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Elsevier’s Energy and Power Collection offers the latest innovations in the energy transition with a focus on content that supports and advances the reduction of CO2 emissions. The collection includes content on solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, biofuels and bioenergy, hydrogen and fuel cells, and addresses topics such as energy storage, efficiency, management, economics, and policy, among others.

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    • Analytical Methods for Coal and Coal Products

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • Clarence Karr
      • English
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      Analytical Methods for Coal and Coal Products, Volume III, is the third of a three-volume treatise that aims to provide a detailed presentation of what constitutes the first comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to the subject of analytical methodology for coal and coal products. The three volumes have been divided into a total of twelve parts, each part containing several chapters devoted to a particular subject. The present volume deals with gases, waste products, by-products, environmental problems, and miscellaneous analytical problems, as well as special instrumental techniques for solving various problems. Because different aspects of a particular subject are frequently scattered through various chapters in the volumes, cross-references between chapters have been entered. In addition, the subject indexes have been made as detailed as was practical, and the reader will benefit from examination of pertinent subjects in the indexes of all three volumes. A careful reading of these volumes will show that definitive solutions are not yet available in a number of instances. There is a clear need for continued research on the fundamentals of analysis of coal and coal products, and the development of reliable and accurate analytical instrumentation, including on-stream applications.

    • Volcanic Reservoirs in Petroleum Exploration

      • 1st Edition
      • January 11, 2013
      • Caineng Zou
      • English
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      The first work of its kind, Volcanic Reservoirs in Petroleum Exploration summarizes the current research and exploration techniques of volcanic reservoirs as a source of oil and gas. With a specific focus on the geological features and development characteristics of volcanic reservoirs in China, it presents a series of practical exploration and evaluation techniques based on this research. Authored by an award-winning petroleum geologist, it introduces exploration and outcome prediction techniques that can be used by scientists in any volcanic region worldwide. Volcanic reservoirs as new sources of petroleum resources are a hot topic in petroleum exploration. Although volcanic rock cannot generate hydrocarbons, it can serve as a reservoir for hydrocarbons when conditions permit. This book explains the differences between volcanic reservoirs and other major reservoir types, and describes effective methods for examining volcanic distribution and predicting volcanic reservoirs, providing a framework for systematic studies throughout the world.

    • Health and Environmental Risk Assessment

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • P. F. Ricci + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Process and input-output analysis have emerged as the two principal methods of analyzing health risks of energy technologies. This book describes applications and differences between these two methods with discussions of sources or error and uncertainty, data limitations and some solutions to common problems. Its goals are to provide understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the methods and to provide a basis for standardizing risk assessment for energy policy analysis. Sections of the book describe risk analysis and develop issues common to both the process and input-output methods, describe data bases and their limitations, discuss use of environmental models for generating environmental information not available in data bases, describe applications of the methods in case studies, and discuss the state-of-the-art of the two models and opportunities for combining them to take advantage of their relative strengths and weaknesses.

    • Sun: Mankind's Future Source of Energy

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Francis de Winter
      • English
      • eBook
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      Sun: Mankind's Future Source of Energy, Volume One contains the proceedings of the International Solar Energy Society Congress held in New Delhi, India in January 1978. The papers review the significant advances that have been made with regards to solar energy as a resource for the future, along with the scientific and technological problems associated with its optimal use for various applications. The social and economic issues concerning solar technology are also discussed. Comprised of 416 chapters, this volume begins with an assessment of national and international plans and programs for solar energy utilization, including those of the United Nations, Europe, the United States, and developing countries. The next sections examine the economic, policy, social, and implementation aspects of solar energy, together with solar radiation and energy storage. Photovoltaics, including space power, and photochemistry are also investigated. Other issues that are discussed in relation to solar energy are photobiology and biomass; flat plate collectors; concentrating systems; solar heating and cooling, including water and swimming pool heating; thermal power systems such as ocean thermal gradient systems; wind power; and agricultural and industrial applications. This monograph will be of interest to scientists, technologists, social scientists, and energy policy makers and planners.

    • Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques

      • 1st Edition
      • September 3, 2013
      • Arthur Bowen + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques (PLEA) presents the proceedings of the Third International PLEA Conference held in Mexico City, Mexico on August 6-11, 1984. The book includes papers on state-of-the-art selected topics aimed at providing a basic knowledge; country and regional or personal monographs to continue the exchange of national information which is an established feature of PLEA; and position papers for the topic seminars. The text also presents papers on vernacular shelter and settlement; case studies of new buildings and retrofits, urban and community planning and design, photovoltaic systems implementation, cooling systems, modeling and simulation, guidelines and tools for design and planning.

    • Siting Energy Facilities

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • Ralph L. Keeney
      • English
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      Siting Energy Facilities describes a tool for making the process of finding sites for energy facilities more efficient and more responsive to the concerns of society. The result should be better sites and a siting process that is understandable and defensible. A major focus of the approach is the systematic search for and identification of suitable candidate sites for the proposed facility. The evaluation of the candidate sites explicitly includes environmental impacts, health and safety, socioeconomic effects, and public attitudes, in addition to engineering and economic criteria. The procedure allows the inclusion of the uncertainties and value judgments that are a significant part of all energy siting problems. The material in this book can be categorized into three sections: problem definition, the methodological and procedural aspects of the decision analysis siting approach, and illustrations of its use. The first two chapters define what is meant by an energy facility siting problem and indicate the approach and motivation for the decision analysis siting procedure. Subsequent chapters discuss methodological and procedural details of the approach along with a case study on the selection of a site for a pumped storage power plant.

    • Energy and Combustion Science

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • N. A. Chigier
      • English
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      Energy and Combustion Science is a collection of papers that covers advancement in the field of energy and combustion science. The materials presented in the book are organized thematically into parts. The text first covers the issues, concerns, problems of the contemporary combustion technology. The subsequent parts of the book cover various areas in combustions science, namely, pollution, gas, oil, coal, and engines. Most of the articles in the book are concerned with the byproduct of fuel combustion. The text will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners of disciplines that deal with the energy and combustion technology.

    • Texas National Energy Modeling Project

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • Milton L. Holloway
      • English
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      Texas National Energy Modeling Project: An Experience in Large-Scale Model Transfer and Evaluation reports on the Texas National Energy Model Project (TNEMP) experience. The TNEP was tasked with providing an independent evaluation of the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Midterm Energy Forecasting System. It also provided recommendations to the Texas Energy Advisory Council concerning the maintenance of a national modeling system by the Council to evaluate Texas impacts within a consistent national modeling framework. The book provides all of the summary material documenting the entire experience, sequentially, from beginning to end. It first lays out the purposes of TNEMP, the organizational structure for the study, and an explanation of the evaluation criteria used to guide the model critiques. It summarizes in some detail the important findings of each of the 11 studies contained in Part II published under a separate cover. It presents the National Advisory Board’s assessment of the integrity of the evaluation project, their views of important outcomes of the TNEMP experience, and important recommendations to TNEMP and EIA. The final chapters contain an overview reply by EIA and a summary of a workshop held at the end of the project to discuss substantive issues raised by TNEMP.

    • Coal Science

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • Martin L. Gorbaty + 2 more
      • English
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      Coal Science, Volume 2 presents and evaluates the fundamental scientific areas involved with the structure, reactivity, and utilization of coal. This book reviews the coal's inorganic structure and reactivity and the role that ionic bonding plays in coal's chemical and physical structure and reactivity. Organized into four chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the area of mineral matter in coal and a critical survey of many specific aspects that are most intriguing scientifically. This text then examines the role of the solvent in the initial stage of coal liquefaction. Other chapters consider the primary products of decomposed plant matter, which are transformed into the various ranks of coals through a series of evolutionary changes. The final chapter deals with solvent extraction, which is the most commonly used methods for studying the chemical properties of coal. This book is a valuable resource for chemists, engineers, and research workers.

    • Hydrides for Energy Storage

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • A. F. Andresen + 1 more
      • English
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      Hydrides for Energy Storage documents the proceedings of an International Symposium held in Geilo, Norway on August 14-19, 1977. This book discusses the thermodynamics of metal, alloy and intermetallic/hydrog... systems; localization and diffusion of hydrogen in lanthanum-nickel compounds; kinetics of hydrogen absorption and desorption; and nuclear magnetic resonance studies of metal hydrides. The calculated heats of formation of metal and metal alloy hydrides; hydrogen absorption into rare earth intermetallic compounds; plateau pressure of RE Ni5 and RE Co5 hydrides; and hydride formation of C14-type Ti alloy are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the mixing effects of two different types of hydrides; hydrogen storage electrode systems; and applications of metal hydrides. This publication is intended for chemists concerned with the fundamental properties of hydrides.

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