Transport fuels from Australia's gas resources / edited by Robert Clark and Mark Thomson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Robert, editor.

Thomson, Mark, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas as fuel--Australia.

Gas as fuel.

Motor fuels--Australia.

Motor fuels.

Natural gas--Economic aspects--Australia.

Natural gas.

Natural resources--Australia--Management.

Natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney Australia : New South Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

"A UNSW Press book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 7, 2015).

ISBN:

1-74224-718-0

OCLC:

898104086