Energizing our future : rational choices for the 21st century / / John R. Wilson, Griffin Burgh

• Autore: Wilson John R
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.79
• Soggetto topico: Power resources; Electric power
• Classificazione: 83.65; 50.70
• Altri autori: BurghGriffin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 IPCC ; Dealing 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 Gas ; Catalytic 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 Alternatives ; Distributed 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 Economy ; The Influence of Nuclear Energy
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Energizing our future
• ISBN: 1-281-20391-2; 9786611203917; 0-470-22506-8; 0-470-22507-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823681003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II