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Stan Cornel |
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Energy versus carbon dioxide : how can we save the world? 59 theses / / Cornel Stan |
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Berlin, Germany : , : Springer, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : color illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Renewable energy resources |
Atmospheric carbon dioxide |
Carbon dioxide mitigation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Part I Energy and carbon dioxide -- 1 Matter -- 2 Energy versus carbon dioxide in the nutrition of human beings -- 3 Energy versus carbon dioxide in the nutrition of other living beings -- 4 Energy from carbon dioxide for the nutrition of plants and trees -- 5 Flora and fauna have inversed carbon dioxide cycles -- 6 Carbon dioxide, the greenhouse effect and the warming of the Earth's atmosphere -- References for Part I -- Part II Causers of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions -- 7 No more cars with internal combustion engines, but what about airplanes? -- 8 Are we also electrifying cruise ships and tankers? -- 9 The real energy guzzlers -- 10 Electric car drive instead of propulsion by combustion engine does not solve the problems -- References for Part II -- Part III Energy without carbon dioxide -- 11 The hope-bearers at first: photovoltaics, wind, water -- 11.1 Photovoltaics -- 11.2 Wind power -- 11.3 Hydropower -- 12 The last weapon: nuclear power -- 13 The energetic water cycle: nature - electrolysis - machine - nature -- 13.1 Hydrogen production and storage -- 13.2 Fuel cell with hydrogen -- 13.3 Internal combustion engine with hydrogen -- 13.4 Internal combustion engine with hydrogen in the role of the fuel cell -- 14 The energetic carbon dioxide cycle: nature - photosynthesis - machine - nature -- 14.1 Ethanol, methanol, oil, ether - fuel production from plants -- 14.2 |
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Internal combustion engines with ethanol, methanol, vegetable oils and ether -- 14.3 Fuel cell with methanol and vegetable oils -- 14.4 Thermal machine with internal combustion of alcohol or oil in the role of fuel cell -- References for Part III -- Part IV Energy using carbon dioxide -- 15 Carbon dioxide-devouring heat engines -- 16 Heat, electricity and fuel from waste -- 17 Heat, electricity and fuel from biogas. |
18 Heat from wastewater and super-efficient combustion engines with organic food -- References for Part IV -- Summary of Theses. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book focuses on forms of energy for the future. It presents hopeful forms of energy conversion without carbon dioxide such as photovoltaics, wind power and hydropower, with their advantages, but also with their disadvantages. |
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