Environmental physics : sustainable energy and climate change / / Egbert Boeker and Rienk van Grondelle

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley, 2011; Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011; ©2011
• Edizione: 3rd ed
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 p.)
• Disciplina: 628
• Soggetto topico: Environmental sciences; Physics; Atmospheric physics
• Classificazione: 519; 628
• Persona (resp. second.): GrondelleRienk van
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Environmental Physics; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 A Sustainable Energy Supply; 1.2 The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change; 1.3 Light Absorption in Nature as a Source of Energy; 1.4 The Contribution of Science: Understanding, Modelling and Monitoring; Exercises; References; 2 Light and Matter; 2.1 The Solar Spectrum; 2.1.1 Radiation from a Black Body; 2.1.2 Emission Spectrum of the Sun; 2.2 Interaction of Light with Matter; 2.2.1 Electric Dipole Moments of Transitions; 2.2.2 Einstein Coefficients; 2.2.3 Absorption of a Beam of Light: Lambert-Beer's Law ; 2.3 Ultraviolet Light and Biomolecules2.3.1 Spectroscopy of Biomolecules; 2.3.2 Damage to Life from Solar UV; 2.3.3 The Ozone Filter as Protection; Exercises; References; 3 Climate and Climate Change; 3.1 The Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere; 3.2 The Radiation Balance and the Greenhouse Effect; 3.2.1 Simple Changes in the Radiation Balance; 3.2.2 Radiation Transfer; 3.2.3 A Simple Analytical Model; 3.2.4 Radiative Forcing and Global Warming; 3.2.5 The Greenhouse Gases; 3.3 Dynamics in the Climate System; 3.3.1 Horizontal Motion of Air; 3.3.2 Vertical Motion of Ocean Waters ; 3.3.3 Horizontal Motion of Ocean Waters3.4 Natural Climate Variability; 3.5 Modelling Human-Induced Climate Change; 3.5.1 The Carbon Cycle; 3.5.2 Structure of Climate Modelling; 3.5.3 Modelling the Atmosphere; 3.5.4 A Hierarchy of Models; 3.6 Analyses of IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 3.7 Forecasts of Climate Change; Exercises; References; 4 Heat Engines; 4.1 Heat Transfer and Storage; 4.1.1 Conduction; 4.1.2 Convection; 4.1.3 Radiation; 4.1.4 Phase Change; 4.1.5 The Solar Collector; 4.1.6 The Heat Diffusion Equation; 4.1.7 Heat Storage; 4.2 Principles of Thermodynamics ; 4.2.1 First and Second Laws4.2.2 Heat and Work; Carnot Efficiency; 4.2.3 Efficiency of a 'Real' Heat Engine; 4.2.4 Second Law Efficiency; 4.2.5 Loss of Exergy in Combustion; 4.3 Idealized Cycles; 4.3.1 Carnot Cycle; 4.3.2 Stirling Engine; 4.3.3 Steam Engine; 4.3.4 Internal Combustion; 4.3.5 Refrigeration; 4.4 Electricity as Energy Carrier; 4.4.1 Varying Grid Load; 4.4.2 Co-Generation of Heat and Electricity; 4.4.3 Storage of Electric Energy; 4.4.4 Transmission of Electric Power; 4.5 Pollution from Heat Engines; 4.5.1 Nitrogen Oxides NOx; 4.5.2 SO2; 4.5.3 CO and CO2; 4.5.4 Aerosols ; 4.5.5 Volatile Organic Compounds VOC4.5.6 Thermal Pollution; 4.5.7 Regulations; 4.6 The Private Car; 4.6.1 Power Needs; 4.6.2 Automobile Fuels; 4.6.3 Three-Way Catalytic Converter; 4.6.4 Electric Car; 4.6.5 Hybrid Car; 4.7 Economics of Energy Conversion; 4.7.1 Capital Costs; 4.7.2 Learning Curve; Exercises; References; 5 Renewable Energy; 5.1 Electricity from the Sun; 5.1.1 Varying Solar Input; 5.1.2 Electricity from Solar Heat: Concentrating Solar Power CSP; 5.1.3 Direct Conversion of Light into Electricity: Photovoltaics PV; 5.2 Energy from the Wind; 5.2.1 Betz Limit; 5.2.2 Aerodynamics ; 5.2.3 Wind Farms
• Sommario/riassunto: This thoroughly revised and updated third edition focuses on the utilization of sustainable energy and mitigating climate change, serving as an introduction to physics in the context of societal problems. A distinguishing feature of the text is the discussion of spectroscopy and spectroscopic methods as a crucial means to quantitatively analyze and monitor the condition of the environment, the factors determining climate change, and all aspects of energy conversion. This textbook will be invaluable to students in physics and related subjects, and supplementary materials are available on a comp
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental physics
• ISBN: 1-119-97519-0; 1-283-20443-6; 9786613204431; 1-118-30336-9; 1-119-97417-8; 1-119-97418-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Non definito
• Record Nr.: 9910139618103321
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