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48 results for fossil fuels

Study shows climate change can cause a 'run on fossil fuels' affecting prices and production.

problem Impact of climate change expectations on fossil fuel markets and prices.
method Dynamic, general equilibrium model of climate-change-linked transition risk.
result Climate change expectations can lead to either increased or decreased fossil fuel prices, depending on economic responses.

Fossil power firms have recently profited more than renewables, but this may be a temporary phenomenon.

problem The profitability gap between renewable and fossil power firms in Europe.
method Machine-learning clustering and Bayesian model averaging.
result Renewable power firms are becoming more profitable, while fossil power firms are becoming less so.

Conversion of corn to ethanol in the US since 2005 has been a major cause of global food price increases during that time and has been shown to be ineffective in achieving US energy independence and reducing environmental impact. We make three key statements to enhance understanding and communication about ethanol prod…

2012-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper provides a method to price electricity storage contracts using COS technique.

problem Valuation of electricity storage contracts considering physical and operational constraints.
method Uses Fourier-based COS method to price contracts based on stochastic polynomial process.
result The COS method accurately and efficiently prices electricity storage contracts.

Policy shifts between Trump and Biden impact ESG investments, creating volatility.

problem Dramatic policy shifts between Trump and Biden administrations affect ESG investments.
method Analyzes contrasting policies of Trump and Biden administrations and their impacts on ESG investments.
result Policy changes significantly influence ESG investments, leading to volatility and portfolio reassessment.

Fast, interpretable electricity consumption scenarios for individual consumers.

problem Estimating unknown electricity consumption time series for reinforcement planning.
method Predictive Clustering Trees (PCTs) for efficient and interpretable scenario generation.
result PCTs generate accurate electricity consumption scenarios at least 7 times faster than state-of-the-art methods.

Study builds ML models to predict fuel properties accurately.

problem Accurate prediction of liquid fuel properties over a wide range of conditions.
method Used Gaussian Processes and probabilistic conditional generative learning to train ML models on fuel density data.
result ML models can predict fuel properties accurately across various pressure and temperature conditions.

Study assesses climate risks on supply chains and financial systems using detailed firm emissions data.

problem Lack of firm-level CO2 emissions data hinders assessment of transition risks from carbon pricing.
method Used detailed Hungarian firm emissions data and a simple economic ABM model to simulate carbon pricing impacts.
result 45% of companies are directly exposed to carbon pricing, leading to significant economic and financial losses.

Climate change is widely expected to increase weather related damage and the insurance claims that result from it. This will increase insurance premiums, in a way that is independent of a customer's contribution to the causes of climate change. Insurance provides a financial mechanism that mitigates some of the consequ…

2015-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on AI-driven modeling for high burnup accident-tolerant fuels in SMRs.

problem Design and optimization of high burnup accident-tolerant fuels for SMRs.
method Artificial intelligence and multi-scale modeling (neutronics, thermal hydraulics, fuel performance).
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of AI in modeling and optimizing SMR fuels.

Study shows visual feedback and monetary incentives reduce plugload energy consumption in commercial buildings.

problem Mitigating energy consumption in commercial buildings through occupant plugload control.
method Field experiments with visual feedback and monetary incentives in government and university buildings.
result Mean energy reduction of ~9.52% in office environments and ~21.61% in university environments with visual feedback.

Paper develops robust neural network sensors for fuel injection quantities.

problem Adversarial noise increases error in standard neural network models for fuel injection measurements.
method Apply provable robust network learning and verification methods to fuel injection measurements.
result Provable robust model reduces mean relative error to 16.5% under sensor noise.

The paper analyzes MENA region's energy consumption and policy needs for renewable energy.

problem High dependency on oil and low renewable energy penetration in MENA region.
method Analysis of World Bank datasets and policy portfolio in MENA countries.
result MENA region has high potential for solar energy but faces challenges in decoupling economic growth from energy consumption.

This research assesses uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis for DTs in nuclear fuel performance.

problem Understanding the reliability and performance of advanced nuclear fuels using DTs.
method Introduces ML-based uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis methods applied to BISON fuel performance code.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of DTs in multi-criteria decision-making for nuclear fuel performance.

Estimates reliability of nuclear fuel using advanced modeling techniques.

problem Determining the reliability of TRISO-coated particle fuel, which has small failure probabilities and expensive computational models.
method Coupled active learning, multifidelity modeling, and subset simulation.
result Multifidelity modeling strategies consistently reduce the number of high-fidelity model calls.

We introduce two Python frameworks to train neural networks on large datasets: Blocks and Fuel. Blocks is based on Theano, a linear algebra compiler with CUDA-support. It facilitates the training of complex neural network models by providing parametrized Theano operations, attaching metadata to Theano's symbolic comput…

2015-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

In April 2009, we introduced a model representing the evolution of motor fuel price (a subcategory of the consumer price index of transportation) relative to the overall CPI as a linear function of time. Under our framework, all price deviations from the linear trend are transient and the price must promptly return to …

2010-05-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning detects corrosion in nuclear fuel canisters.

problem Ensuring safety and integrity of used nuclear fuel dry storage canisters.
method Residual neural networks (ResNets) for real-time corrosion detection of canister images.
result Deep learning approach accurately detects corrosion and classifies canisters as corroded or intact.

Study forecasts Turkish residential NGD using JITL-GPR, reducing errors.

problem Accurately predict future monthly NGD for Turkey's import contracts.
method Used historical NG consumption data, applied various time series models, and introduced JITL-GPR.
result JITL-GPR reduces forecast errors compared to traditional methods.

We propose a new structural model that can compute the electricity spot and forward prices in two coupled markets with limited interconnection and multiple fuels. We choose a structural approach in order to represent some key characteristics of electricity spot prices such as their link to fuel prices, consumption leve…

2017-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper quantifies uncertainties in EIS spectra of SOFCs, proposing VB method for online monitoring.

problem Distortions in EIS spectra due to disturbances, drifts, and sensor noise.
method Proposes variational Bayes (VB) method for quantifying spectral uncertainty in EIS of SOFCs.
result VB method provides approximate distributions of ECM parameters with low computational load.

Bayesian modeling predicts hydroxide ion conductivity in polymer membranes.

problem Quantitative relationship between hydrophilic domain size and hydroxide ion conductivity in polymer membranes is unknown.
method Bayesian sparse modeling applied to copolymer composition data.
result Composition-derived features are identified as critical for predicting hydroxide ion conductivity.

Paper reduces hyperparameters in mixed-categorical Gaussian processes for green aircraft optimization.

problem High-dimensional mixed-categorical Gaussian processes with many hyperparameters.
method Innovative dimension reduction algorithm using partial least squares regression.
result Significant reduction in fuel consumption (439 kg) for a green aircraft.