Energy list 60

High-Temperature H2S Removal from IGCC Coarse Gas

by Yaji Huang, Jiang Wu, Weiguo Zhou
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017

This book provides extensive information on high-temperature H2S removal for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coarse gas, together with briefly introductions to the concept of clean coal technology, and to the mechanism and kinetics of hot coal gas desulfurizers. Readers will gain...

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima

Curse of the Nuclear Genie

by Thomas Filburn, Stephan Bullard
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016

This book examines the three most well-known and socially important nuclear accidents. Each of these accidents had significant, yet dramatically different, human and environmental impacts. Unique factors helped shape the overall pattern and scale of each disaster, but a major contributing factor was...

Natural Gas Processing from Midstream to Downstream

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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018

A comprehensive review of the current status and challenges for natural gas and shale gas production, treatment and monetization technologies Natural Gas Processing from Midstream to Downstream presents an international perspective on the production and monetization of shale gas and natural...

Building Sustainable Futures

Design and the Built Environment

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Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015

This book presents state-of-the-art research and case studies on new approaches to the design, construction and planning of our cities. Emphasis is placed on the role of alternative and renewable energy in the development of urban infrastructures that enable sustainable futures. Reflecting the multi-faceted...

Photon Absorption Models in Nanostructured Semiconductor Solar Cells and Devices

by Antonio Luque, Alexander Virgil Mellor
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015

This book is intended to be used by materials and device physicists and also solar cells researchers. It models the performance characteristics of nanostructured solar cells and resolves the dynamics of transitions between several levels of these devices. An outstanding insight into the physical behaviour...

Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science, Society, and Solutions [3 volumes]

by Bruce E. Johansen
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017

This three-volume set presents entries and primary sources that will impress on readers that what we do—or don't do—today regarding climate change will dramatically influence what life on this planet will be like for untold numbers of generations. • Provides readers with a clearly written...

Mystical Words Of Power

A Collection of Original & Powerful Poetry – Volume 1

by Chris Zanetti
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014

A Collection of Original & Powerful Poetry – Volume 1 Contained within the pages of this book are powerful words. Words that hold deep and mystical meanings. This book is a work of poetry on the surface, however, upon exploring further, hidden truths can be found about the mind...

Application of Hydrothermal Reactions to Biomass Conversion

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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014

This bookreviews the recent advances in hydrothermal conversion of biomass into chemicals and fuels, and consists of 15 chapters. It introduces the properties of high-temperature water, the merits of hydrothermal conversion of biomass, and some novel hydrothermal conversion processes, mainly including...

Nuclear Production of Hydrogen

Fourth Information Exchange Meeting, Oakbrook, Illinois, USA , 14-16 April 2009

by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010

Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable energy carrier in the 21st century. This report describes the scientific and technical challenges associated with the production of hydrogen using heat and/or electricity from nuclear power plants,...

Quarterly Essay 27 Reaction Time

Climate Change and the Nuclear Option

by Ian Lowe
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007

Australia is at a crossroads: if we are to halt global warming, do we need to stride resolutely into a nuclear future? In this engrossing and persuasive essay, Ian Lowe discusses his one-time belief in the benefits of nuclear power and explains why that belief has faltered. He engages with...

Quantum Mechanics

Non-Relativistic Theory

by L D Landau, E. M. Lifshitz
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition: Non-relativistic Theory is devoted to non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The theory of the addition of angular momenta, collision theory, and the theory of symmetry are examined, together with spin, nuclear structure, motion in a magnetic field, and diatomic and...

Oil: A Cultural and Geographic Encyclopedia of Black Gold [2 volumes]

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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014

Aside from air and water, oil is perhaps the most valuable natural resource. Oil supplies the tremendous energy needs of the modern world. What exactly is "oil," where does it come from, how does it get consumed, and who is using it? This encyclopedia provides clear answers to these questions and...

Remaining Issues in the Decommissioning of Nuclear Powered Vessels

Including Issues Related to the Environmental Remediation of the Supporting Infrastructure

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The Russian NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Scientific Problems and Unresolved Issues Remaining in the Decommissioning of Nuclear Powered Vessels and in the Environmental Remediation ofTheir Supporting Infrastructure," was held in Moscow, Russia at the Presidium of the Russian Academy...

Three Mile Island

by Erik V. Fasick
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2019

Construction of the Unit 1 reactor began on Three Mile Island in May 1968, with the production of commercial electricity beginning in 1974. Approval for the construction of the Unit 2 reactor was granted in November 1969, and it was only producing commercial electricity for less than 90 days when...