Energy category: 1670 books
by Jenny M Jones, Amanda R Lea-Langton, Lin Ma
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
This book considers the pollutants formed by the combustion of solid biomass fuels. The availability and potential use of solid biofuels is first discussed because this is the key to the development of biomass as a source of energy.
This is followed by details of the methods used for characterisation...
Vehicle-to-Grid
A Sociotechnical Transition Beyond Electric Mobility
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
This book defines and charts the barriers and future of vehicle-to-grid technology: a technology that could dramatically reduce emissions, create revenue, and accelerate the adoption of battery electric cars. This technology connects the electric power grid and the transportation system in ways...
Small Modular Reactors for Electricity Generation
An Economic and Technologically Sound Alternative
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
As a flexible, cost-effective energy alternative to large scale nuclear power reactors, this book examines the potential future use of small modular reactors for the generation of electricity in different regions. Exploring advanced nuclear technologies, chapters describe the current situation and...
Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing
Principles and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Written by an internationally-recognized team of natural gas industry experts, the fourth edition of Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing is a unique, well-researched, and comprehensive work on the design and operation aspects of natural gas transmission and processing. Six new chapters...
by Wenyue Zheng, S. Pentilla, David Guzonas
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Materials and Water Chemistry for Supercritical Water-cooled Reactors is unique in that it brings together materials and water chemistry, their interrelationship, the historical perspective and their application to SCWR conceptual design. Written by world’s leading experts, all active in the area...
Biotechnology in China II
Chemicals, Energy and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Past, Present, and Future Industrial Biotechnology in China, by Zhenjiang Li, Xiaojun Ji, Suli Kan, Hongqun Qiao, Min Jiang, Dingqiang Lu, Jun Wang, He Huang, Honghua Jia, Pingkai Ouyuang, and Hanjie Ying.- Organic Chemicals from Bioprocesses in China, by Jin Huang, Lei Huang, Jianping Lin, Zhinan...
Formation Testing
Low Mobility Pressure Transient Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Traditional well logging methods, such as resistivity, acoustic, nuclear and NMR, provide indirect information related to fluid and formation properties. The “formation tester,” offered in wireline and MWD/LWD operations, is different. It collects actual downhole fluid samples for surface analysis,...
Solar Drying Technology
Concept, Design, Testing, Modeling, Economics, and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to the latest developments and advances in solar drying technology, covering the concept, design, testing, modeling, and economics of solar drying technologies, as well as their impact on the environment. The respective chapters are based on the latest...
by Larry Weiers
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
To most people, the word “sustainability” implies that whatever is being talked about is being managed in a responsible way so that it may continue well into the future. We would expect that a sustainable practice, company or industry is one that could continue indefinitely without significant...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2017
This is the second in a series of three proceedings of the 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC). This volume covers the topics of Operation and Maintenance, Supply Capability and Quality Control, Fuel Cycles, as well as New Technology and New Applications. As one in the most important and...
by Paul Breeze
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Hydropowerprovides a complete discussion of the most up-to-date considerations of this method of creating renewable energy. After introducing the method’s history, the author explores various considerations for engineers, planners and managers who need to determine the best placement and size of...
Structure and Reactivity of Coal
A Survey of Selected Chinese Coals
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
This book provides insights into the development and usage of coal in chemical engineering. The reactivity of coal in processes such as pyrolysis, gasification, liquefaction, combustion and swelling is related to its structural properties. Using experimental findings and theoretical analysis, the...
Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Handbook of Environmental Management Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a technique used by the oil and gas industry to mine hydrocarbons trapped deep beneath the Earth’s surface. The principles underlying the technology are not new. Fracking was first applied at the commercial level in the United States...
Geoenergy Modeling III
Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
This book focuses on numerical modeling of deep hydrothermal and petrothermal systems in fractured georeservoirs for utilization in Geothermal Energy applications. The authors explain the particular challenges and approaches to modeling heat transport and high-throughput flow in multiply fractured...