1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462532503321

Titolo

Sustainable energy [[electronic resource] ] : choosing among options / / Jefferson W. Tester ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2012

ISBN

0-262-30463-5

0-262-30556-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1056 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TesterJefferson W

Disciplina

333.79/4

Soggetti

Renewable energy sources

Energy consumption - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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



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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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456288903321

Autore

Wilson Donald A (Donald Alan), <1957->

Titolo

Learning to smell [[electronic resource] ] : olfactory perception from neurobiology to behavior / / Donald A. Wilson & Richard J. Stevenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8894-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StevensonRichard J

Disciplina

612.8/6

Soggetti

Smell

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. [265]-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.