دانلود کتاب Essays in energy

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Content: 1. Nuclear power: waste or fuel? / Raymond Wisenburg --
1.1 Introduction --
1.2 Nuclear waste --
1.3 Nuclear fuel reprocessing --
1.4 Nuclear fuel disposal --
1.5 Conclusion --
References --
2. Small hydroelectric plants / Chad Kaleky --
2.1 Introduction to hydropower --
2.2 Diversity of hydropower plant design --
2.3 Small hydroelectric power plants in use --
2.4 Design of small hydroelectric power plants --
2.5 Automatic controls in small hydroelectric plants --
2.6 Environmental impact --
2.7 Small hydropower utilization --
2.8 Generators in hydropower systems --
2.9 Electricity production using current water supply system --
2.10 Conclusion --
References --
3. Small wind turbine applications and market analysis / Tyler Lovelle --
3.1 Introduction --
3.2 Discussion --
3.3 Conclusion --
References --
4. Organic photovoltaics / Nick Evangelista --
4.1 Introduction --
4.2 Status and perspectives --
4.3 Discussion and conclusion --
References --
5. Increasing diversity of renewable energy through tidal water power / Benton Patterson --
5.1 Introduction --
5.2 Types of tidal water power generation --
5.3 Placing tidal water power stations --
5.4 Engineering challenges of tidal power --
5.5 Conclusion --
References --
6. Natural gas resources in the world / William David Sanchez --
6.1 Introduction --
6.2 Natural gas --
6.3 Available resources --
6.4 Discussion and conclusion --
References --
7. Deep sea oil drilling and its future / Jonathan Smirles --
7.1 Introduction --
7.2 BP\'s project 2K --
7.3 Discussion and conclusion --
Acknowledgments --
References --
8. Harvesting geothermal energy from oil wells and other unexpected sources / James Johnston --
8.1 Introduction --
8.2 Geothermal energy --
8.3 Issues with greenhouse gases --
8.4 Conclusion --
References --
9. Nanotechnology in the energy industry / Michael Greene --
9.1 Introduction --
9.2 Energy harvesting and conversion --
9.3 Energy storage --
9.4 Conclusion --
References --
10. Offshore wind power and related immature technologies / Yuri Bhardwaj --
10.1 Introduction --
10.2 History --
10.3 Today --
10.4 Utilization --
10.5 How it works --
10.6 Discussion --
10.7 Conclusion, immature offshore wind technologies --
References --
11. Industrial sector energy efficiency / Carlos Upegui --
11.1 Introduction --
11.2 Importance of energy --
11.3 Energy efficiency --
11.4 Energy system perspective --
11.5 Improving energy efficiency --
11.6 Principles of implementation --
11.7 Barriers to energy efficiency --
11.8 Factors influencing energy efficiency --
11.9 Rebound effect --
11.10 Policies promoting energy efficiency --
11.11 Conclusion --
References --
12. Commercial sector energy efficiency / Refael Listman --
12.1 Introduction --
12.2 Trends in commercial sector energy consumption in recent decades --
12.3 Trends in innovations in energy efficient technology for commercial sector use --
12.4 Do these energy efficient innovations lead to true energy savings? --
12.5 Adoption of energy-efficient innovations in the commercial sector --
12.6 A focus on the example of semitransparent PV window treatments --
12.7 Discussion and conclusions --
References --
13. Agricultural sector energy efficiency / Stephen J. Leonard --
13.1 Introduction --
13.2 Overview of agriculture in the United States --
13.3 Measuring energy efficiency in the agricultural sector --
13.4 Improving agricultural sector energy efficiency: decreasing energy inputs --
13.5 Improving agricultural sector energy efficiency: increasing energy outputs --
13.6 A call to action: the future of energy efficiency in the agricultural sector --
References --