Application of solar energy in the oil industry—Current status and future prospects

Halabi, Mamun Absi; Al-Qattan, Ayman; Al-Otaibi, Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.030

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“…Continued demand from developed countries along with growth from developing economies implies demand for oil and gas will likely continue to be robust. Considering the desire to maximize production efficiency and economic returns, there is increased attention to the fact that nearly 10% of oil is consumed in the process of oil production, transportation, and refining (Halabi, Al-Qattan, and Al-Otaibi 2015) and that a quarter of a barrel of oil is used to produce a barrel of heavy oil (Wesoff 2015). As oil and gas development shifts to secondary and other non-conventional sources, meeting future demand is anticipated to require substantial amounts of energy to produce, transport, and refine petroleum.…”

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Approaches for Integrating Renewable Energy Technologies in Oil and Gas Operations

Ericson

Engel-Cox

Arent

2019

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Approaches for Integrating Renewable Energy Technologies in Oil and Gas Operations

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Engel-Cox

Arent

2019

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“…In Norway, oil and gas extraction represented about 28% of those emissions in 2014 [2]. The search for more efficient processes is important not only due to environmental issues, but also because of cost reductions, once oil production and refining consume nearly 10% of the produced oil [3].…”

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Deep Water Cooled ORC for Offshore Floating Oil Platform Applications

Val¹,

Silva²,

Oliveira³

2017

International Journal of Thermodynamics

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Due to global warming, environmental pollution and cost reduction, increasing efficiency of electricity conversion has become a key issue for the offshore market. This paper proposes an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), which uses heat waste from exhaust gases of an FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading unit) as heating source, and deep ocean water as cooling source. A genetic algorithm optimization was conducted targeting maximization of net power output, by taking in to consideration of 23 working fluids. Expander inlet temperature and pressure were set as independent variables. The analysis encompasses subcritical or supercritical conditions and recuperation was included in a second version of the system as an option. The first configuration presented ethanol as optimal fluid, followed by toluene and the second configuration indicated cyclohexane followed by ethanol. Use of recuperation, when feasible, increased power output specially for cycles operating with dry and isentropic fluids, presenting an average contribution of 22.7%. Net power and efficiency results from ORC using deep sea water in condenser were presented and compared with ORC using shallow ocean water as cooling source and with Carnot efficiency operating under the same temperatures. Use of deep water raised net power output by 23.3% (cyclohexane recuperative ORC) and 12.5% (ethanol non-recuperative ORC) for the optimal configurations.

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“…As shown solar heat for industrial processes has been identified repeatedly as an important market for solar thermal applications as the industrial heat demand, proof of that are the numerous emergent applications [20]. Several reports have thoroughly analyzed the contributions of solar energy in meeting the energy requirements of several kind of industries, from the oil industry to the paper, textile or pharmaceutical industry [21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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Process Heat Generation Potential from Solar Concentration Technologies in Latin America: The Case of Argentina

Lillo¹,

Pérez²,

Moreno³

et al. 2017

Preprint

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This paper evaluates the potential of solar concentration technologies-compound parabolic collector (CPC), linear Fresnel collector (LFC) and parabolic trough collector (PTC)-as an alternative to conventional sources of energy for industrial processes in Latin America, where high levels of solar radiation and isolated areas without energy supply exist. The analysis is addressed from energy, economic and environmental perspective. A specific application for Argentina in which fourteen locations are analyzed is considered. Results show that solar concentration technologies can be an economically and environmentally viable alternative. Levelized cost of energy (LCOE) ranges between 2.5 and 16.9 c€/kWh/m 2 and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions avoided range between 33 and 348 kgCO2/(m 2 ·year). CPC technology stands out as the most recommendable technology when the working fluid temperature ranges from 373K to 423K. As the working fluid temperature increases the differences between the LCOE values of the CPC and LFC technologies decrease. When 523K is reached LFC technology is the one which presents the lowest LCOE values for all analyzed sites, while the LCOE values of PTC technology are close to CPC technology values. Results show that solar concentration technologies have reached economic and environmental competitiveness levels under certain scenarios, mainly linked to solar resource available, thermal level requirements and solar technology cost.

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Application of solar energy in the oil industry—Current status and future prospects

Cited by 126 publications

References 50 publications

Approaches for Integrating Renewable Energy Technologies in Oil and Gas Operations

Approaches for Integrating Renewable Energy Technologies in Oil and Gas Operations

Deep Water Cooled ORC for Offshore Floating Oil Platform Applications

Process Heat Generation Potential from Solar Concentration Technologies in Latin America: The Case of Argentina

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