Renewable Resource Utilization for Development
Pergamon Policy Studies on International Development
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1981
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Authors: Robert P. Morgan, Larry J. Icerman
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 1 5 6 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 8 0 2 - 1
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Request a sales quoteRenewable Resource Utilization for Development is a six-chapter text that covers the United States initiatives in field of appropriate, light-capital technology for renewable resource utilization. These initiatives include steps, policies, and programs that the U.S. government might take, adopt, or support to aid developing countries in utilizing appropriate technology for renewable resources for the benefit of the poor majority. The first two chapters describe the technology, advances, design, and utilization of wind energy and biomass. The next chapter focuses on two applications of direct solar energy, namely, solar drying of crops and timber. Another chapter highlights the optimum processing and use of rice bran, which is an important postharvest and rural development problem for rice-growing developing countries. The final two chapters discuss the utilization of material and products based on agricultural wastes and natural fibers. These chapters also deal with the organizations and mechanisms for implementing the initiatives and with possible next steps to the U.S. initiatives. This book is of value to economists and environmental pollution control researchers.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Acronyms
Chapter 1 Wind Energy Utilization
Wind Energy Applications and Needs
Wind Energy Technologies
Light-Capital Windmill Design Development Efforts
Wind Energy Applications Survey
2 Direct Biomass Utilization for Cooking
Needs and Applications for Improved Cookstoves
Cookstove Design Improvement Efforts
Cookstove Performance Characteristics
Fuel Use for Cooking
Firewood Production Programs
Cookstove Dissemination Efforts
3 Solar Crop and Timber Drying
Introduction
Solar Grain Crop Drying: Needs and Applications
Solar Grain Crop Drying: Technologies
Solar Crop Drying: Non-Technical Aspects
Solar Timber Drying: Needs and Technology Applications
Solar Timber Drying: State-of-the-Art Review
Solar Timber Drying: Costs
Solar Timber Drying: Evaluation
4 Village-Level Rice Bran Processing and Utilization
Needs and Objectives
Nutritive Potential of Rice Bran
Pertinent Technologies
Uses for Bran and Bran Products
Uses for Rice Hulls
Economic and Government Policy Issues
System Concepts for Processing Rice Bran
Outline of a Research and Development Program
5 Materials and Products Based on Agricultural Wastes and Natural Fibers
Needs and Technological Initiatives
State-of-the-Art Review
Non-Technical Factors
Research and Development Initiatives
Organizations: Involvement and Capabilities
6 Initiatives, Organization, and Mechanisms
Introduction
Summary of Studies in Five Topical Areas
Initiatives Based on Five Study Areas
Other Initiatives
Organizations
Mechanisms for Implementation
Next Steps
Appendices
A. VITA/CDT Panel Reports
B· Organizations Involved in Appropriate Technology for Renewable Resource Utilization
C. Monetary Exchange Rates
Notes
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1981
- No. of pages (eBook): 424
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483115603
- eBook ISBN: 9781483148021
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