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UNINA9910462532503321 |
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Sustainable energy [[electronic resource] ] : choosing among options / / Jefferson W. Tester ... [et al.] |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2012 |
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0-262-30463-5 |
0-262-30556-9 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1056 p.) |
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Renewable energy sources |
Energy consumption - Environmental aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Contents""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Acknowledgments from the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Acknowledgments for the Second Edition""; ""Chapter 1: Sustainable Energy""; ""Sustainable Energy: The Engine of Sustainable Development""; ""The Energy Portfolio""; ""Defining Energy""; ""Aspects of Energy Production and Consumption""; ""National and Global Patterns of Energy Supply and Utilization""; ""Environmental Effects of Energy ""; ""Confronting the Energy-Prosperity-Environmental Dilemma""; ""Mathematical Representations of Sustainability"" |
""The Rest of This Book""""Problems""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Estimation and Evaluation of Energy Resources""; ""Units of Measurement""; ""Comparison of Different Forms of Energy""; ""The Energy Life Cycle""; ""Estimation and Valuation of Fossil Mineral Fuels, Especially Petroleum""; ""Estimation and Valuation of Nuclear Fuel Resources""; ""Estimation and Valuation of Renewable Energy Resources""; ""Lessons for Sustainable Development""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Problems""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Technical Performance"" |
""The Relation of Technical Performance to Sustainability""""An Introduction to Methods of Thermodynamic Analysis""; ""The Importance of Rate Processes in Energy Conversion""; ""Chemical Rate |
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Processes""; ""The Physical Transport of Heat""; ""Energy Requirements for Gas Separation Processes""; ""Use and Abuse of Time Scales""; ""Energy Resources and Energy Conversion""; ""Problems""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Local, Regional, and Global Environmental Effects of Energy""; ""How Energy Systems Interact with the Environment"" |
""Adverse Environmental Effects over Local and Regional Length Scales""""Global Climate Change""; ""Attribution of Environmental Damage to Energy Utilization""; ""Methods of Environmental Protection""; ""Environmental Benefits of Energy""; ""Implications for Sustainable Energy""; ""Appendix: Lessons from SO2 Emissions Trading""; ""Problems""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Project Economic Evaluation""; ""Introduction""; ""Time Value of Money Mechanics""; ""Current- versus Constant-Dollar Comparisons""; ""Simple Payback""; ""Allowing for Uncertainty""; ""Accounting for Externalities"" |
""Energy Accounting""""Modeling beyond the Project Level""; ""Summary""; ""Appendix: Derivation of Relations for Levelized Cost""; ""Problems""; ""References""; ""Websites of Interest""; ""Chapter 6: Energy Systems and Sustainability Metrics""; ""Introduction and Historical Notes""; ""Energy from a Systems Perspective""; ""Systems Analysis Approaches""; ""Measures of Sustainability""; ""Drivers of Societal Change""; ""Some General Principles of Sustainable Development""; ""Problems""; ""References""; ""Websites of Interest""; ""Chapter 7: Energy, Water, and Land Use"" |
""Linkages between Energy, Water, and Land Use"" |
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UNINA9910456288903321 |
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Autore |
Wilson Donald A (Donald Alan), <1957-> |
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Learning to smell [[electronic resource] ] : olfactory perception from neurobiology to behavior / / Donald A. Wilson & Richard J. Stevenson |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-297) and index. |
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Index -- Preface -- The function of the olfactory system in animals and humans -- A historical and comparative perspective on theoretical approaches to olfaction -- Receptive mechanisms -- The relationship between stimulus intensity and perceptual quality -- Odor quality discrimination in nonhuman animals -- Odor quality discrimination in humans -- Odor memory -- Implications -- Bibliography. |
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