Assessment of environmental economical efficiency of long-term gas utilization strategy in Vietnam | |
| Author | Tran Ngoc Le Phuong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ET-01-7 |
| Subject(s) | Gas industry--Vietnam--Environmental aspects Gas industry--Vietnam--Economic aspects |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The gas demand of Vietnam is a great potential, but the current gas consumption still be very limited and based mainly on the take-or-pay commitments of electricity sector for power generation. Vietnam government is setting up the solutions for expanding gas market, in which the balance of gas supply and demand according to energy market must be taken into account. The issue is originally mentioned in " Gas Master Plan" - the report of Petrovietnam, and it showed that gas value is highly appreciated in many sectors such as: fertilizer, iron and steel, methanol, power generation, transport and household sectors. This study examined and analyzed the impact of transition from traditional fuel to natural gas in the sectors above. In which, the primary energy, power generation, pollutant emission, the least cost of energy system and further energy saving are the factors considered. The EFOM-ENV model for the long run energy flow optimization has been used as a tool to examine this study. The result from demand side options confirmed that improving technology efficiency and switch from traditional fuels to natural gas would be a very efficient way to decrease the energy consumption and also to reduce pollutant emission from energy activities. In these scenarios, the effectiveness of the improvement of technology and gas switching in demand sector is not only in reduction of primary energy and pollutant emissions but also in reducing the total investment cost and total cost function. This study also evaluated switching fuel in power plants substitution in supply side. The results from running EFOM-ENV model showed that increasing 10-15% assumption level of the constrain on gas supply in power generation compared to the Base case would find the cost-effective at the gas level of 9.59-1 l.5Mtoe. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Lefevre, Therry;Pacudan, Romeo B. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Quang, Truong |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of France |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 |