Energizing our future [[electronic resource] ] : rational choices for the 21st century / / John R. Wilson, Griffin Burgh |
Autore | Wilson John R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BurghGriffin |
Soggetto topico |
Power resources
Electric power |
ISBN |
1-281-20391-2
9786611203917 0-470-22506-8 0-470-22507-6 |
Classificazione |
83.65
50.70 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145425803321 |
Wilson John R | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Energizing our future : rational choices for the 21st century / / John R. Wilson, Griffin Burgh |
Autore | Wilson John R |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BurghGriffin |
Soggetto topico |
Power resources
Electric power |
ISBN |
1-281-20391-2
9786611203917 0-470-22506-8 0-470-22507-6 |
Classificazione |
83.65
50.70 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823681003321 |
Wilson John R | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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