Future Energy Sources

Author : Trevor M. Letcher
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080564876

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Future Energy will allow us to make reasonable, logical and correct decisions on our future energy as a result of two of the most serious problems that the civilized world has to face; the looming shortage of oil (which supplies most of our transport fuel) and the alarming rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 50 years (resulting from the burning of oil, gas and coal and the loss of forests) that threatens to change the world’s climate through global warming. Future Energy focuses on all the types of energy available to us, taking into account a future involving a reduction in oil and gas production and the rapidly increasing amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. It is unique in the genre of books of similar title in that each chapter has been written by a scientist or engineer who is an expert in his or her field. The book is divided into four sections: • Traditional Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Energy • Renewable Energy • Potentially Important New Types of Energy • New Aspects to Future Energy Usage Each chapter highlights the basic theory and implementation, scope, problems and costs associated with a particular type of energy. The traditional fuels are included because they will be with us for decades to come - but, we hope, in a cleaner form. The renewable energy types includes wind power, wave power, tidal energy, two forms of solar energy, bio-mass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and the hydrogen economy. Potentially important new types of energy include: pebble bed nuclear reactors, nuclear fusion, methane hydrates and recent developments in fuel cells and batteries. - Written by experts in the key future energy disciplines from around the globe - Details of all possible forms of energy that are and will be available globally in the next two decades - Puts each type of available energy into perspective with realistic, future options

Author : Julie Richards
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1420261037

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Energy makes the world work. Most of the worlds machines are powered by energy that comes from fossil fuels that are harmful to people and the environment.In this fascinating book, students will learn about alternative energy sources and the advantages and disadvantages of each. They can find out about how each energy is collected, stored, converted into power and used.Suitable for junior secondary, this book combines 6 individual titles, bound together in one bumper volume for a low pri

Author : Brian F. Towler
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128010655

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The Future of Energy by Brian F. Towler Pdf

Using the principle that extracting energy from the environment always involves some type of impact on the environment, The Future of Energy discusses the sources, technologies, and tradeoffs involved in meeting the world's energy needs. A historical, scientific, and technical background set the stage for discussions on a wide range of energy sources, including conventional fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal, as well as emerging renewable sources like solar, wind, geothermal, and biofuels. Readers will learn that there are no truly "green" energy sources—all energy usage involves some tradeoffs—and will understand these tradeoffs and other issues involved in using each energy source. Each potential energy source includes discussions of tradeoffs in economics, environmental, and policy implications Examples and cases of implementing each technology are included throughout the book Technical discussions are supported with equations, graphs, and tables Includes discussions of carbon capture and sequestration as emerging technologies to manage carbon dioxide emissions

Author : Richard Heinberg,David Fridley
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610917797

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Our Renewable Future by Richard Heinberg,David Fridley Pdf

"Over the next few decades, we will see a profound energy transformation as society shifts from fossil fuels to renewable resources like solar, wind, biomass. But what might a one hundred percent renewable future actually look like, and what obstacles will we face in this transition? Authors explore the practical challenges and opportunities presented by the shift to renewable energy."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Ramendra Sundar Dey,Taniya Purkait,Navpreet Kamboj,Manisha Das
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351120777

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Carbonaceous Materials and Future Energy by Ramendra Sundar Dey,Taniya Purkait,Navpreet Kamboj,Manisha Das Pdf

Modern lifestyle demands consistent supply of energy for our daily need and comfort. To encounter global demands for energy and to permit for diminution of fossil fuels, there is an urgent need for efficient, sustainable and clean energy sources. Carbonaceous material such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, mesoporous carbon, carbon nanofibres and their composites are extensively studied material. They are playing important role to alternative clean energy sources. This book reviews the roadmap of various form of carbonaceous materials used in several energy devices and provides guideline of future perspective.

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615305384

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Renewable and Alternative Energy by Britannica Educational Publishing Pdf

With growing populations across the world consuming Earth’s limited oil and natural gas reserves, the environmental and economic toll of energy dependence becomes an increasingly global concern. The development of renewable forms of energy—solar, wind, water, and geothermal, to name a few—offers alternatives to fossil fuels. Consumers are embracing these new modes of energy delivery and use. This extensive volume examines the possibility of a cleaner and more energy efficient future by detailing the historic and emerging technologies behind some the most promising alternative resources.

Author : Friedrich-W. Wellmer,Peter Buchholz,Jens Gutzmer,Christian Hagelüken,Peter Herzig,Ralf Littke,Rudolf K. Thauer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319912295

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Raw Materials for Future Energy Supply by Friedrich-W. Wellmer,Peter Buchholz,Jens Gutzmer,Christian Hagelüken,Peter Herzig,Ralf Littke,Rudolf K. Thauer Pdf

This is the first book that analyses the future raw materials supply from the demand side of a society that chiefly relies on renewable energies, which is of great significance for us all. It addresses primary and secondary resources and substitution, not only from technical but also socioeconomic and ethical points of view. The “Energiewende” (Energy Transition) will change our consumption of natural resources significantly. When in future our energy requirements will be covered mostly by wind, solar power and biomass, we will need less coal, oil and natural gas. However, the consumption of minerals, especially metallic resources, will increase to build wind generators, solar panels or energy storage facilities. Besides e.g. copper, nickel or cobalt, rare earth elements and other high-tech elements will be increasingly used. With regard to primary metals, Germany is 100 % import dependent; only secondary material is produced within Germany. Though sufficient geological primary resources exist worldwide, their availability on the market is crucial. The future supply of the market is dependent on the development of prices, the transparency of the market and the question of social and ethical standards in the raw materials industry, as well as the social license to operate, which especially applies to mining. The book offers a valuable resource for everyone interested in the future raw material supply of our way of life, which will involve more and more renewable energies.

Author : Ali Asghar Rastegari,Ajar Nath Yadav,Arti Gupta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030144630

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Prospects of Renewable Bioprocessing in Future Energy Systems by Ali Asghar Rastegari,Ajar Nath Yadav,Arti Gupta Pdf

This book discusses various renewable energy resources and technologies. Topics covered include recent advances in photobioreactor design; microalgal biomass harvesting, drying, and processing; and technological advances and optimised production systems as prerequisites for achieving a positive energy balance. It highlights alternative resources that can be used to replace fossil fuels, such as algal biofuels, biodiesel, bioethanol, and biohydrogen. Further, it reviews microbial technologies, discusses an immobilization method, and highlights the efficiency of enzymes as a key factor in biofuel production. In closing, the book outlines future research directions to increase oil yields in microalgae, which could create new opportunities for lipid-based biofuels, and provides an outlook on the future of global biofuel production. Given its scope, the book will appeal to all researchers and engineers working in the renewable energy sector.

Author : Trevor M. Letcher
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080994222

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Future Energy by Trevor M. Letcher Pdf

As the demand for global energy increases, fact-based evaluations of alternative energy sources are needed in order to address the growing interest in how energy is produced, provided, and transported in sustainable ways. Future Energy, Second Edition provides scientists and decision makers with the knowledge they need to understand the relative importance and magnitude of various energy production methods in order to make the energy decisions needed for sustaining development and dealing with climate change. The second edition of Future Energy looks at the present energy situation and extrapolates to future scenarios related to global warming and the increase of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This thoroughly revised and updated edition contains over 30 chapters on all aspects of future energy, each chapter updated and expanded by expert scientists and engineers in their respective fields providing an unbiased and balanced view of the future of energy. Provides readers with an up-to-date overview of available energy options, both traditional and renewable, as well as the necessary tools to make informed decisions regarding selection, use, and environmental impacts. Covers a wide spectrum of future energy resources presented in a single book with chapters written by experts of the particular field Eleven new chapters including chapters on: solar heating, energy resources in developing nations and frontiers in oil and gas, Arctic drilling and unconventional oil and gas sources, thorium in nuclear fission, ethanol and other options for future transport fuel, fracking, smart grids, new batteries, environmental issues and the energy options for China

Author : Donna M. Jablonski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : IND:39000008463205

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Author : Ramendra Sundar Dey,Taniya Purkait,Navpreet Kamboj,Manisha Das
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351120760

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Carbonaceous Materials and Future Energy by Ramendra Sundar Dey,Taniya Purkait,Navpreet Kamboj,Manisha Das Pdf

Carbonaceous Materials and Future Energy: Clean and Renewable Energy Sources provides a systematic analysis of the emerging renewable energy alternatives to fossil fuel and their impact on the current socio-economic premise, with carbonaceous chemistry at their base. The present-day fossil fuel–dependent energy scenario is obsolete, rapidly decaying with resource constraints and sparking climate change risks like global warming; therefore, a technological revolution is needed in terms of global energy sustainability. This book is a humble attempt to recognise various contemporary as well as transpiring alternative state-of-the-art energy technologies, and the immense potential carbon materials have in changing the future face of energy. Carbon is the most earth-abundant material with an awe-inspiring range of allotropes that render wonderful properties such as tunable morphology, electrical conductivity, impressive surface area, etc., when explored in the nanoscale. Therefore, carbon has the ability to replace expensive and corrosive metals as electrodes in various existing energy technologies, especially in storage, conversion and harvesting. Carbon-based composite materials offer extensive mechanical strength, although they are super lightweight and can be placed in portable devices, yet perform for longer times with the added benefit of recyclability. This book features discussions on the ecological impacts of the existing fossil fuel–based energy technologies along with various global energy prediction indicators that dictate the integrated risk, the multi-scale changes as well as the need for sustainable alternatives. It also highlights various state-of-the-art renewable energy techniques, including solar photovoltaics, wind, geothermal, and biowaste-based energy. Most importantly, recognition is given to hybrid energy storage and conversion systems as today’s most important and sustainable source of power based on carbonaceous materials, especially their abundance, tunability, and recyclability. The author then focuses on the integration of available experimental information with future prospects for delivering real-world solutions to existing energy scarcity and helping to unravel sustainable routes with improved energy laws and policies. Features Detailed discussion about the current worldwide energy crisis at the societal scale and the gradual growth of alternative sustainable energy options Elucidation of the role of carbon in revolutionising nanoscience and its bright prospects in developing the future energy scenario with its abundance, eco-friendly nature as well as recyclability Extensive discussion of various state-of-the-art energy systems including hybrid technologies and their stages of technological maturity, commercialisation, and future prospects. Presentation of information in an accessible way for a broad audience; especially students, researchers, and scientists, working in the vast field of energy, looking for concise information about current and future energy solutions and exploring them with carbonaceous chemistry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This book gives an integrative overview about how the next-generation energy technology can be built upon the current and future prospects of carbonaceous chemistry. It includes extensive literature-survey analysis as well as detailed discussion of the commercialisation from the laboratory scale to realising the dream of decentralising grid-based electric supply with sustainable energy. Therefore, the book may serve as a prospective source for multi-disciplinary energy researchers searching for viable renewable energy solutions in terms of complex global sustainability, making it an essential guide and reference.

Author : S.Chand Experts
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9788121933711

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Future Energy by S.Chand Experts Pdf

Future Energy takes a closer look at the energy crisis we are currently facing. Find out about the energy sources we use today, learn about different ways of saving energy and discover new energy sources that we may be able to use in the future.

Author : Jim Ollhoff
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617144332

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Geothermal, Biomass, and Hydrogen by Jim Ollhoff Pdf

In Nuclear Energy, readers will come to undertand the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy. Readers will also learn about fusion energy and the possible future of nuclear power. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Shewta Saini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08
Category : Renewable energy sources
ISBN : 1681173816

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Future Energy by Shewta Saini Pdf

Future Energy is a former accreditation scheme for green electricity in the United Kingdom, designed to support and stimulate electricity generation from renewable energy sources. The coming decades will bring big changes in energy systems throughout the world. The systems are expected to change from central power plants producing electricity and maybe heat for the customers to a combination of central units and a variety of distributed units such as renewable energy technologies or fuel cells. Future Energy will allow us to make reasonable, logical and correct decisions on our future energy as a result of two of the most serious problems that the civilized world has to face; the looming shortage of oil (which supplies most of our transport fuel) and the alarming rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (resulting from the burning of oil, gas and coal and the loss of forests) that threatens to change the world's climate through global warming. The Future of Energy discusses the sources, technologies, and tradeoffs involved in meeting the worlds energy needs. A historical, scientific, and technical background set the stage for discussions on a wide range of energy sources, including conventional fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal, as well as emerging renewable sources like solar, wind, geothermal, and biofuels.

Author : Sally Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Energy conservation
ISBN : 0749655038

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Future Energy by Sally Morgan Pdf

Future Energy: An introduction to energy issues that explains the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources before describing our key energy sources, e.g. fossil fuels, nuclear and hydroelectric power, and alternative energy sources such as solar, wind and water power. As well as looking at the latest developments, such as fuel cells, biopower and geothermal energy, the book highlights the global need to save energy and reduce fuel consumption.