PhD ceremony: The developing role of gas in decarbonizing China's energy system. System analysis of technical, economic and environmental improvements of LNG and low carbon gas supply chains and infrastructure | Jinrui Zhang
When: | Mo 12-04-2021 at 11:00 |
Where: | Academy building and live stream |
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PhD ceremony: | J. (Jinrui) Zhang |
When: | April 12, 2021 |
Start: | 11:00 |
Supervisor: | prof. dr. A.P.C. (André) Faaij |
Co-supervisors: | dr. R.M.J. (René) Benders, J.C. (Hans) Meerman, PhD |
Where: | Academy building RUG |
Faculty: | Science and Engineering |
Institute: | Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG) |
Research Group: | Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES) |
Abstract
The gas system in China is essential for an energy transition towards a low-carbon future. The optimization of gas supply chains and gas infrastructure deployment is crucial for energy-saving, cost-saving, and GHG emissions mitigation. In the short term, natural gas can act as a transition fuel by replacing oil and coal in especially power and transport sectors. In the long term, gradually replacing natural gas with low-carbon gas can secure the role of the gas infrastructure in a low carbon energy system.
As China is undergoing an energy transition from a coal dominated energy system to a low-carbon energy system, the main objective of this thesis is to investigate how gaseous energy carriers and the NG infrastructure can be used in the most efficient way for a low-carbon energy system in China towards 2050. In this thesis, the potential role of LNG in the short term and low-carbon gases in the long term for a low-carbon energy system with infrastructure deployment pathway in China are investigated by assessing the energy efficiency, GHG emissions, and costs of the supply chains.
Dissertation: http://hdl.handle.net/(...)53-b8dd-6a98c719f5c2