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Energy demand and climate change: issues and resolutions
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Wiley-VCH
Publication Date
c2009
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English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Part I. Questions
Introduction
Recommended Reading
1. Ancient Days and Modern Times
Recommended Reading
2. Ice-Ages-Past and Future
The Discovery of Ice Ages
The Heat Balance of the Earth
The Sun and Its Spots
Earth's Orbit
The Discovery of Elliptical Orbits
Precession
Nutation (Wobble)
Volcanic Dust
The Cyclical Nature of Ice Ages
The Croll-Milanković Theory of Ice Ages
Recommended Reading
3. Global Warming Versus Returning Glaciers
Infrared Radiation and Absolute Temperature
Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming: Fourier, Tyndall, and Arrhenius
CO2 and Methane
The Big Picture
Recommended Reading
4. Earth's Fossil Fuel Supply
Limits of Fossil Fuels
Coal
Natural Gas
Hydrated Natural Gas
Oil
Sequestration of CO2
CO2 Level Calculations
The Unending Carbon Cycle
Recommended Reading
5. Nuclear Power
Origin of Fuel for Nuclear Fission
The Energy in Nuclear Fuel
Nuclear Energy
Isotopes
Limits of Nuclear Fuel
The Basics of Nuclear Fission
Evolution of Nuclear Reactors
Present-day Nuclear Reactors and Power Plants
Used Fuel Rods
Radiation, Radioactivity, and Health
Natural Radiation and Radioactive Waste
Disposal and Storage of Nuclear Waste
Recommended Reading
Part II. Answers
Introduction
6. Solar Energy
Using Solar Energy
Development of Solar Cells
How Solar Cells Work
Multiple-layer Solar Cells
Solar Concentrators and Solar Thermal Systems
Solar Ponds
Solar-powered Air Conditioning
Solar Updraft Towers
Solar Power Towers
Other Thoughts and Possibilities
Recommended Reading
7. Wind, Waves, and Tides
Wind
Characteristics and Limits of Wind Machines
Tides
Newton, the Moon, and the Tides
Harnessing Tidal Power
Usable Tidal Energy
Tidal Currents
Waves
Recommended Reading
8. Going with the Flow: Water, Dams, and Hydropower
Basics of Hydroelectric Power
Water Turbines
Hydropower Problems
Hydropower Schemes
Dam-less Hydropower: Evaporation Schemes
Dam-less Hydropower: Flowing Water
Recommended Reading
9. Geothermal Energy: Energy from the Earth Itself
Geothermal Energy
The Structure of the Earth
Carnot's Unbreachable Thermodynamic Limit
Using Water and Soil in Heating and Cooling Systems
Recommended Reading
10. Efficiency, Conservation, and Hybrid Cars
Efficiency of Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Power Plants
Cars, Trucks, Trains, Ships, and Planes
Conservation
Recommended Reading
11. Energy Storage: Macro to Micro
Pumped Hydropower
Compressed Air
Batteries
Flywheels
Capacitors and Dielectrics
Inductors: Storing Energy with Magnetic Fields
Recommended Reading
12. Green Fuel: Biodiesel, Alcohol, and Biomass
Biodiesel
Recommended Reading
Part III. Dreams
Introduction
13. Breeding Nuclear Fuel
Fast Breeder Reactors
Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project
Thermal Breeder Reactors
Breeder Technology Today and Tomorrow
Recommended Reading
14. Nuclear Fusion: Engine of the Sun
Cold Fusion versus Cool Fusion versus Hot Fusion
Making Fusion Happen
ITER, Tokamaks, Magnetic Fields, and Fusion
The Combined Fusion-Breeding-Fission Process
Inertial Confinement Fusion
Accelerator Fusion
Fusion of Helium-3 and Deuterium
Lunar Resources of Helium-3
Recommended Reading
15. Power from the Ocean: Thermal and Salinity Gradients
Electric Power from Ocean Thermal Gradients
Electric Power from Ocean Salinity Gradients
Recommended Reading
16. Fuel Cells: Hydrogen, Alcohol, and Coal
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Fuel Cell Efficiency
Fuel Cells and Cars
Storing Hydrogen
Producing Hydrogen
Technologies for Hydrogen Production
Fuel Cells and Coal
Fuel Cells and Alcohol
What Happens Now?
Recommended Reading
17. Magnetohydrodynamics and Power Plants
Faraday Induction and the Hall Effect
Benefits of MHD Power Generation
Recommended Reading
18. Thermionics and the Single Fuel Home
How a Thermionic Converter Works
Engineering Thermionic Systems
Recommended Reading
19. Artificial Photosynthesis and Water Splitting
Plant Chemistry
Artificial Photosynthesis and Water Splitting
Recommended Reading
20. Planetary Engineering and Terraforming
Changing Earth's Albedo: Atmospheric Aerosols
Tinkering with Planet Earth
Parasols, Artificial Sunspots, Space Mirrors, Solar Sails, and Space Dust
White Roads, Reflecting Roofs, and Shiny Balloons
Back to Clouds Again
Feeding Algae
Terraforming Mars (and Maybe Venus)
What Can Be Done?
Recommended Reading
21. Space Solar Power: Energy and the Final Frontier
Lagrange and His Famous Points
Geosynchronous Orbits and Solar Sails
Beamed-power Microwave Transmission
Space Elevators
Electromagnetic Launching
Recommended Reading
Part IV. Nightmares
Introduction
22. Alternative Futures
Epilogue: ORBITuary
Credits
Appendix I. Units for Energy and Power
Appendix II. Radiation Units
Index
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Subjects
Subjects
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy
Changements
Climat
Climat -- Changements
climate change
Climatic changes
Energia
Energy
Energy-Generating Resources
energy resources
Fontes alternativas de energia
General
Industries
Klimatförändringar
Power resources
Recursos energéticos
Ressources énergétiques
SCIENCE
SCIENCE -- Energy
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy
Changements
Climat
Climat -- Changements
climate change
Climatic changes
Energia
Energy
Energy-Generating Resources
energy resources
Fontes alternativas de energia
General
Industries
Klimatförändringar
Power resources
Recursos energéticos
Ressources énergétiques
SCIENCE
SCIENCE -- Energy
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General
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9783527324460
9783527627035
9783527644599
9783527627042
9786612548628
128254862
9781282548626
9783527627035
9783527644599
9783527627042
9786612548628
128254862
9781282548626
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