 4.2 ELECTRICITY GENERATION; 4.2.1 Gas Turbines; 4.2.2 CCGTs; 4.3 NATURAL GAS AS A RAW MATERIAL; 4.3.1 Ammonia Synthesis; 4.3.2 Plastics from Natural Gas; 4.3.3 Gas-to-Liquid Conversions; Chapter 5 Exports and Emergence of Global Trade; 5.1 NORTH AMERICAN NATURAL GAS SYSTEM; 5.2 EURASIAN NETWORKS; 5.3 EVOLUTION OF LNG SHIPMENTS.
- Chapter 6 Diversification of Sources6.1 SHALE GAS; 6.1.1 American Shale Gas Extraction; 6.1.2 Shales outside the United States; 6.2 CBM AND TIGHT GAS; 6.2.1 Tight Gas; 6.3 METHANE HYDRATES; Chapter 7 Natural Gas in Energy Transitions; 7.1 FUEL SUBSTITUTIONS AND DECARBONIZATION OF ENERGY SUPPLY; 7.2 METHANE IN TRANSPORTATION; 7.2.1 LNG; 7.2.2 CNG; 7.3 NATURAL GAS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; 7.3.1 Methane Emissions from Gas Industry; 7.3.2 Methane from Shale Gas; 7.3.3 Water Use and Contamination; Chapter 8 The Best Fuel for the Twenty-First Century?; 8.1 HOW FAR WILL GAS GO?; 8.2 SHALE GAS PROSPECTS.
- 8.3 GLOBAL LNG8.4 UNCERTAIN FUTURES; References; Index; EULA.