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- Kirchofer, A., Becker, A., Brandt, A., & Wilcox, J. (2013). CO2 Mitigation Potential of Mineral Carbonation with Industrial Alkalinity Sources in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(13), 7548–7554. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4003982
- Brandt, A., Englander, J., & Bharadwaj, S. (2013). The energy efficiency of oil sands extraction: Energy return ratios from 1970 to 2010. Energy, 55, 693-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2013.03.080
- Brandt, A., Millard-Ball, A., Ganser, M., & Gorelick, S. (2013). Peak Oil Demand: The Role of Fuel Efficiency and Alternative Fuels in a Global Oil Production Decline. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(14), 8031–8041. https://doi.org/10.1021/es401419t
- El-Houjerir, H., Brandt, A., & Duffy, J. (2013). Open-Source LCA Tool for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Crude Oil Production Using Field Characteristics. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(11), 5998–6006. https://doi.org/10.1021/es304570m
- Kirchofer, A., Brandt, A., Krevor, S., Prigiobbe, V., Becker, A., & Wilcox, J. (2013). Assessing the Potential of Mineral Carbonation with Industrial Alkalinity Sources in the U.S. Energy Procedia, 37, 5858-5869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.510
- Kang, C., Brandt, A., & Durlofsky, L. (2013). Optimal Heat Integration in a Coal-Natural Gas Energy Park with CO2 Capture. Energy Procedia, 37, 2715-2726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.15
- Middleton, R., & Brandt, A. (2012). Using Infrastructure Optimization to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil Sands Extraction and Processing. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(3), 1735–1744. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3035895
- Kirchofer, A., Brandt, A., Krevor, S., Prigiobbe, V., & Wilcox, J. (2012). Impact of alkalinity sources on the life-cycle energy efficiency of mineral carbonation technologies. Energy & Environmental Science, 5(9), 8631-8641. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2EE22180B
- Brandt, A. (2012). Response to Comment on “Variability and Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment Models for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Oil Sands Production”. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(7), 4254. https://doi.org/10.1021/es300426p
- Kang, C., Brandt, A., & Durlofsky, L. (2012). Impact of CO2 Emissions Policy and System Configuration on Optimal Operation of an Integrated Fossil-Renewable Energy Park. Carbon Management Technology Conference, CMTC-151446. https://doi.org/10.7122/151446-MS
- Brandt, A. (2011). Variability and Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment Models for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Oil Sands Production. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(2), 1253–1261. https://doi.org/10.1021/es202312p
- Kang, C., Brandt, A., & Durlofsky, L. (2011). Optimal operation of an integrated energy system including fossil fuel power generation, CO2 capture and wind. Energy, 36(12), 6806-6820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2011.10.015
- Brandt, A. (2011). Oil Depletion and the Energy Efficiency of Oil Production: The Case of California. Sustainability, 3(10), 1833-1854. https://doi.org/10.3390/su3101833
- Brandt, A., & Dale, M. (2011). A General Mathematical Framework for Calculating Systems-Scale Efficiency of Energy Extraction and Conversion: Energy Return on Investment (EROI) and Other Energy Return Ratios. Energies, 4(8), 1211-1245. https://doi.org/10.3390/en4081211
- Nemet, G., & Brandt, A. (2011). Willingness to Pay for a Climate Backstop: Liquid Fuel Producers and Direct CO₂ Air Capture. Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Working Paper Series No. 2011-015. https://doi.org/Nemet, Gregory F. and Brandt, Adam, Willingness to Pay for a Climate Backstop: Liquid Fuel Producers and Direct CO₂ Air Capture (August 1, 2011). Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Working Paper Series No. 2011-015, Available at SSRN: https://
- Mulchandani, H., & Brandt, A. (2011). Oil Shale as an Energy Resource in a CO2 Constrained World: The Concept of Electricity Production with in Situ Carbon Capture. Energy Fuels, 25(4), 1633–1641. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef101714x
- Mulchandani, H., & Brandt, A. (2011). Oil shale as an energy resource in a CO2 constrained world: The concept of electricity production with in-situ carbon capture (EPICC). Energy Fuels, 25(4), 1633–1641. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef101714x
- Brandt, A. (2011, February). Upstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Canadian oil sands as a feedstock for European refineries.
- Farhat, K., Brandt, A., & Benson, S. (2011). CO2 Interim storage: Technical characteristics and potential role in CO2 market development. Energy Procedia, 4, 2628-2636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.162
2020
Nie, Y., Sun, Y., Chen, Y., Orsini, R., & Brandt, A. (2020). PV power output prediction from sky images using convolutional neural network: The comparison of sky-condition-specific sub-models and an end-to-end model. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 12(4), 046101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0014016
2019
Ravikumar, A.P., Sreedhara, S., Wang, J., Englander, J., Roda-Stuart, D., Bell, C., Zimmerle, D., Lyon, D., Mogstad, I., Ratner, B. and Brandt, A.R., 2019. Single-blind inter-comparison of methane detection technologies – results from the Stanford/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge. Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), p.37. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.373
Sun, Y., Venugopal, V., & Brandt, A. R. (2019). Short-term solar power forecast with deep learning: Exploring optimal input and output configuration. Solar Energy, 188, 730–741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.06.041
Venugopal, V., Sun, Y., & Brandt, A. R. (2019). Short-term solar PV forecasting using computer vision: The search for optimal CNN architectures for incorporating sky images and PV generation history. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 11(6), 066102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5122796
Wang, J., Tchapmi, L. P., Ravikumar, A. P., McGuire, M., Bell, C. S., Zimmerle, D., Savarese, S., Brandt, A. R. (2020). Machine vision for natural gas methane emissions detection using an infrared camera. Applied Energy, 257, 113998. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113998
2018
R.A. Alvarez, D. Zavala-Araiza, D.R. Lyon, D.T. Allen, Z.R. Barkley, A.R. Brandt, K.J. Davis, S.C. Herndon, D.J. Jacob, A. Karion, E.A. Kort, B.K. Lamb, T. Lauvaux, J.D. Maasakkers, A.J. Marchese, M. Omara, S.W. Pacala, J. Peischl, A.L. Robinson, P.B. Shepson, C. Sweeney, A. Townsend-Small, S.C. Wofsy, S.P. Hamburg. Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar7204
*Brandt, A.R., M.S. Masnadi, J.G. Englander, J.G. Koomey, D. Gordon. Climate-wise oil choices in a world of oil abundance. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748- 9326/aaae76
*P.G. Brodrick, A.R. Brandt., L.J. Durlofsky. Optimal design and operation of integrated solar combined cycles under emissions intensity constraints. Applied Energy
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.052
Englander, J.G.; Brandt, A.R.; Conley, S.; Lyon, D.; Jackson, R.B. (2018). Aerial inter-year comparison and quantification of methane emissions persistence in the Bakken formation of North Dakota, USA. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01665
*Masnadi, M.S., D. Schunack, Y. Li, S.O. Roberts, A.R. Brandt, H.M. El-Houjeiri, S. Przesmitzki, M.Q. Wang. Well-to-refinery emissions and net-energy analysis of China?s crude-oil supply. Nature Energy. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0090-7