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Characterization Of Biochar As A Carbon Regulator In Manure And Environmental Management Applications, Josephine Getz
Characterization Of Biochar As A Carbon Regulator In Manure And Environmental Management Applications, Josephine Getz
Doctoral
Biochar is a product of pyrolysis, which is the thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures (300 - 900 °C) in an oxygen-limited atmosphere. Biochar has been recognized as a potentially vital tool to help reduce the climate change impact. It has been used in the agricultural sector as an addition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in several animal husbandry settings. The application in the animal sector is an important point to reduce the overall amount of greenhouse gases released as this sector produces many greenhouse gases. Though not in every case a reduction of emissions was the result of …
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions In Ireland: Scenarios To 2020, Tadhg O'Mahony
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions In Ireland: Scenarios To 2020, Tadhg O'Mahony
Doctoral
The consumption of energy and related carbon emissions are a development challenge requiring analysis and policy insights. Current analysis of future change in Ireland relies on quantitative point forecasts within which accuracy is difficult to achieve. A scenario analysis approach has often been applied with the longer term but is also useful on shorter time-scales. This research applied a combination of decomposition analysis and scenario analysis to identify and analyse the driving forces of change in Ireland historically from 1990-2007 and in the future to 2020. The historical decomposition used the LMDI I technique and was further quantified to 2020 …