01405oam 2200349z- 450 991069445530332120080614094335.0(CKB)5470000000937806(WsH)fdsysajwz(BIP)022723672(EXLCZ)99547000000093780620211006c2008uuuu -u- -eng"Urgent reform required: Army expeditionary contracting" the report of the Commission on Army Acquisition and Program Management in Expeditionary Operations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, December 6, 20071 online resource (iii, 151 p.) ill0-16-080968-1 Urgent Reform RequiredDefense contractsCorrupt practicesUnited StatesBriberyUnited StatesUnited StatesDefense contractsBriberyHistoryPolitical scienceLawDefense contractsCorrupt practicesBriberyUnited States.Commission on Army Acquisition and Program Management in Expeditionary Operations.BOOK9910694455303321"Urgent reform required: Army expeditionary contracting"3156516UNINA05402nam 2200769Ia 450 991082368100332120200520144314.09786611203917978128120391512812039129780470225066047022506897804702250730470225076(CKB)1000000000402578(EBL)331575(OCoLC)437200228(SSID)ssj0000147252(PQKBManifestationID)11161779(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147252(PQKBWorkID)10010468(PQKB)11241841(MiAaPQ)EBC331575(Au-PeEL)EBL331575(CaPaEBR)ebr10225438(CaONFJC)MIL120391(OCoLC)140107958(FINmELB)ELB177520(Perlego)2758949(EXLCZ)99100000000040257820070604d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnergizing our future rational choices for the 21st century /John R. Wilson, Griffin Burgh1st ed.Hoboken, N.J. Wiley-Intersciencec20081 online resource (418 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780471790532 0471790532 Includes bibliographical references and index.ENERGIZING OUR FUTURE; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction: Rising Energy Costs; PART I A TRILOGY OF POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS; 1 Global Warming; Conventional Wisdom; CO(2) and the Carbon Cycle; The Greenhouse Effect; Recent Climate Changes; Carbon Dioxide; Other Global Warming ''Forcing Agents''; Water Vapor; Methane; Nitrous Oxide; Ozone; Sulfur; Other Pollutants; Carbon-Based and Other Particulates; Solar Influences-Insolation and Irradiance; Global Net Primary Productivity (NPP); Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; IPCC Report Conclusions; Footnote on the IPCCDealing with Global WarmingCan Anything Be Done?; The Kyoto Protocol; 2 The Hydrogen Economy (Aka, the Impossible Dream); The Promise of Hydrogen; The Scale of the Task-Why Replace Gasoline?; Replacing Fuels Other than Gasoline; Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel; Hydrogen Production Methods; Water-Splitting Processes-Overview; Hydrogen from Electrolysis; Electrolytic Hydrogen Production; Oxygen By-products; Energy Consumption and Electrolyzer Efficiency; Electrolysis: Emissions; Electrolysis: Economics; Hydrogen from Hydrocarbons; Thermal and Catalytic Reforming from Natural GasCatalytic Thermochemical ReformingScaling Issues-Up and Down; Combustion CO(2) from Reforming; Hydrogen Production Costs; Natural Gas Reserves and Hydrogen; Natural Gas and Hydrogen Manufacture; Other Hydrogen Production Methods; Photoelectrolysis; Biomass Conversion to Hydrogen; Hydrogen Production-Summary; Safety Considerations; Transporting and Distributing Hydrogen; Compressing Hydrogen; Liquid Hydrogen; Pipelining Hydrogen; Pipeline Leakage Losses; Road Tanker Transportation of Hydrogen; Hydrogen Leakage Losses; Transportation and Distribution AlternativesDistributed Manufacturing of HydrogenBy Electrolysis; By Reforming; Hydrogen Reformer Reliability; Hydrogen Reformer Safety; Onboard Manufacture of Hydrogen; Hydrogen Storage; Hydrogen Storage Approaches; Compressed Hydrogen Gas: Containment Technologies for 5000-10,000 psig; Liquid Hydrogen: Cryogenic Containment; Storage in Metals and Metal Hydrides; Background on Metal Hydrides; Complex Hydrides; Catalyzed Hydrogen Adsorption and/or Desorption; Feasibility of Metal Hydrides as Storage Media; Hydrogen Adsorption/Desorption: ''Chemical Hydrides''Hydride Slurries for Hydrogen Storage and TransportationPossible Nonmetal Hydrides/Hydrogen Carriers; Hydrocarbons via Partial Dehydrogenation; Carbon-Based Adsorption Systems; Graphite; Graphitic Nanotubes; Zeolites; Novel Hydrogen Storage Methods; Hydrogen Carriers; Ammonia; Methanol; Hydrogen Storage and DOE Criteria; Storage Implications for Light-Duty Vehicles; Hydrogen Storage with No Gravimetric or Volumetric Capacity Constraints; Hydrogen Storage Assessment; Hydrogen Safety; Some Additional Safety Issues; Summary of Hydrogen Issues; 3 Nuclear Energy and the Plutonium EconomyThe Influence of Nuclear EnergyThis important new book presents a comprehensive review of practical alternative energy choices for the twenty-first century. It addresses three critical energy-related topics that are causing great confusion in public debate-global warming, the hydrogen economy, and nuclear power-and gives readers an opportunity to form a grounded, factually correct foundation for understanding the energy challenge and develop their own informed and actionable opinion.Power resourcesElectric powerPower resources.Electric power.333.7983.65bcl50.70bclWilson John R309776Burgh Griffin1597218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823681003321Energizing our future3918888UNINA01021nam0 22002771i 450 UON0045955920231205105118.71620151021f1979 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| 1||||Grazia DeleddaAnna DolfiMilanoMursiac1979198 p.21 cm.001UON001737542001 Civiltà letteraria del Novecento. 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