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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299805403321

Titolo

The Palgrave handbook of masculinity and political culture in Europe / / edited by Christopher Fletcher, Sean Brady, Rachel E. Moss, Lucy Riall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9781137585387

1137585382

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Handbooks

Disciplina

305.31

Soggetti

Social history

Europe - History

Civilization - History

World politics

Identity politics

Social History

European History

Cultural History

Political History

Politics and Gender

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This Handbook aims to challenge ‘gender blindness’ in the historical study of high politics, power, authority and government, by bringing together a group of scholars at the forefront of current historical research into the relationship between masculinity and political power.  Until very recently in historical terms, formal political authority in Europe was normally and ideally held by adult males, with female power being perceived as a recurrent aberration. Yet paradoxically the study of the interactions between masculinity and political culture is still very much in its infancy. This volume seeks to remedy this lacuna by considering the different consequences of the masculinity of power



over two millennia of European history. It examines how masculinity and political culture have interacted from ancient Rome and the early medieval Byzantine empire, to twentieth-century Germany and Italy. It considers a broad variety of case studies from early medieval Iceland and late medieval France, to Naples at the time of the French revolution and Strasbourg after the Franco-Prussian war, with a particular focus on the development of political masculinities in Great Britain between the sixteenth century and the present day.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911138534703321

Autore

Breeze Paul A

Titolo

Power generation technologies / / Paul Breeze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Newnes, 2005

ISBN

1-281-00934-2

9786611009342

0-08-048010-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

621.3121

Soggetti

Electric power production

Electrical engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; First chapter; 1 Introduction to electricity generation; History of the electricity generation industry; The evolution of electricity generation technologies; The politics of electricity; The size of the industry; End notes; 2 Environmental considerations; The evolution of environmental awareness; The environmental effects of power generation; The carbon cycle and atmospheric warming; Controlling carbon dioxide; The hydrogen economy; Externalities; Life-cycle assessment; The bottom line; End notes

3 Coal-fired power plants Types of coal; Coal cleaning and processing; Traditional coal-burning power plant technology; Boiler technology;



Steam turbine design; Generators; Emission control for traditional coal-burning plants; Coal treatment; Low nitrogen oxides burners; Sulphur dioxide removal; Nitrogen oxides capture strategies; Combined sulphur and nitrogen oxides removal; Particulate removal; Mercury removal; Carbon dioxide; Advanced coal-burning power plant technology; Fluidised-bed combustion; Integrated-gasification combined cycle; Environmental effects of coal combustion

Financial risks associated with coal-fired power generation The cost of coal-fired electricity generation; End notes; 4 Gas turbines and combined cycle power plants; Natural gas; Natural gas costs; Gas turbine technology; Modern gas turbine design; Advanced gas turbine design; Reheating; Intercooling; Mass injection; Recuperation; Distributed generation; Combined cycle power plants; Micro turbines; Environmental impact of gas turbines; Nitrogen oxides; Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide and particulates; Financial risks associated with gas-turbine-based power projects; Technological risk

Fuel risk The cost of gas turbine power stations; End notes; 5 Combined heat and power; History; Applications; CHP technology; Piston engines; Steam turbines; Gas turbines; Micro turbines; Fuel cells; Nuclear power; Environmental considerations; Noise; Heat; Energy efficiency; Financial risks; Cost of CHP; End notes; 6 Piston-engine-based power plants; Piston engine technology; Engine size and speed; Spark-ignition engines; Compression engines; Dual fuel engines; Stirling engines; Co-generation; Combined cycle; Environmental considerations; Emission control; Carbon dioxide; Financial risks

Costs End notes; 7 Fuel cells; The fuel cell principle; Fuel cell chemistry; Catalysts; Hydrocarbon gas reformation; Types of fuel cell; Phosphoric acid fuel cell; Proton-exchange membrane fuel cell; Molten carbonate fuel cells; Solid oxide fuel cells; Environmental considerations; Financial risks; Fuel cell costs; End notes; 8 Hydropower; The hydropower resource; Hydro sites; Dams and barrages; Run-of-river project; Reservoir projects; Turbines; Impulse turbines; Reaction turbines; Francis turbine; Propeller and Kaplan turbines; Generators; Small hydropower; The environment; Inundation

Sedimentation

Sommario/riassunto

Paul Breeze provides a concise and readable description of the spectrum of different power generation technologies available today, from traditional fossil fuels and the better established renewables such as wind and solar power, to emerging renewable such as biomass and geothermal energy. Technology solutions such as combined heat and power, and distributed generation are also explored.However, this book is more than just an account of the technologies - for each method the author explores the economic and environmental costs and risk factors. Those involved in planning and