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Energy conservation -- Equipment and supplies.
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Renewable energy sources.
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Power resources.
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Fuel.
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Sustainable engineering -- Materials.
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1 online resource (xvi, 753 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
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text txt |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016). |
| Contents |
Part I: Energy and the environment : the landscape : A primer on climate change / Melinda Marquis, Pieter Tans -- Global energy landscape and energy security / V.S. Arunachalam, Anshu Bharadwaj -- Sustainability and energy conversions / Franklin M. Orr, Jr., Sally M. Benson -- Energy cost of materials : materials for thin-film photovoltaics as an example / Ajay K. Gupta, Charles A.S. Hall -- Economics of materials / Lester B. Lave, Frank R. Field III -- Global energy flows / Richard Sassoon -- Global materials flows / Fridolin Krausmann -- Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration / Sally M. Benson -- Part II: Non-renewable energy sources -- Petroleum and natural gas / Russell R. Chianelli, Xiomara C. Kretschmer, Stephen A. Holditch -- Advancing coal conversion technologies : materials challenges / Bryan D. Morreale, Cynthia A. Powell, David R. Luebke -- Oil shale and tar sands / James W. Bunger -- Unconventional energy sources : gas hydrates / Carolyn A. Koh, E. Dendy Sloan, Amadeu K. Sum -- Nuclear energy : current and future schemes / Christopher R. Stanek, Robin W. Grimes, Cetin Unal -- Nuclear nonproliferation / Siegfried S. Hecker, Matthias Englert, Michael C. Miller -- Nuclear waste management and disposal / Rodney C. Ewing, William J. Weber -- Material requirements for controlled nuclear fusion / Nathaniel J. Fisch, J. Luc Peterson, Adam Cohen -- Part III: Renewable energy sources -- Solar energy overview / Miguel A. Contreras, Satyen Deb -- Direct solar energy conversion with photovoltaic devices / David S. Ginley, Reuben Collins, David Cahen -- Future concepts for photovoltaic energy conversion / Jean-Franc̦ois Guillemoles -- Concentrating and multijunction photovoltaics / Daniel J. Friedman -- Concentrating solar thermal power / Abraham Kribus -- Solar thermoelectrics : direct solar thermal energy conversion / Terry M. Tritt, Xinfeng Tang, Qingjie Zhang [and others] -- Off-grid solar in the developing world / Tiffany Tong, Wali Akande, Winston O. Soboyejo -- Principles of photosynthesis / Johannes Messinger, Dmitriy Shevela -- Biofuels and biomaterials from microbes / Trent R. Northen -- Biofuels from cellulosic biomass via aqueous processing / Jian Shi, Qing Qing, Taiying Zhang [and others] -- Artificial photosynthesis for solar energy conversion / Boris Rybtchinski, Michael R. Wasielewski -- Engineering natural photosynthesis / Huub J.M. de Groot -- Geothermal and ocean energy / Jiabin Han, J. William Carey, Bruce A. Robinson -- Wind energy / Michael Robinson, Neil Kelley, Patrick Moriarity -- Part IV: Transportation -- Transportation : motor vehicles / Jerry Gibbs, Ahmad A. Pesaran, Philip S. Sklad -- Transportation : aviation / Robin G. Bennett, Linda A. Caldwell Stancin, William L. Carberry [and others] -- Transportation: shipping / David S. Ginley -- Transportation : fully autonomous vehicles / Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, Mark W. Verbrugge -- Part V: Energy efficiency -- Lighting / Dandan Zhu, Colin J. Humphreys -- Energy efficient buildings / Ron Judkoff -- Insulation science / Leon R. Glicksman, Ellann Cohen -- Industrial energy efficiency : a case study -- Green processing : catalysis / Ronny Neumann -- Material availability and recycling / Randolph Kirchain, Elsa Alonso -- Life-cycle assessment / Corrie E. Clark -- Part VI: Energy storage, high penetration renewables, and grid stabilization -- Toward the smart grid : the US as a case study / S. Massoud Amin, Anthony M. Giacomoni -- Consequences of high penetration renewables / Paul Denholm -- Electrochemical energy storage : batteries and capacitors / M. Stanley Whittingham -- Mechanical energy storage : pumped hydro, CAES, flywheels / Troy McBride, Benjamin Bollinger, Dax Kepshire -- Fuel cells / Shyam Kocha, Bryan Pivovar, Thomas Gennett -- Solar fuels / Christian Jooss, Helmut Tributsch -- Solar thermal routes to fuel / Michael Epstein -- Photoelectrochemistry and hybrid solar conversion / Stuart Licht. |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
| Alt author |
Ginley, D. S. (David S.), editor.
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Kahen, David, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780511718786 (ebook) |
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9781107000230 (hardback) |
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