Search for dissertations about: "oil use"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 364 swedish dissertations containing the words oil use.

  2. 1. World oil supply in the 21st century : A bottom-up perspective

    Author : Henrik Wachtmeister; Mikael Höök; Jamie Speirs; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; oil supply; oil production; oil prices; bottom-up; projections; conventional oil; tight oil; shale oil; Natural Resources and Sustainable Development; Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Oil-fuelled progress was a defining feature of the 20th century, and still today, oil remains the world’s largest primary energy source. Yet, oil is a non-renewable and carbon-intensive resource, either depletion or resulting carbon emissions will ultimately limit its use. READ MORE

  4. 2. World oil supply and unconventional resources : Bottom-up perspectives on tight oil production

    Author : Henrik Wachtmeister; Mikael Höök; Roger Bentley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; oil supply; oil production; unconventional resources; tight oil; shale oil; bottom-up model; projections; Natural Resources and Sustainable Development; Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Oil is the world’s largest primary energy source. It dominates the transportation sector which underpins the world economy. Yet, oil is a nonrenewable resource, destined not to last forever. In the mid-2000s global conventional oil production stagnated, leading to rising oil prices and fears of permanent oil scarcity. READ MORE

  5. 3. Painting Treatments of Weather-Exposed Ferrous Heritage. Exploration of Oil Varnish Paints and Painting Skills

    Author : Arja Källbom; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Armour paints; linseed oil; linseed varnish; tung oil; oil varnishes; stand oil; aluminium pigments; micaceous iron oxide; leafing; anticorrosive; maintenance; management; heritage painting; painting craft; painting skills; practice; parlance; vocabulary; working procedures; sensory quality assessments; paint ageing; quality control; weather-exposure; atmospheric exposure; durability; sustainability.; Pansarfärg; linoljefernissa; linolja; tungolja; standolja; aluminiumpigment; järnglans; järnglimmer; rostskyddsfärg; väderprovning; förvaltning; underhåll; hantverksskicklighet; målerihantverk; arbetsbeskrivningar; språkbruk; uppmärksamhet i handling; kvalitetsbedömning; sinnliga bedömningar; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : This thesis is about industrial heritage—the protection of ferrous heritage by using anticorrosive oil varnish paints. The purpose of this thesis in Kulturvård and craft research is to provide guidelines, tools, concepts, and models that may be used in anticorrosive oil varnish painting maintenance of ferrous heritage. READ MORE

  6. 4. Mixing Oil and Water : Studies of the Namibian Economy

    Author : Jesper Stage; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Anders Danielson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Namibia; energy use; structural decomposition analysis; hedonic pricing; townships; groundwater use; fisheries; bioeconomic modelling; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers studying economic aspects of natural resource and environmental management in Namibia.Paper [I] analyses changes in Namibian energy use patterns between 1980 and 1998. READ MORE

  7. 5. On Swedish bioenergy strategies to reduce CO2 emissions and oil use

    Author : Jonas Joelsson; Leif Gustavsson; Andrée Faaij; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : bioenergy; climate change mitigation; energy supply security; CO2 emissions; oil use; energy system analysis; transportation; building heating; pulp mills; Sweden;

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