Future Energy. Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for our Planet

✍ Scribed by Trevor M. Letcher (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 739
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Foreword, Pages xi-xii, Sir David King
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
Introduction, Pages xv-xvii
List of Contributors, Pages xix-xxii
Chapter 1 - The Future of Oil and Gas Fossil Fuels, Pages 1,3-24, Anthony R.H. Goodwin
Chapter 2 - The Future of Clean Coal, Pages 25-40, Mustafa Balat
Chapter 3 - Nuclear Power (Fission), Pages 41-57, Stephen Green, David Kennedy
Chapter 4 - The Alberta Oil Sands: Reserves and Supply Outlook, Pages 59-75, F. Rahnama, K. Elliott, R.A. Marsh, L. Philp
Chapter 5 - The Future of Methane and Coal to Petrol and Diesel Technologies, Pages 77-91, Anton C. Vosloo
Chapter 6 - Wind Energy, Pages 93,95-110, Lawrence Staudt
Chapter 7 - Tidal Current Energy: Origins and Challenges, Pages 111-128, Alan Owen
Chapter 8 - Wave Energy, Pages 129-149, Raymond Alcorn, Tony Lewis
Chapter 9 - Biomass, Pages 151-170, Pascale Champagne
Chapter 10 - Concentrating Solar Power, Pages 171-192, Robert Pitz-Paal
Chapter 11 - Hydroelectric Power, Pages 193-209, Markus Balmer, Daniel Spreng
Chapter 12 - Geothermal Energy, Pages 211-223, Joel L. Renner
Chapter 13 - Solar Energy: Photovoltaics, Pages 225-238, David Infield
Chapter 14 - The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, Pages 239,241-257, Dieter Matzner
Chapter 15 - Fuel Cells and Batteries, Pages 259-276, Justin Salminen, Daniel Steingart, Tanja Kallio
Chapter 16 - Methane Hydrates, Pages 277-290, Edith Allison
Chapter 17 - Nuclear Fusion, Pages 291-301, Larry R. Grisham
Chapter 18 - Carbon Capture and Storage for Greenhouse Effect Mitigation, Pages 303,305-331, Daniel Tondeur, Fei Teng
Chapter 19 - Smart Energy Houses of the Future – Self-supporting in Energy and Zero Emission, Pages 333-346, Robert D. Wing
Chapter 20 - The Prospects for Electricity and Transport Fuels to 2050, Pages 347-370, Geoff Dutton, Matthew Page
Index, Pages 371-376

✦ Subjects

Топливно-энергетический комплекс;Альтернативная энергетика;