Shale gas, although unconventional, is a prospective clean energy source. Shale gas
production is a complex multi-scale process with its spatial size ranging from the nanoscale …

The “shale revolution” has been a game changer in the global energy market and raised the
importance of optimal design and operations of shale gas energy systems. This article …

This study develops a multi-level programming model from a life cycle perspective for
performing shale-gas supply chain system. A set of leader-follower-interactive objectives …

Two critical challenges, namely high water resources consumption and growing greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions, are encountered across the current shale gas supply chains. This …

Environmental issues have become some of the greatest challenges encountered across
the life cycle Shale gas operations, and mostly involve the management, disposal, and spill …

Highlights•State-of-the-art review of sustainable design and synthesis of energy
systems.•Research challenges of the superstructure optimization approach.•Incorporating …

This work addresses chemical looping steam methane reforming (CL-SMR) for producing
highly-concentrated hydrogen and syngas without any separation unit. The effect of …

Compared with the conventional method utilizing permanent processing facilities, modular
infrastructure has shown greater potential to hedge against the uncertainty due to the rapidly …

Energy conversion is an essential driving force of shale anisotropic deformation, damage
initiation and evolution. In this study, theoretical calculations of five energy indexes (total …

Horizontal well-staged fracturing is a key technology for efficient shale gas production.
However, stress shadows between clusters make it difficult to synchronize the initiation and …