04604nam 2200613Ia 450 991046253250332120200520144314.00-262-30463-50-262-30556-9(CKB)2670000000275273(EBL)3339517(OCoLC)892554374(SSID)ssj0000757031(PQKBManifestationID)12344777(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757031(PQKBWorkID)10754657(PQKB)10514246(MiAaPQ)EBC3339517(Au-PeEL)EBL3339517(CaPaEBR)ebr10608196(EXLCZ)99267000000027527320111202d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSustainable energy[electronic resource] choosing among options /Jefferson W. Tester ... [et al.]2nd ed.Cambridge, MA MIT Pressc20121 online resource (1056 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-262-01747-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Renewable energy sourcesEnergy consumptionEnvironmental aspectsElectronic books.Renewable energy sources.Energy consumptionEnvironmental aspects.333.79/4Tester Jefferson W1048079MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462532503321Sustainable energy2476086UNINA