Ecological aspects of the natural gas use

Abstract

Good alternative for diesel fuel and petrol is gas. It is about half the price of diesel and fuel-powered vehicles and emit significantly less harmful compounds in exhaust gases, eg. CO 2 emissions are reduced by approx. 10-15%. For the introduction of natural gas as fuels used to power vehicles and installations supports also one argument, in the twentieth century, energy consumption has increased more than fifteen times, while fossil fuels like coal, oil, natural gas is the main source of energy. According to the International Energy Agency, transportation as one of the fast growing sectors of the economy consumes approx. 26% of the main sources of energy, especially oil, which deposits are of successively depletion. If oil consumption will grow at the same rate as before, then how provide forecasts to meet the needs of the world of vehicles fleet for the use of only petroleum fuelsit will be impossible for approx. twenty years and the other power technologies (eg. hydrogen fuel) are not yet refined. Natural gas may therefore be called as transition fuel between oil fuels and other technologies to power vehicles or installations.

Analiza stanu infrastruktury gazociągowej oraz zdarzeń awaryjnych w podsystemie dostawy gazu ziemnego w Polsce

“…Z tego względu należy szukać takich źró-deł energii, które będą emitować jak najmniej zanieczyszczeń. Takim źródłem energii jest gaz ziemny, który coraz częściej stosowany jest nie tylko w gospodarstwach domowych ale także w przemyśle [7,12,13]. W ostatnim czasie, można zauważyć wzrost produkcji energii elektrycznej przy wykorzystaniu gazu ziemnego.…”

Analysis of the Safety of Functioning Gas Pipelines in Terms of the Occurrence of Failures

“…Safety can be defined in descriptive terms as a condition or property of an object or system that characterizes its ability to resist accidents [27,28]. With regard to consumers of a supply of gas, safety is the probability of avoiding the risk resulting from hazard occurrence or protection against hazard [29].…”

Approach to Clustering Costs and Losses Incurred as a Result of Water Network Failure

“…Gas explosion can cause major damage, which in turn contributes to the cost of 488 M. Urbanik failure. The cost of eliminating the failure of the gas network is not always covered by the gas company [1,10]. Where the perpetrator is known, then the costs associated with failure removal are transferred to the perpetrator.…”