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

✍ Scribed by Trevor Letcher (Eds.)

• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 695
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xv-xvii, Trevor M. Letcher
List of Contributors, Pages xix-xxi, Raymond Alcorn, Luis A. Barbosa Cortez, Kamel Bennaceur, Jeremy Boak, Ray Boswell, Carlos H. Brito Cruz, Adria E. Brooks, Debanjan Chakrabarti, He Chenmin, Timothy S. Collett, Scott Dallimore, Arno de Klerk, Ronald DiPippo, Eric F. May, Leuserina Garniati, Matthew Gill, Anthony R.H. Goodwin, Murray R. Gray, Larry R. Grisham, Hamid Gualous, et al.
Chapter 1 - Introduction with a Focus on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change, Pages 3-16, Trevor M. Letcher
Chapter 2 - Conventional Oil and Gas, Pages 19-52, Anthony R.H. Goodwin, Laurent Pirolli, Eric F. May, Kenneth N. Marsh
Chapter 3 - Coal Processing and Use for Power Generation, Pages 53-73, Maria E. Holuszko, Arno de Klerk
Chapter 4 - Frontier Oil and Gas: Deep-Water and the Arctic, Pages 75-93, Eric F. May, Kenneth N. Marsh, Anthony R.H. Goodwin
Chapter 5 - Unconventional Oil and Gas: Oilsands, Pages 95-116, Arno de Klerk, Murray R. Gray, Nestor Zerpa
Chapter 6 - Shale-Hosted Hydrocarbons and Hydraulic Fracturing, Pages 117-143, Jeremy Boak
Chapter 7 - Coal Bed Methane: Reserves, Production and Future Outlook, Pages 145-158, Maria Mastalerz
Chapter 8 - Methane Hydrates, Pages 159-178, Ray Boswell, Koji Yamamoto, Sung-Rock Lee, Timothy Collett, Pushpendra Kumar, Scott Dallimore
Chapter 9 - Nuclear Fission, Pages 181-198, Matthew Gill, Francis Livens, Aiden Peakman
Chapter 10 - Nuclear Fusion, Pages 199-211, Larry R. Grisham
Chapter 11 - Biofuels for Transport, Pages 215-244, Carlos H. Brito Cruz, Glaucia Mendes Souza, Luiz A. Barbosa Cortez
Chapter 12 - Transport Fuel: Biomass-, Coal-, Gas- and Waste-to-Liquids Processes, Pages 245-270, Arno de Klerk
Chapter 13 - Transport Fuel – LNG and Methane, Pages 271-288, Gouthami Senthamaraikkannan, Debanjan Chakrabarti, Vinay Prasad
Chapter 14 - Transport Energy – Lithium Ion Batteries, Pages 291-309, Justin Salminen, Tanja Kallio, Noshin Omar, Peter Van den Bossche, Joeri Van Mierlo, Hamid Gualous
Chapter 15 - Wind Energy, Pages 313-333, David Infield
Chapter 16 - Tidal Current Energy: Origins and Challenges, Pages 335-356, Alan Owen
Chapter 17 - Wave Energy, Pages 357-382, Raymond Alcorn
Chapter 18 - Solar Energy: Photovoltaics, Pages 383-404, Adria E. Brooks
Chapter 19 - Solar Energy – Concentrating Solar Power, Pages 405-431, Robert Pitz-Paal
Chapter 20 - Solar Energy – Water Heating, Pages 433-451, Kate Hudon
Chapter 21 - Hydroelectric Power, Pages 453-470, Ånund Killingtveit
Chapter 22 - Geothermal Energy, Pages 471-492, Ronald DiPippo, Joel L. Renner
Chapter 23 - Hydrogen: An Energy Carrier, Pages 495-510, Mary Helen McCay
Chapter 24 - Fuel Cells: Energy Conversion Technology, Pages 511-547, Manoj K. Mahapatra, Prabhakar Singh
Chapter 25 - Environmental Impacts of Energy Production, Distribution and Transport, Pages 551-581, Daniel A. Vallero
Chapter 26 - CO₂ Capture and Sequestration, Pages 583-611, Kamel Bennaceur
Chapter 27 - Overview of Energy Storage Technologies, Pages 613-631, Léonard Wagner
Chapter 28 - Smart Grids: An Optimised Electric Power System, Pages 633-651, Jerry Jackson
Chapter 29 - Energy Resources in Developing Nations, Pages 653-666, Alan Owen, Leuserina Garniati
Chapter 30 - The Transition to Future Energy, Pages 667-677, Alan Owen, Joanneke Kruijsen
Chapter 31 - Energy Options and Predictions for China, Pages 679-692, Kejun Jiang, He Chenmin
Index, Pages 693-716