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1. CO2 precooled dual phase expander refrigeration cycles for offshore and small-scale LNG production: Energy, exergy, and economic evaluation

Author:
Muhammad Abdul Qyyum; Ahmad Naquash; Noman Raza Sial; Moonyong Lee
Source:
Energy 2023 v.262 pp. 125378
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; algorithms; carbon dioxide; economic evaluation; energy conservation; energy efficiency; ethane; exergy; liquefaction; liquefied natural gas; nitrogen; precooling; propane; refrigeration; specific energy;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) processes have gained considerable attention owing to the development of offshore natural gas (NG) reserves. Low energy efficiency and high process costs are the major challenges associated with small-scale LNG processes. In this study, to reduce energy consumption and improve process economics, a dual-phase expander-based process assisted by carbon dioxide ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2022.125378

2. The effect of political risk on investment decisions

Author:
Pradip Banerjee; Shantanu Dutta
Source:
Economics letters 2022 v.212 pp. 110301
ISSN:
0165-1765
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; capital; politics; risk; uncertainty;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The debate on firm’s investment decision under uncertainty is still unsettled. This study empirically examines the impact of firm-level political risk on contemporaneous capital and operating investment decisions. Using the text-based measure of firm-level political risk for US firms developed by Hassan et al. (2019), we show that when firms face higher political risk, they reduce the irreversible ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110301

3. Integration of multi-objective spatial optimization and data-driven interpretation to direct the city-wide sustainable promotion of building-based decentralized water technologies

Author:
Yue Li; Weiwei Mo; Sybil Derrible; Zhongming Lu
Source:
Water research 2022 v.222 pp. 118880
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; energy; greywater; rain; research; water;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Decentralized water technologies such as rainwater harvesting (RWH) and greywater recycling (GWR) can supplement centralized urban water systems, helping reduce water withdrawal and improve water reliability. These benefits only emerge when decentralized water technologies are widely implemented. Several decision-supporting frameworks have been developed to identify suitable locations for deployin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2022.118880

4. Parametric assessment, multi-objective optimization and advanced exergy analysis of a combined thermal-compressed air energy storage with an ejector-assisted Kalina cycle

Author:
Xuqing Yang; Shanju Yang; Haitao Wang; Zhenzhu Yu; Zhan Liu; Weifeng Zhang
Source:
Energy 2022 v.239 pp. 122148
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; air; algorithms; ammonia; exergy; temperature;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Compressed air energy storage has attracted worldwide attention owning to its low capital investment, scalability, eco-friendliness and long life. In this paper, a new combined thermal-compressed air energy storage with ejector-assisted superheated Kalina cycle is comprehensively investigated. Parametric assessment at the aspect of thermodynamic and economic performances is first conducted to inve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2021.122148

5. Robust optimization for energy transition planning in manufacturing firms: An integrated model addressing economic and environmental issues

Author:
Ehsan Izadpanahi; Anthony Downward; Tiru Arthanari; Yanping Liu
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.334 pp. 130237
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; case studies; energy; models; uncertainty;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Moving away from fossil fuels to cleaner energies is a big challenge in different industries due to its complexities and the huge capital investment needed. Manufacturers therefore need efficient energy transition planning to enhance their energy basket. In this regard, capacity expansion planning models can provide an appropriate context in which operations decisions can be integrated into energy ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130237

6. Will green finance promote green development: based on the threshold effect of R&D investment

Author:
Jijian Zhang; Fengqin Li; Xuhui Ding
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2022 v.29 no.40 pp. 60232-60243
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; entropy; finance; pollution; research; threshold models; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Deeply understanding the driving effect of green finance on green development is of great significance to promote economic transformation and realize the long-term green development. This paper uses the entropy method and undesirable-SE-SBM model to measure provincial green finance and green development efficiency respectively from 2008 to 2018. And based on the above, the panel threshold model is ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-022-20161-w

7. Design and applications of photobioreactors- a review

Author:
Ranjna Sirohi; Ashutosh Kumar Pandey; Panneerselvam Ranganathan; Shikhangi Singh; Aswathy Udayan; Mukesh Kumar Awasthi; Anh Tuan Hoang; Chaitanya Reddy Chilakamarry; Sang Hyoun Kim; Sang Jun Sim
Source:
Bioresource technology 2022 v.349 pp. 126858
ISSN:
0960-8524
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; hydrogen production; microalgae; photobioreactors; photosynthesis; toxicity; value added;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... There has been increasing attention in recent years on the use of photobioreactors for various biotechnological applications, especially for the cultivation of microalgae. Photobioreactors-based production of photosynthetic microorganisms furnish several advantages as minimising toxicity and providing improved conditions. However, the designing and scaling-up of photobioreactors (PBRs) remain a ch ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126858

8. Techno-economic analysis of processes for biodiesel production with integrated co-production of higher added value products from glycerol

Author:
Luma Sh. Al-Saadi; Valentine C. Eze; Adam P. Harvey
Source:
Biofuels 2022 v.13 no.4 pp. 489-496
ISSN:
1759-7277
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; biodiesel; carbonates; coproducts; energy; glycerol; profitability; rapeseed oil;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... A techno-economic analysis was conducted to compare 3 different processes for biodiesel production: (i) the conventional base-catalysed process (NaOH) (ii) a reactive coupling process to form glycerol carbonate (GLC) as a co-product in situ (iii) a reactive coupling to form solketal as a co-product in situ. The processes were simulated at rapeseed oil feed of 100,000 t/y. The capital investment an ...
DOI:
10.1080/17597269.2020.1767495

9. Spatio-temporal Evolution and Driving Factors of the High-quality Development of Provincial Tourism in China

Author:
Xinyue Wang; Mengmeng Wang; Xuejing Lu; Lizhen Guo; Ruixin Zhao; Ranran Ji
Source:
Chinese geographical science 2022 v.32 no.5 pp. 896-914
ISSN:
1002-0063
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; capital; gravity; momentum; sustainable development; tourism; traffic; China;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Accelerating the promotion of high-quality development of tourism (HQDT) is of great significance to the sustainable development of tourism. This paper defined the concept of HQDT, and then built an evaluation system for HQDT measurement to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of China’s HQDT based on provincial panel data from 2010 to 2019, using Geodetector to explore the simila ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11769-022-1307-z

10. Investing to Both Prevent and Prepare for COVID-XX [Erratum: March 2022, v.145(1); p.145]

Author:
Kevin Berry; Richard D. Horan; David Finnoff; Rachel Pompa; Peter Daszak
Source:
EcoHealth 2022 v.19 no.1 pp. 114-123
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; COVID-19 infection; capital; environmental health; pandemic; risk;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... One cause of the high rate of COVID-19 cases in the USA is thought to be insufficient prior capital investment in national health programs to preemptively reduce the likelihood of an outbreak and in national capacity to reduce the severity of any outbreak that does occur. We analyze the choice of capital investments (e.g. testing capacity, stockpiles of PPE, and information sharing capacity) and f ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-022-01576-w

11. Assessing the characteristics and supporting factors that lead to logging machine value loss in the Southeastern United States

Author:
Emily B. Cook; M. Chad Bolding; Rien Visser; Scott M. Barrett; Brandon S. O’Neal
Source:
International journal of forest engineering 2022 v.33 no.1 pp. 33-42
ISSN:
1913-2220
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; Internet; decision making; feller bunchers; forests; mechanization; prices; surveys;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Forest harvesting machines have become technologically advanced, making them more productive but also more complex and expensive to purchase. Logging contractors have the challenge of deciding the right duration for operating their machines to optimize the high initial capital investment of purchasing new equipment. We evaluated the decline in ground-based mechanized logging equipment value in the ...
DOI:
10.1080/14942119.2021.1971145

12. Taxing share repurchases

Author:
Ajit Dayanandan; Han Donker; John Nofsinger
Source:
Economics letters 2022 pp. 110879
ISSN:
0165-1765
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; excise tax; federal government; inflation; issues and policy; India;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 imposed a 1% excise tax on share repurchases. We can learn from corporate reaction to such a new policy in India. The Indian federal government recently levied a 20 percent tax, plus surcharge, on share repurchases. We show that companies did not slow down their share repurchase initiation. However, to offset the added taxes, they increased their capital inve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110879

13. Does digital finance improve the green investment of Chinese listed heavily polluting companies? The perspective of corporate financialization

Author:
Yalin Jiang; Chong Guo; Yingyu Wu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2022 v.29 no.47 pp. 71047-71063
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; environmental protection; finance; industry; issues and policy; pollution; research;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... While now appears appropriate to assert that digital finance can relieve firms’ financing constraints, the picture of whether it can improve enterprises’ green investment is much less clear. Using 2011–2019 data for Chinese listed heavily polluting (HP) enterprises, we examine the effects of digital finance on corporate green investment. Results show that digital finance impedes HP firms’ green in ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-022-20803-z

14. Marginal return-ability measurement of carbon emission right and its application to unification route analysis of carbon markets

Author:
Yue Liu; Lixin Tian; Huaping Sun; Linwang Yuan; Xiling Zhang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.345 pp. 130684
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; assets; business enterprises; carbon; geometry; issues and policy; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Nationwide unification of carbon emission right market in China has long been proposed yet not achieved. Launching of the nationwide trading center at Shanghai was a recent great step towards this target but the regional pilots covering respective zones are still in operation. With all trading data in those markets from their inceptions, this paper investigates the development status and trend of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130684

15. The optimal industrial carbon tax for China under carbon intensity constraints: a dynamic input–output optimization model

Author:
Ning Ma; GuangWei Yin; Huajiao Li; WenLi Sun; Ze Wang; Gang Liu; Dan Xie
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2022 v.29 no.35 pp. 53191-53211
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; capital; carbon; carbon markets; models; pollution; research; taxes; China;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... To reduce carbon emissions, the Chinese government is considering introducing a differentiated industrial carbon tax on enterprises outside the carbon trading market in the future. An efficient carbon tax must consider not only how carbon taxes impact the current economy but also how the size of the tax should be adjusted across time due to external changes. To calculate the optimal industrial car ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-022-19162-6

16. Techno-Economic Analysis of Producing Oil Rich in ɷ-3 from Catfish Processing Wastes

Author:
Andrei Vallerão Igansi; Patrick Peres da Silva; Jenifer Inês Engelmann; Luiz Antonio de Almeida Pinto; Rafael Lipinski Paes; Tito Roberto Sant’Anna Cadaval Junior
Source:
Waste and biomass valorization 2022 v.13 no.1 pp. 707-717
ISSN:
1877-2641
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; biomass; catfish; economic feasibility; fatty acid composition; oils; prices; profitability;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... This work evaluated the extraction, refinement, characterization and economic analysis for producing oil rich in ɷ-3 from catfish processing wastes. All the unit operations of the extraction and refining processes were presented and the oil characterization were performed. The fatty acid profile of refined catfish oil presented, on average, fractions of 32%, 34% and 28% of the total saturated, mon ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12649-021-01502-1

17. Economic losses in dairy farms due to heat stress in sub-tropics: evidence from North Indian Plains

Author:
Bishwa Bhaskar Choudhary; Smita Sirohi
Source:
Journal of dairy research 2022 v.89 no.2 pp. 141-147
ISSN:
1469-7629
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; climate change; forage; heat stress; milk production; research; subtropics; India;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The present study assesses the sensitivity of dairy animals to thermal stress, and projects the economic losses due to heat stress in the Trans and Upper Gangetic plains region of India with Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 climate scenario for the time slice 2010–2039 and two subperiods, 2020–2029 and 2030–2039. The projections were carried out for two different scenarios of populat ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0022029922000371

18. Decarbonizing primary steel production : Techno-economic assessment of a hydrogen based green steel production plant in Norway

Author:
Abhinav Bhaskar; Rockey Abhishek; Mohsen Assadi; Homam Nikpey Somehesaraei
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.350 pp. 131339
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; capital; electricity; electricity costs; hydrogen; markets; models; prices; steel; uncertainty; Norway;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... High electricity cost is the biggest challenge faced by the steel industry in transitioning to hydrogen based steelmaking. A steel plant in Norway could have access to cheap, emission free electricity, high-quality iron ore, skilled manpower, and the European market. An open-source model for conducting techno-economic assessment of a hydrogen based steel manufacturing plant, operating in Norway ha ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131339

19. Priority areas for conservation of primates in a threatened Amazonian savanna

Author:
Bayron R. Calle-Rendón; José Julio de Toledo; Karen Mustin; Ivan M. Vasconcelos; Renato R. Hilário
Source:
Journal for nature conservation 2022 v.65 pp. 126109
ISSN:
1617-1381
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; biodiversity; computer software; extinction; forests; geographical distribution; risk; savannas; Amazonia; Brazil;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Primates are globally recognized as an important component of biodiversity, however, more than half of primate species in the world are threatened and agriculture expansion is one of the main threats. Brazil has one of the largest networks of protected areas (PAs) in the world, but there are some conservation gaps, such as the Amazonian savannas. We aim to identify a network of priority areas to c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126109

20. A techno-economic study to evaluate the impacts of feedstock ratio on commercial scale co-pyrolysis plants of biomass and waste tire

Author:
Shoaib Raza Khan; Daniel Ciolkosz; Juliana Vasco-Correa; Muhammad Zeeshan
Source:
Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis 2022 v.167 pp. 105699
ISSN:
0165-2370
Subject:
economic investment,   etc   ; biomass; energy; feedstocks; oils; prices; profits and margins; pyrolysis; rice straw;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Six types of commercial-scale pyrolysis and co-pyrolysis plants for rice straw (RS) and waste tire (WT), with a capacity of 20 tons/hour, have been modeled based on experimental data. The impact of a range of feedstock ratios on the techno-economic performance of the plants is comprehensively studied. The capital investment of plants ranged between $17.0 and $19.9 million with Plant A (RS only) ha ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaap.2022.105699
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10.1016/j.jaap.2022.105699