Sustainable energy [[electronic resource] ] : choosing among options / / Jefferson W. Tester ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1056 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.79/4
• Soggetto topico: Renewable energy sources; Energy consumption - Environmental aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: TesterJefferson W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable energy
• ISBN: 0-262-30463-5; 0-262-30556-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462532503321
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