Charting The Future Of Methane Hydrate Research In The United States

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Ocean Studies Board,Committee to Review the Activities Authorized Under the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309092920

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Charting the Future of Methane Hydrate Research in the United States by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Ocean Studies Board,Committee to Review the Activities Authorized Under the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 Pdf

Methane hydrate is a natural form of clathrate - a chemical substance in which one molecule forms a lattice around a "guest" molecule with chemical bonding. In this clathrate, the guest molecule is methane and the lattice is formed by water to form an ice-like solid. Methane hydrate has become the focus of international attention because of the vast potential for human use worldwide. If methane can be produced from hydrate, a reasonable assumption given that there are no obvious technical or engineering roadblocks to commercial production, the nation's natural gas energy supply could be extended for many years to come. This report reviews the Department of Energy's (DOE) Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program, the project selection process, and projects funded to date. It makes recommendations on how the DOE program could be improved. Key recommendations include focusing DOE program emphasis and research in 7 priority areas; incorporating greater scientific oversight in the selection, initiation, monitoring, and assessment of major projects funded by the DOE; strengthening DOE's contribution to education and training through funding of fellowships, and providing project applicants with a set of instructions and guidelines outlining requirements for timely and full disclosure of project results and consequences of noncompliance.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Earth Resources,Committee on Assessment of the Department of Energy's Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrate as a Future Energy Resource
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309148894

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Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Earth Resources,Committee on Assessment of the Department of Energy's Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrate as a Future Energy Resource Pdf

Natural gas, composed mostly of methane, is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels, emitting 25-50% less carbon dioxide than either oil or coal for each unit of energy produced. In recent years, natural gas supplied approximately 20-25% of all energy consumed in the United States. Methane hydrate is a potentially enormous and as yet untapped source of methane. The Department of Energy's Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program has been tasked since 2000 to implement and coordinate a national methane hydrate research effort to stimulate the development of knowledge and technology necessary for commercial production of methane from methane hydrate in a safe and environmentally responsible way. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States evaluates the program's research projects and management processes since its congressional re-authorization in 2005, and presents recommendations for its future research and development initiatives.

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1916 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : CD-ROMs
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116475518

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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210019959038

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United States Statutes at Large by United States Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : PURD:32754083728174

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United States Code by United States Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : MINN:31951D02488496C

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Energy Policy Act of 2005 by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCBK:C105102712

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Compilation of Public Laws Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 1958-1988 by United States Pdf

Author : Timothy S. Collett,Art Johnson,Camelia C. Knapp,Ray Boswell
Publisher : AAPG
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780891813705

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Natural Gas Hydrates by Timothy S. Collett,Art Johnson,Camelia C. Knapp,Ray Boswell Pdf

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : MINN:31951D025325561

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Energy Policy Act of 2005 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Clean energy industries
ISBN : UOM:39015085437930

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American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Kendall Haven
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598845808

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Green Electricity by Kendall Haven Pdf

This fascinating book explores the pros and cons of the top 25 green electricity technologies, illuminating how each technology works and detailing the key hurdles each emerging energy strategy has to overcome before it becomes a viable option. Our existing electric utility industry and power supply and delivery systems are woefully outdated. Indeed, the existing power grid we use today uses 100-year-old technology! This book lays out the possible blueprints for a greener future in a way that will engage middle school learners, enabling students and teachers to explore the emerging energy technologies that could become the future of our electrical supply system. In Part 1 of Green Electricity: 25 Green Technologies That Will Electrify Your Future, the author describes the amazing patchwork of 1,300 power plants and over 5 million miles of wire that comprise our national grid and reveals the environmental damages it produces. Part 2 examines the 25 leading ecofriendly contenders to modernize and replace our current grid, describing each proposed technology and how it works. Other relevant information is also provided, such as a qualitative assessment of the pluses, minuses, and limitations of each system, and an assessment of that technology's potential to contribute to our future electrical appetite.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 1558 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160813239

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Senate Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Antony Joseph
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128093634

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Investigating Seafloors and Oceans by Antony Joseph Pdf

Investigating Seafloors and Oceans: From Mud Volcanoes to Giant Squid offers a bottom-to-top tour of the world’s oceans, exposing the secrets hidden therein from a variety of scientific perspectives. Opening with a discussion of the earth’s formation, hot spots, ridges, plate tectonics, submarine trenches, and cold seeps, the text goes on to address such topics as the role of oceans in the origin of life, tidal bore, thermal effects, ecosystem services, marine creatures, and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical resources. This unique reference provides insight into a wide array of questions that researchers continue to ask about the vast study of oceans and the seafloor. It is a one-of-a-kind examination of oceans that offers important perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and academics in all marine-related fields. Includes chapters addressing various scientific disciplines, offering the opportunity for readers to gain insights on diverse topics in the study of oceans Provides scientific discussion on thermo-tolerant microbial life in sub-seafloor hot sediments and vent fields, as well as the origin of life debates and the puzzles revolving around how life originated Includes detailed information on the origin of dreaded episodes, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, internal waves and tidal bores Contains information on the contribution of the oceans in terms of providing useful nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products

Author : Harrison Schmitt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387310640

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Return to the Moon by Harrison Schmitt Pdf

Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon—to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone community on the way to deeper space. With governments playing a supporting role—just as they have in the development of modern commercial aeronautics and agricultural production—Schmitt believes that a fundamentally private enterprise is the only type of organization capable of sustaining such an effort and, eventually, even making it pay off.

Author : Howard G. Wilshire,Jane E. Nielson,Richard W. Hazlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195142051

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The American West at Risk by Howard G. Wilshire,Jane E. Nielson,Richard W. Hazlett Pdf

The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges facing the 11 contiguous arid western United States. The importance of this story is that protecting lands and soil also protects air and water quality, and water supplies, which are critical support for our lives and our health.