| Author | Pham Thi Thuy Trang |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ET-06-8 |
| Subject(s) | Nuclear energy--Vietnam
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Engineering , School of Environment, Resources and Development
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| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Energy plays a very important role in economic growth and improving our living conditions, together with other natural resources, labour and capital. It is essential for all productive activity such as lighting, food preparation and conservation, entertainment, sanitation, etc. Finding effective means of providing safe, affordable and reliable energy services is therefore critically important to governments and organization. To address these issues, the study develops an energy system model for Vietnam using MARKAL framework. This model is an optimization tool designed to find least cost energy supply strategies. The main objectives of this study are to develop long-term energy system and to assess the benefits of nuclear power in Vietnam. Energy system will rely much on coal and oil in which coal is the cheapest fuel chosen by the model and oil is one kind of least substitute fuel. The study also points out the necessity of building oil refinery plants and gas pipelines to supply oil products and gas for service demand. Power generation highly depends on conventional coal steam, hydro power, gas combined cycle and especially nuclear power after 2025. The evaluation of nuclear benefits in reducing emissions, stabilizing electricity cost and enhancing energy security are also analyzed carefully by quantifying specifically. Especially in the situation facing environmental problems, finding sustainable and clean energies draws much attention from many organizations. Without nuclear power, carbon dioxide cannot be reduced more than 30% from the Base case and nuclear fuel has been proved to be attractive solution in this case. Some rates of carbon tax are applied to assess the level of emissions and proposed carbon tax of sixty dollars per ton would reduce around 30% CO, emission from the Base case. Due to data constraints the model does not include a detailed description of the demand side. It focuses much on energy intensive sectors. The analysis is scenario based and as a result, a long-tern energy system development for Vietnam is pointed out. The analysis of the study supports planning and exploiting domestic energy sources efficiently as well as preparing infrastructure for energy sectors ready to serve energy demand in future |
| Year | 2006 |
| 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) | Shrestha, Ram M.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kumar, Sivanappan ;Dutta, Animesh |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Electricity of Vietnam (EVN). |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |