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

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 fieldEleven 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 INDICE: Chapter 1 Introduction with a Focus on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Climate ChangeChapter 2 Conventional Oil and GasChapter 3 Coal Extraction and use in Power GenerationChapter 4 Frontier Oil and Gas: Deepwater, ArcticChapter 5 Unconventional Oil and Gas: OilsandsChapter 6 Unconventional Oil and Gas: Oil Shales and FrackingChapter 7 Coal-bed MethaneChapter 8 Methane HydratesChapter 9 Nuclear Fission and the new Thorium processChapter 10 Nuclear FusionChapter 11 Transport Fuel: Ethanol and BiofuelsChapter 12 Transport Fuel: Biomass-, Coal-, Gas- and Waste-to-Liquids ProcessesChapter 13 Transport Fuel: LNG and MethaneChapter 14 Transport Energy - BatteriesChapter 15 Wind EnergyChapter 16 Tidal EnergyChapter 17 Wave EnergyChapter 18 Solar  Energy - PhotovoltaicsChapter 19 Solar Energy - Concentrated Solar Thermal PowerChapter 20 Solar Energy - Water HeatingChapter 21 Hydro-Electric PowerChapter 22 Geothermal EnergyChapter 23 Hydrogen: An Energy CarrierChapter 24 Fuel Cells: Energy Conversion TechnologyChapter 25 Environmental Impacts of Energy Production, Distribution and TransportChapter 26 CO2 Capture and Sequestration (CCS)Chapter 27 Energy Storage (Hydrogen storage, pumping water, phase changes, etc.)Chapter 28 Energy Efficiency, Conservation, Energy Saving Devices, and the Smart GridChapter 29 Energy Resources in Developing NationsChapter 30 The Transition to Future EnergyChapter 31 Energy Options and Predictions for China

• ISBN: 978-0-08-099424-6
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 734
• Fecha Publicación: 24/12/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés