Pressure ratings: industrial and energy processes?
The purpose of this data-file is to chart the typical pressures of industrial processes and energy processes, as a useful reference. We are all used to 1 atmosphere of pressure,…
Power functions: how would gas shortages change the cost curve?
…renewable assets, their underlying components, and power-electronics companies (some examples are profiled below). However, it is not necessarily great news for consumers, fore-suffering higher energy prices. https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/variable-frequency-drives-leading-companies/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/solar-inverters-products-costs-and-companies/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/shoals-solar-electronic-breakthrough/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/siemens-gamesa-giant-wind-turbine-breakthroughs/…
Steel production: costs and energy economics?
…sensitive to input assumptions, which are backed up by technical data, but can also be stress-tested. For example, we have undertaken a detailed case study into the energy intensity of…
Energy transition: a six page summary from summer-2022?
…2022’s impact on the energy transition. The resultant outlook is captured in six concise pages, published in the Walter Scott Journal in Summer-2022. Further research. Our overview into energy technologies…
Power grids: global investment?
…larger than the total spending on producing all global primary energy. Whereas in the past, transmission and distribution were a kind of side-show, equivalent to c30% of total primary energy…
Thermodynamics: Carnot, Rankine, Brayton & beyond?
…CO2 power cycles. $449.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Thermodynamics can be defined as the science governing energy flows. Especially at the “middle levels”, from the kinetic energy of billions of…
Market sizing: what if CO2 abatement costs are distributed like US income?
…emissions per capita in each income percentile (reference charts below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/energy-use-by-country-how-does-it-change-as-income-increases/ Conclusions: market sizing for energy transition technologies? 20% of all US decarbonization, or 1.4 GTpa, must cost below $20/ton,…
Post-combustion CCS: what energy penalties?
A thermal power plant converts 35-45% of the chemical energy in coal, biomass or pellets into electrical energy. So what happens to the other 55-65%? Accessing this waste heat can…
Industrial gases: out of thin air?
…16-page report is an overview of industrial gases. How does air separation work? What costs, energy use and CO2 intensity? Who benefits amidst the energy transition? $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to…
AirJoule: Metal Organic Framework HVAC breakthrough?
…vehicle. Typical air conditioners have a coefficient of performance (COP) of 2.5-3.5x, which means that each kWh of electricity inputs will deliver 2.5-3.5 kWh-th of cooling energy. Cooling energy, in…