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SUMMARY:Issues in fuel supply and utilisation - Dr John C. Jones\, School 
 of Engineering\, University of Aberdeen
DTSTART:20121109T180000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Xavier Moya
DESCRIPTION:The talk will first  give a sketch of the development of  fuel
  production from the early industrial period to the late 20th Century. The
  contribution made by coal to industrialisation itself will be emphasised\
 , as will benefits resulting when oil started to become available in about
  1870.  Expansion of the oil industry alongside car manufacture in the ear
 ly 20th Century will be discussed as will the diversion of some crude oil 
 products to petrochemical manufacture at about the same  period.\n\nThe sp
 eaker has made energy-return-on-energy-invested (EROEI) for crude oil his 
 primary research interest since about 2007 and there have been many result
 ing publications. The term EROEI is fairly self-explanatory and its import
 ance obvious. What would be the value in raising a barrel of oil from the 
 ground if the energy required to raise it was equivalent to the energy rel
 eased on the burning of two barrels of oil? It will be shown in the talk t
 hat matters are not quite as simple as that because some sources of energy
 \, although they would  have to feature in a formal thermodynamic energy b
 alance\, need not feature in an EROEI analysis. Whilst crude oil will be c
 entral to the discussion of EROEI\, other fuels including biodiesels will 
 be discussed.
LOCATION:Old Combination Room (OCR)\, Wolfson College
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