Paper on Msc Energy Systems and Environment

University of Strathclyde
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MSc Energy Systems and the Environment

Thesis Title:

“Investigation of the expansion of the natural gas network and uses in Greece, as well as the impendent need for carbon capture and sequestration”

By Panagiotis Karnouskos

Glasgow, 2005

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Acknowledgements

First I would like to thank my supervisor Mr R Craig McLean for his guidance, cooperation and entrustment to my work. Also professor Joe Clarke, the course director, for not only allowing me to choose free the topic I was most interested in, but also for providing me inspiration to it.

Last, but not least, I would like to express my gratitude to my parents Giannis and Vasiliki, as well as my brother Akis for the support they provided me throughout my studies.

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Abstract
Many countries around the world in an effort to cope with the rising demand of energy and the low emission legislation at the same time, have introduced natural gas. Greece first introduced natural gas quite recently, in 1997. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the expansion of the natural gas network and applications in Greece till today, as well as the future steps to be followed. Also to investigate the methods that have to be applied in order to deal with CO2 emissions, due to the fact that natural gas appears not to be the ultimate solution to the emission problem. This thesis is divided into three chapters. In chapter 1 an introduction to natural gas is made in order to make the reader familiar with natural gas, with useful background information about its origin, history and components. Then the main processes...