1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454368703321

Titolo

Oil spill dispersants [[electronic resource] ] : efficacy and effects / / Committee on Understanding Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : The National Academies Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-74208-9

9786610742080

0-309-54793-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

628.1/6833

Soggetti

Dispersing agents - Environmental aspects

Oil spills - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-330).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Making Decisions about Dispersant Use""; ""3 Dispersant-Oil Interactions and Effectiveness Testing""; ""4 Transport and Fate""; ""5 Toxicological Effects of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil""; ""6 Research Priorities to Support Dispersant Use Decision making""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""B Dispersant Authorizations""; ""C Acronyms""; ""D Definitions and Unit Conversions""

""E Analysis of the Sensitivity of Dispersed Oil Behavior to Various Processes""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699724003321

Titolo

Free-piston Stirling power conversion unit for fission surface power, phase I final report [[electronic resource] /] / J. Gary Wood ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 82 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

NASA/CR ; ; 2010-216750

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodJ. Gary

Soggetti

Stirling cycle

Stirling engines

Controllers

Fission

Energy conversion

Piston engines

Circuits

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 29, 2011).

"July 2010."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 82).