Abstract
The paper presents a tool to optimize gas infrastructure systems and analyses some aspects of modelling related to autonomous gas consumers. A model of national gas infrastructure creation in Mongolia is proposed. The model is linked with the model of the regional Northeast Asian gas market and the financial models of gas infrastructure facilities. The model determines the optimal design of the national gas infrastructure system, i.e. the number of the facilities, their capacities, locations and the transport modes for connecting the consumption centres. The role of autonomous consumers is considered by introducing the demand for liquefied natural gas separately from the demand for pipeline gas. The scope of the model application is demonstrated by an illustrative example. The results show the rational natural gas import and distribution patterns. The need for expanding the energy cooperation between Mongolia and the other Northeast Asian countries to create gas industry in Mongolia is highlighted.
Highlights
Mongolia has rich coal, crude oil, solar and wind energy resources
In the cities, Combined Heat and Power Plants (CHPPs) fuelled by coal represent the basis of the energy supply systems
Mongolia can play an important role in the process of the Northeast Asian gas market development
Summary
Crude oil, solar and wind energy resources. In the cities, Combined Heat and Power Plants (CHPPs) fuelled by coal represent the basis of the energy supply systems. In 1998 Melentiev Energy Systems Institute carried out the research “The concept for development of the oil and gas industry in eastern regions of Russia and study on the possibility to export hydrocarbon resources to the APR countries” [3,4]. The construction of the gas pipeline from Russia to China passing Mongolia’s territory “Irkutsk-UlaanbaatarBeijing” is to form the basis to meet total country’s demand for gas and expand Mongolia’s opportunities to participate in the regional Northeast Asian energy cooperation initiatives. The energy cooperation of Mongolia with the other countries of Northeast Asia (NEA) is limited to export of coal and crude oil, import of petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gases (LPG). China is a major export market for Mongolia’s coal resources and a sole importer of Mongolia’s crude oil. The objectives include: analysing the opportunities and limits of the existent model of Gas Infrastructure Development in the East Asian Region (GEAR), highlighting the special characteristics of the future gas infrastructure in Mongolia, formulating a model of the national gas infrastructure system of Mongolia interacting with the GEAR model, running an illustrative scenario to demonstrate the model opportunities and identify the areas for improvement
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