Pergamon imprint: 338 books
Environmental Implications of Expanded Coal Utilization
a Study By: The Beijer Institute The United Nations Environment Programme The U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Environmental Implications of Expanded Coal Utilization focuses on the increasing consideration of coal as an alternative source of energy. This book comes as an answer to the issues on health and environment regarding the extraction, production, and use of coal.
Composed of nine chapters, the selection...
Human Settlements and Energy
An Account of the ECE Seminar on the Impact of Energy Considerations on the Planning and Development of Human Settlements, Ottawa, Canada, 3 - 14 October 1977
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Human Settlements and Energy deals with the impact of energy considerations on human settlements planning and development. The book addresses the energy use, consumed mostly by human settlements, and the ways to conserve energy in these habitats. The text reviews the demand for energy, the principal...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2003
The International Handbook on Innovation is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of what innovation is, how it is measured, how it is developed, how it is managed, and how it affects individuals, companies, societies, and the world as a whole. Leading specialists from around...
National Energy Plans in the Asia–Pacific Region
Proceedings of Workshop III of the Asia–Pacific Energy Studies Consultative Group (APESC)
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
National Energy Plans in the Asia-Pacific Region is a collection of papers presented at Workshop III of the Asia-Pacific Energy Studies Consultative Group, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the East-West Center, from 25-28 February 1980.
The collection presents a framework for energy policies in the Asia-Pacific...
Your Solar Energy Home
Including Wind and Methane Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Your Solar Energy Home: Including Wind and Methane Applications considers the worldwide domestic use of solar energy. This book is divided into 18 chapters that also cover the consumption of wind energy and methane.
The opening chapters present data on solar energy usage in various countries,...
Energy Conservation Measures
Proceedings of the International Symposium, Kuwait, 6–8 February 1983
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy Conservation Measures focuses on the progress in research, development, design, field testing, and applications relative to the use and conservation of energy.
Containing the works of various authors who have conducted extensive studies in this field, the book presents lengthy discussions and...
Energy for Rural and Island Communities
Proceedings of the Conference, Held in Inverness, Scotland, 22-24 September 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy for Rural and Island Communities covers the proceedings of the conference held in Inverness, Scotland on September 22-24, 1980, which aims to gather several professionals concerned with energy supplies for island and rural communities in the 1980s.
The papers in this collection are divided...
Nuclear Energy
An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
This expanded, revised, and updated fourth edition of Nuclear Energy maintains the tradition of providing clear and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the subject, with emphasis on the explanation of trends and developments. As in earlier editions, the book is divided into three parts that achieve...
New Sources of Oil and Gas
Gases from Coal; Liquid Fuels from Coal, Shale, Tar Sands, and Heavy Oil Sources
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
New Sources of Oil & Gas: Gases from Coal, Liquid Fuels from Coal, Shale Tar Sands, and Heavy Oil Sources is a collection of papers that covers various concerns in exploiting alternative sources of oil and gas.
The book first covers the essential features of developing coal-gasification and coal-liquefaction...
by P. Chartier, G.L. Ferrero, U.M. Henius
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Biomass is set to play an increasing role in the supply of energy, both in the industrialised world and in developing countries, as concern for the state of the global environment grows. The possibility for the acceleration of commercial production has received support from the increasing involvement...
by Eric Wagner, Holly Waldron
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2001
Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Interventions focuses on developmentally appropriate approaches to the assessment, prevention, or treatment of substance use problems among adolescents.
Organized into 16 chapters, this book begins with an assessment of adolescent substance use; theory, methods,...
by Vasile V. Cosofret
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Membrane Electrodes in Drug-Substances Analysis discusses the analytical control of drugs using ion-selective membrane electrodes. This book is divided into three parts, comprised of 18 chapters organized according to the topics they cover.
The first part covers the general aspects of membrane electrodes,...
Electrical Systems and Equipment
Incorporating Modern Power System Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Electrical Systems and Equipment is the work of some 50 electrical design specialists in the power engineering field based largely on the work and experience of GDCD's (Generation Development and Constructor
Division of the CEGB) Electrical Branch. The volume describes the design philosophies and...
Energy, Management, Principles
Applications, Benefits, Savings
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy Management Principles: Applications Benefits Savings discusses the general principles and methods of energy management. The book is comprised of 15 chapters that tackle fundamentals, methodologies, and case histories of energy savings.
Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the background of world energy...