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Clarendon Press The Politics of Environmental Discourse
Book SynopsisDr Hajer''s path-breaking study opens the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries. The author identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of ''ecological modernization'' as a new concept in the language of environmental politics. This concept, which has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s, stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating the technological innovation. Combining abstract social theory with detailed empirical analysis, Martin Hajer illustrates the social and political dynamics of ecological modernization in a detailed analysis of the acid rain controversies in Great Britain and the Netherlands. He concludes by reflecting on the institutional challenge of the environmental politics in the years to come.Trade Reviewthis is an important book which will interest many political scientists apart from those focusing on the environment ... There are excellent summary tables and a model of an index. For environment specialists, there are fresh insights on issues such as risk; the role of scientists and scientific data; and the emergence - with its institutional repercussions - of ecological modernization as the dominent way of conceptualizing environmental problems. The way he draws from German and Dutch primary and secondary sources is especially valuable. * Stephen C. Young, University of Manchester, Political Studies *This superb book is one of the few successful attempts to apply contemporary sociological thinking to a detailed empirical case-study in the environmental sphere in a way which is genuinely enlightening for policy makers as well as for academic scoial science disciplines ... an excellent book * Simon Shackley, Global Environmental Change, vol.7 no.2 1997 *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The New Environmental Conflict ; 2. Discourse Analysis ; 3. The Historical Roots of Ecological Modernization ; 4. Accumulating Knowledge, Accumulating Pollution? Ecological Modernization in the United Kingdom ; 5. The Micro-Powers of Apocalypse: Ecological Modernization in the Netherlands ; 6. Ecological Modernization: Discourse and Institutional Change
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Oxford University Press Energy and the Environment Scientific and Technological Principles Revised MITPappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering
Book SynopsisNow thoroughly updated in its second edition, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles addresses a central problem of urban-industrial society--the interconnectedness of energy usage and environmental degradation--by examining how the rapidly growing use of energy threatens the natural environment at local, regional, and global scales.Authors James A. Fay and Dan S. Golomb describe fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy technologies and explain their efficiencies for transforming source energy to useful mechanical or electrical power. In particular, they emphasize electric power and the use of transportation vehicles, whose technological improvements increase energy efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions. Fay and Golomb also analyze the source of toxic emissions to air, water, and land that arise from energy uses and their effects on environmental quality. They pay special attention to global climate change, the contribution made to it by energy uses, and the salient technologies that are being developed to mitigate this effect.Ideal for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students, as well as professionals in the fields of energy and environmental sciences and technology, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles, Second Edition, equips readers with the basic factual knowledge needed to develop solutions to these environmental problems.New to this Edition* Updated data reflecting the profound changes in energy supply and demand and in technologies* A completely rewritten chapter on renewable energies including major technological advances of recent years* A new chapter on Thermochemistry, Fossil Fuel Combustion, Synfuels, and Hydrogen Economy* Expanded coverage of global warming and possible measures for mitigating this environmental threatTrade Review"In its particular niche this is the best book of which I am aware. I would like to compliment the authors for their concise and sure-handed discussion of a host of difficult topics."--Russ Houldin, University of Toronto "The strength of this book may lie in the fact that it presents concise and accurate information with very well-organized chapters covering almost all aspects of energy and the environment. The chapters on topics such as fossil-fueled power plants and nuclear-fueled power plants as well as transportation, are well-written."--Chunbao (Charles) Xu, Lakehead UniversityTable of ContentsContents 1 Energy and the Environment 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 An Overview of this Text 1.2 Energy 1.2.1 Electric Power 1.2.2 Transportation Energy 1.2.3 Energy as a Commodity 1.3 The Environment 1.3.1 Managing Industrial Pollution Bibliography 2 Global Energy Use and Supply 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Global Energy Consumption 2.3 Global Carbon Emissions 2.4 Global Energy Sources 2.5 Global Electricity Consumption 2.6 End-Use Energy Consumption in the United States 2.6.1 Industrial Sector 2.6.2 Residential Sector 2.6.3 Commercial Sector 2.6.4 Transportation Sector 2.7 Global Energy Supply 2.7.1 Coal Reserves 2.7.2 Petroleum Reserves 2.7.3 Unconventional Petroleum Resources 2.7.4 Natural Gas Reserves 2.7.5 Unconventional Gas Resources 2.7.6 Summary of Fossil Reserves 2.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 3 Thermodynamic Principles of Energy Conversion 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Forms of Energy 3.2.1 The Mechanical Energy of Macroscopic Bodies 3.2.2 The Energy of Atoms and Molecules 3.2.3 Chemical and Nuclear Energy 3.2.4 Electric and Magnetic Energy 3.2.5 Total Energy 3.3 Work and Heat Interactions 3.3.1 Work Interaction 3.3.2 Heat Interaction 3.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics 3.5 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 3.6 Thermodynamic Properties 3.7 Steady Flow 3.8 Heat Transfer and Heat Exchange 3.9 Ideal Heat Engine Cycles 3.9.1 The Carnot Cycle 3.9.2 The Rankine Cycle 3.9.3 The Otto Cycle 3.9.4 The Brayton Cycle 3.9.5 Combined Brayton and Rankine Cycles 3.10 The Vapor Compression Cycle: Refrigeration and Heat Pumps 3.11 Energy Processing: First and Second Law Constraints 3.11.1 Fuel Heating Value 3.11.2 Free Energy Change 3.11.3 Separating Gases 3.12 Fuel (Thermal) Efficiency 3.13 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 4 Thermodynamics of Fossil, Biomass, and Synthetic Fuels 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Fossil Fuels 4.3 Combustion of Fossil Fuel 4.3.1 Fuel Heating Value 4.4 Biomass Fuels 4.5 Synthetic Fuels 4.5.1 Examples of Fossil Fuel Synthesis 4.5.1.1 Coal to Gas 4.5.2 Examples of Biochemical Synthesis 4.6 Biochemical Production of Ethanol from Biomass 4.7 Electrochemical Reactions 4.7.1 Fuel Cells 4.7.2 Practical Fuel Cell Systems 4.8 The Hydrogen Economy 4.8.1 Hydrogen Fuel for Vehicle Propulsion 4.8.2 Synthetic Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels with Carbon Capture and Storage 4.8.3 Hydrogen as Energy Storage for Intermittent Electric Power Plants 4.8.4 Hydrogen as a Substitute for Pipeline Natural Gas 4.9 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 5 Electrical Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Electromechanical Power Transformation 5.3 Electric Power Transmission 5.3.1 AC/DC Conversion 5.4 Energy Storage 5.4.1 Electrostatic Energy Storage 5.4.2 Magnetic Energy Storage 5.4.3 Electrochemical Energy Storage 5.4.3.1 Lead-Acid Storage Battery 5.4.3.2 Lithium-Ion Storage Battery 5.4.3.3 Other Storage Batteries 5.4.4 Mechanical Energy Storage 5.4.4.1 Pumped Hydropower 5.4.4.2 Flywheel Energy Storage 5.4.5 Properties of Energy Storage Systems 5.5 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 6 Fossil-Fueled Power Plants 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Fossil-Fueled Power Plant Components 6.2.1 Fuel Storage and Preparation 6.2.2 Burner 6.2.3 Boiler 6.2.4 Steam Turbine 6.2.4.1 Impulse Turbine 6.2.4.2 Reaction Turbine 6.2.5 Gas Turbine 6.2.6 Condenser 6.2.7 Cooling Tower 6.2.7.1 Wet Cooling Tower 6.2.7.2 Dry Cooling Tower 6.2.8 Generator 6.2.9 Combustion Stoichiometry 6.2.10 Emission Control 6.2.10.1 Control of Products of Incomplete Combustion and Carbon Monoxide 6.2.10.2 Control of Particles 6.2.10.3 Sulfur Control 6.2.10.4 Nitrogen Oxide Control 6.2.10.5 Mercury Control 6.2.10.6 Toxic Metals 6.2.11 Waste Disposal 6.3 Advanced Cycles 6.3.1 Combined Cycle 6.3.2 Coal Gasification Combined Cycle 6.3.3 Cogeneration 6.3.4 Fuel Cell 6.4 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 7 Nuclear-Fueled Power Plants 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Nuclear Energy 7.2.1 Nuclear Energy from Fission 7.3 Radioactivity 7.3.1 Decay Rates and Half-Lives 7.3.2 Units and Dosage 7.3.2.1 Health Effects of Radiation 7.3.2.2 Radiation Protection Standards 7.4 Nuclear Reactors 7.4.1 Boiling Water Reactor 7.4.2 Pressurized Water Reactor 7.4.3 Gas Cooled Reactor 7.4.4 Breeder Reactor 7.5 Nuclear Fuel Cycle 7.5.1 Mining and Refining 7.5.2 Gasification and Enrichment 7.5.3 Spent Fuel Reprocessing 7.5.4 Temporary Waste Storage 7.5.5 Permanent Waste Storage 7.6 Fusion 7.6.1 Magnetic Confinement 7.6.2 Laser Fusion 7.7 Energy Evolvement in Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions 7.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 8 Renewable Energy 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Hydropower 8.2.1 Environmental Effects 8.3 Biomass Energy 8.3.1 Photosynthesis 8.3.2 Biofuels 8.3.2.1 Bioethanol 8.3.2.2 Biodiesel 8.3.3 Wood as Biofuel 8.3.4 Environmental Effects 8.4 Geothermal Energy 8.4.1 Environmental Effects 8.5 Solar Energy 8.5.1 Flat Plate Collector 8.5.2 Focusing Collectors 8.5.2.1 Solar Thermal Farms 8.5.3 Photovoltaic Cells 8.5.3.1 Photovoltaic Farms 8.5.4 Environmental Effects 8.6 Wind Power 8.6.1 Aerodynamics of Wind Turbine Operation 8.6.2 Mechanical and Electrical Components 8.6.3 Wind Resources 8.6.3.1 Capacity Factor 8.6.3.2 Effectiveness 8.6.3.3 Wind Variability and Predictability 8.6.4 Economical Turbine Designs 8.6.5 Wind Farms 8.6.6 Integrating Wind Farms into the Electric Power Network 8.6.6.1 Averaging An Array of Wind Farms 8.6.7 Environmental Effects 8.7 Tidal Power 8.7.1 Tidal Current Power 8.7.2 Environmental Effects 8.8 Ocean Wave Power 8.8.1 Ocean Wave Energy and Power 8.8.2 Ocean Wave Power Systems 8.8.3 Wave Power Farms 8.8.4 Environmental Impacts 8.9 Ocean Thermal Power 8.10 Capital Cost of Renewable Electric Power 8.11 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 9 Automotive Transportation 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Internal Combustion Engines for Highway Vehicles 9.2.1 Combustion in SI and CI engines 9.3 Engine Power and Performance 9.3.1 Engine Efficiency 9.4 Vehicle Power and Performance 9.4.1 Connecting the Engine to the Wheels 9.5 Vehicle Fuel Efficiency 9.5.1 U.S. Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Regulations and Test Cycles 9.5.2 Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy 9.5.2.1 Improving Vehicle Performance 9.5.2.2 Improving Engine Performance 9.6 Electric Drive Vehicles 9.6.1 Vehicles Powered by Storage Batteries 9.6.2 Hybrid Vehicles 9.6.3 Fuel Cell Vehicles 9.7 Vehicle Emissions 9.7.1 U.S. Vehicle Emission Standards 9.7.2 Reducing Vehicle Emissions 9.7.2.1 Reducing Engine-Out Emissions 9.7.2.2 Catalytic Converters for Exhaust Gas Treatment 9.7.2.3 Evaporative Emissions 9.7.2.4 Reducing CI Engine Emissions 9.7.2.5 Fuel Quality and its Regulation 9.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 10 Environmental Effects of Fossil Fuel Use 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Air Pollution 10.2.1 U.S. Emission Standards 10.2.2 U.S. Ambient Standards 10.2.3 Health and Environmental Effects of Fossil-Fuel-Related Air Pollutants 10.2.4 Air Pollution Meteorology 10.2.5 Air Quality Modeling 10.2.5.1 Modeling of Steady-State Point Source 10.2.5.2 Plume Rise 10.2.5.3 Steady State Line Source 10.2.5.4 Steady State Area Source 10.2.6 Photo-oxidants 10.2.6.1 Photo-oxidant Modeling 10.2.7 Acid Deposition 10.2.7.1 Acid Deposition Modeling 10.2.8 Regional Haze and Visibility Impairment 10.3 Water Pollution 10.3.1 Acid Mine Drainage and Coal Washing 10.3.3 Water Use and Thermal Pollution from Power Plants 10.3.4 Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Pollutants onto Surface Waters 10.3.4.1 Toxic Metals 10.3.4.2 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 10.4 Land Pollution 10.5 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 11 GlobalWarming and Climate Change 11.1 Introduction 11.2 What is the Greenhouse Effect? 11.2.1 Solar and Terrestrial Radiation 11.2.2 Sun-Earth-Space Radiative Equilibrium 11.2.3 Modeling Global Warming 11.2.4 Global Warming Potential 11.2.5 Radiative Forcing 11.2.6 Results of Global Warming Modeling 11.2.7 Observed Trend of Global Warming 11.3 Associated Effects of Global Warming 11.3.1 Sea Level Rise. 11.3.2 Water Vapor and Precipitation Changes 11.3.3 Hurricanes and Typhoons 11.3.4 Climate Changes 11.4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 11.4.1 Carbon Dioxide Emissions and the Carbon Cycle 11.4.2 Methane 11.4.3 Nitrous Oxide . 11.4.4 Chlorofluorocarbons 11.4.5 Ozone 11.5 Conclusion. Bibliography Problems 12 Mitigating GlobalWarming 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Controlling Halocarbon Emissions 12.3 Controlling Nitrous Oxide Emissions 12.4 Controlling Methane Emissions 12.4.1 Controlling Methane Generated by Coal Mining 12.4.2 Controlling Methane from Petroleum and Natural Gas Operations 12.4.3 Controlling Landfill Methane 12.5 Controlling Carbon Dioxide Emissions 12.5.1 Controlling CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fueled Electric Power Plants 12.5.1.1 Shift from Coal or Oil to Natural Gas Fuel 12.5.1.2 Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Plants 12.5.1.3 Capturing CO2 from the Flue Gas by Chemical Absorption 12.5.1.4 Oxyfuel Combustion with CO2 Capture 12.5.1.5 Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle Plants with CO2 Capture 12.5.1.6 Capturing CO2 after Gasification by Physical Absorption 12.5.1.7 Capturing CO2 after Gasification by Membrane Separation 12.6 Thermal Efficiency and Cost of Controlling CO2 Emissions from Power Plants 12.7 CO2 Sequestration 12.7.1 Sequestration in Oil and Gas Reservoirs 12.7.2 Sequestration in Coal Seams 12.7.3 Sequestration in Deep Sedimentary Basins 12.7.4 Sequestration in the Deep Ocean 12.7.5 CO2 Removal from the Atmosphere 12.7.5.1 Afforestation 12.7.5.2 Ocean Fertilization 12.7.5.3 Mineral Sequestration 12.7.5.4 CO2 Utilization 12.8 Conclusion Problems Bibliography 13 Concluding Remarks 13.1 Energy Resources 13.2 Regulating the Environmental Effects of Energy Use 13.3 Global Climate Change 13.3.1 Coping with Climate Change 13.4 Conclusion
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Penguin Random House LLC The Logic of Sufficiency The MIT Press
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Yale University Press A Primer for Environmental Literacy
Book SynopsisThis text presents the key concepts of environmental science for those who are not natural scientists. It offers a way to improve environmental literacy - the capacity to understand the connections between humans and their environment. There are reading lists for each topic covered.
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Springer RiskBenefit Analysis in Water Resources Planning and Management
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Oil and the ArabIsraeli Conflict 19481963 St Antonyquotes Series
Book SynopsisList of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE ECLIPSE OF HAIFA Fuel: Supply and Demand in Palestine Twilight of British Rule The 1948 War International Oil Diplomacy and War Cutting the Losses Legal Readjustment, Israel and the Oil Companies PART TWO: BETWEEN MOSCOW AND TEHRAN The Establishment of 'Delek' Oil Company Alternative Sources: Venezuela, Kuwait Entrée to Moscow At the Gates of Tehran The Departure of the Oil Companies The Eilat Connection A Land of Milk, Honey, and No Oil Notes Appendices IndexTrade Review'This fascinating and intriguing book rightly claims to contribute to the field of international political economy. It describes and analyzes in considerable detail Israel's oil diplomacy during the first fifteen years of statehood, and the extremely adverse circumstances under which the country's energy suppliers were procured. At the time, petroleum was the only practical source of energy for Israel's rapidly growing population and its expanding and modernizing economy.' - Nachum T. Gross, EH. NETTable of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE ECLIPSE OF HAIFA Fuel: Supply and Demand in Palestine Twilight of British Rule The 1948 War International Oil Diplomacy and War Cutting the Losses Legal Readjustment, Israel and the Oil Companies PART TWO: BETWEEN MOSCOW AND TEHRAN The Establishment of 'Delek' Oil Company Alternative Sources: Venezuela, Kuwait Entrée to Moscow At the Gates of Tehran The Departure of the Oil Companies The Eilat Connection A Land of Milk, Honey, and No Oil Notes Appendices Index
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology
Book SynopsisLimitations of Linear Regression Applied on Ecological Data.- Things are not Always Linear; Additive Modelling.- Dealing with Heterogeneity.- Mixed Effects Modelling for Nested Data.- Violation of Independence Part I.- Violation of Independence Part II.- Meet the Exponential Family.- GLM and GAM for Count Data.- GLM and GAM for AbsencePresence and Proportional Data.- Zero-Truncated and Zero-Inflated Models for Count Data.- Generalised Estimation Equations.- GLMM and GAMM.- Estimating Trends for Antarctic Birds in Relation to Climate Change.- Large-Scale Impacts of Land-Use Change in a Scottish Farming Catchment.- Negative Binomial GAM and GAMM to Analyse Amphibian Roadkills.- Additive Mixed Modelling Applied on Deep-Sea Pelagic Bioluminescent Organisms.- Additive Mixed Modelling Applied on Phytoplankton Time Series Data.- Mixed Effects Modelling Applied on American Foulbrood Affecting Honey Bees Larvae.- Three-Way Nested Data for Age Determination Techniques Applied to Cetaceans.- GLTrade ReviewFrom the reviews:"For many people dealing with statistics is like jumping into ice-cold water. This metaphor is depicted by the cover of this book … . full of excellent example code and for most graphs and analyses the code is printed and explained in detail. … Each example finishes with … valuable information for a person new to a technique. In summary, I highly recommend the book to anyone who is familiar with basic statistics … who wants to expand his/her statistical knowledge to analyse ecological data." (Bernd Gruber, Basic and Applied Ecology, Vol. 10, 2009)"This book is written in a very approachable conversational style. The additional focus on the heuristics of the process rather than just a rote recital of theory and equations is commendable. This type of approach helps the reader get behind the ‘why’ of what’s being done rather than blindly follow a simple list of rules.… In short, this text is good for researchers with at least a little familiarity with the basic concepts of modeling and who want some solid stop-by-stop guidance with examples on how common ecological modeling tasks are accomplished using R." (Aaron Christ, Journal of Statistical Software, November 2009, Vol. 32)"The authors succeed in explaining complex extensions of regression in largely nonmathematical terms and clearly present appropriate R code for each analysis. A major strength of the text is that instead of relying on idealized datasets … the authors use data from consulting projects or dissertation research to expose issues associated with ‘real’ data. … The book is well written and accessible … . the volume should be a useful reference for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and experienced professionals working in the biological sciences." (Paul E. Bourdeau, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 84, December, 2009)“This is a companion volume to Analyzing Ecology Data by the same authors. …It extends the previous work by looking at more complex general and generalized linear models involving mixed effects or heterogeneity in variances. It is aimed at statistically sophisticated readers who have a good understanding of multiple regression models… .The pedagogical style is informal… . The authors are pragmatists—they use combinations of informal graphical approaches, formal hypothesis testing, and information-theoretical model selection methods when analyzing data. …Advanced graduate students in ecology or ecologists with several years of experience with ‘messy’ data would find this book useful. …Statisticians would find this book interesting for the nice explorations of many of the issues with messy data. This book would be (very) suitable for a graduate course on statistical consulting—indeed, students would learn a great deal about the use of sophisticated statistical models in ecology! …I very much liked this book (and also the previous volume). I enjoyed the nontechnical presentations of the complex ideas and their emphasis that a good analysis uses ‘simple statistical methods wherever possible, but doesn’t use them simplistically.’” (Biometrics, Summer 2009, 65, 992–993)“This book is a great introduction to a wide variety of regression models. … This text examines how to fit many alternative models using the statistical package R. … The text is a valuable reference … . A large number of real datasets are used as examples. Discussion on which model to use and the large number of recent references make the book useful for self study … .” (David J. Olive, Technometrics, Vol. 52 (4), November, 2010)Table of ContentsLimitations of linear regression applied on ecological data. - Things are not always linear; additive modelling. - Dealing with hetergeneity. - Mixed modelling for nested data. - Violation of independence - temporal data. - Violation of independence; spatial data. - Generalised linear modelling and generalised additive modelling. - Generalised estimation equations. - GLMM and GAMM. - Estimating trends for Antarctic birds in relation to climate change. - Large-scale impacts of land-use change in a Scottish farming catchment. - Negative binomial GAM and GAMM to analyse amphibian road killings. - Additive mixed modelling applied on deep-sea plagic bioluminescent organisms. - Additive mixed modelling applied on phyoplankton time series data. - Mixed modelling applied on American Fouldbrood affecting honey bees larvae. - Three-way nested data for age determination techniques applied to small cetaceans. - GLMM applied on the spatial distribution of koalas in a fragmented landscape. - GEE and GLMM applied on binomial Badger activity data.
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Book SynopsisFor more information on this title, including student exercises, please visit, http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/DAColey/ Energy and Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Future provides an up-to-date introduction to the subject examining the relationship between energy and our global environment. The book covers the fundamentals of the subject, discussing what energy is, why it is important, as well as the detrimental effect on the environment following our use of energy. Energy is placed at the front of a discussion of geo-systems, living systems, technological development and the global environment, enabling the reader to develop a deeper understanding of magnitudes. Learning is re-enforced, and the relevance of the topic broadened, through the use of several conceptual veins running through the book. One of these is an attempt to demonstrate how systems are related to each other through energy and energy flows. Examples being wind-power, and bio-mass which are reaTrade Review"At its modest price it must represent the bargain of the year." (Chromatographia, July 2010) "As a text book for GCSE level students, this title is worthy of 4 stars." (Enagri eMagazine, May 2010)Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. Part I: Energy: concepts, history and problems. 2. Energy. What is energy? Units. Power. Energy in various disguises. Energy quality and exergy. Student exercises. 3. The planet’s energy balance. The sun. The earth. Comparisons. Student exercises. 4. A history of humankind’s use of energy. Energy and society. Wealth, urbanization and conflict. Our current level of energy use. Student exercises. 5. Sustainability, climate change and the global environment. Sustainability. Climate change. Other concerns. Debating climate change and answering the sceptics. Student exercises. 6. Economics and the environment. Key concepts. Environmental economics. Student exercises. 7. Combustion, inescapable inefficiencies and the generation of electricity. Combustion. Calorific values. Inescapable inefficiencies. Heat pumps. Double Carnot efficiencies. The generation of electricity from heat. Student exercises. Part II – Unsustainable energy technologies. 8. Coal. History. Extraction. The combustion of coal. Technologies for use. Example applications. Global resource. Student exercises. 9. Oil. Extraction. The combustion of oil. Technologies for use. Example application: the motor car. Global resource. Student exercises. 10. Gas. Extraction. The combustion of gas. Technologies for use. Example application: the domestic boiler. Global resource. Student exercises. 11. Non-conventional hydrocarbons. Oil shale. Tar sands. Methane hydrate. Student exercises. 12. Nuclear power. Physical basis. Technologies for use. Environmental concerns. Waste. World resource. Example applications. Is nuclear power the solution to global warming? Student exercises. 13. Hydropower. History. Technologies for use. Example application: Itaipu hydroelectric station. Environmental impacts. Pumped storage. Global resource. Student exercises. 14. Transport and air quality. Present day problems. Air quality and health. Example application: air quality in Exeter, UK. Student exercises. 15. Figures and philosophy: an analysis of a nation’s energy supply. The economy. Production. Consumption. Oil and gas production. Prices. Fuel poverty. Carbon emissions. Sustainable energy in the UK: the current state of play. Student exercises. Part III – Climate change: predictions and policies. 16. Future world energy use and carbon emissions. The world's future use of energy. Student exercises. 17. The impact of a warmer world. Climate models. Natural variability and model reliability. Future climate change. Impacts. Costing the impact. Student exercises. 18. Politics in the greenhouse: contracting and converging. Climate negotiations. Another approach. Bringing it all together. Conclusion. Student exercises. Part IV – Sustainable energy technologies Current world sustainable energy provision. 19. Energy efficiency. Cogeneration. Reducing energy losses. Energy recovery. Energy efficiency in buildings. Student exercises. 20. Solar power. Passive solar heating. Heat pumps. Solar water heating. Low temperature solar water heating. Example application: solar water heating, Phoenix Federal Correction Institution, USA. High temperature solar power. Low temperature water-based thermal energy conversion. OECD resource. Student exercises. 21. Photovoltaics. History. Basic principles. Technologies for use. Electrical characteristics. Roof-top PV. Example application: Doxford Solar Office, UK. OECD resource. Student exercises. 22. Wind power. History. Technologies for use. The modern horizontal axis wind turbine. Environmental impacts. OECD resource. Example application: Harøy Island Wind Farm, Sandøy, Norway. Student exercises. 23. Wave power. Wave characteristics. Technologies for use. Example application: the Pelamis P-750 wave energy converter. Student exercises. 24. Tidal and small-scale hydropower. Tides. Small-scale hydropower. OECD resource. Student exercises. 25. Biomass. History. Basic principles. Technologies for use. Example application: anaerobic digester, Walford College Farm, UK. Global resource. OECD resource. Student exercises. 26. Geothermal. Background. History. Resource and technology. Technologies for use. Environmental problems. World resource. OECD resource. Example application: Hacchobaru geothermal power station, Kokonoe-machi, Japan. Student exercises. 27. Fast breeders and fusion. Fast breeder reactors. Fusion. Example application: JET Torus, Culham, UK. Student exercises. 28. Alternative transport futures and the hydrogen economy. Improving energy efficiency. Alternative transport fuels and engines. Hydrogen powered vehicles and the hydrogen economy. Fuel cells. Example application: the greening of natural gas. Student exercises. 29. Carbon sequestration and climate engineering. Capture technologies. Storage technologies. The reflection of solar radiation. Example application: Statoil, Sleipner West gas field, North Sea. Student exercises. 30. A sustainable, low carbon future? Methodology and assumptions. Results. Worldwide reductions. Conclusion. What can I do? Student exercises. References. Appendix 1: National energy data. Appendix 2: Answers to in-text problems. Appendix 3: Bibliography and suggested reading. Appendix 4: Useful data. Index.
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