Search for dissertations about: "peak oil"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words peak oil.
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1. Giant Oil Fields - The Highway to Oil : Giant Oil Fields and their Importance for Future Oil Production
Abstract : Since the 1950s, oil has been the dominant source of energy in the world. The cheap supply of oil has been the engine for economic growth in the western world. Since future oil demand is expected to increase, the question to what extent future production will be available is important. READ MORE
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2. World oil supply in the 21st century : A bottom-up perspective
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
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3. Oil and the World Order. A study of American Foreign Oil Policy, 1940-1980
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4. Partial Discharge Signatures of Defects in Insulation Systems Consisting of Oil and Oil-impregnated Paper
Abstract : Partial discharge measurement is a common method for monitoring and diagnostics of power transformers, and can detect insulation malfunctions before they lead to failure. Different parameters extracted from the measured PD activity can be correlated to the PD source, and as a result it is possible to identify the PD source by analyzing the PD activity. READ MORE
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5. Modeling Oil Exploration and Production : Resource-Constrained and Agent-Based Approaches
Abstract : Energy is essential to the functioning of society, and oil is the single largest commercial energy source. Some analysts have concluded that the peak in oil production is soon about to happen on the global scale, while others disagree. READ MORE