Power Resources category: 2047 books
by Saeid Mokhatab, John Y. Mak, Jaleel V. Valappil
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a commercially attractive phase of the commodity that facilitates the efficient handling and transportation of natural gas around the world. The LNG industry, using technologies proven over decades of development, continues to expand its markets, diversify its supply...
The Energy Trail — Where It is Leading
Do You Know Enough to Care?
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
This book describes the effect that hydrocarbon energy (oil, gas and coal) has had on human evolution, how we got to the stage we are at today, what we are doing about it and where it will lead us in the not-too-distant future.
The book is not speculation, but rather a collection of provable...
Natural Gas
A Basic Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Natural gas represents nearly one-quarter of the world’s energy resources. More than half of American homes rely on it as their main heating fuel. It serves as the raw material necessary in everyday paints, plastics, medicines and explosives. It produces the cleanest of all fossil fuels. It is natural...
The New Economy of Oil
Impacts on Business, Geopolitics and Society.
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
'The global oil industry is an exceptionally complex one, and its importance to governments, business and society as a whole is immense...The New Economy of Oil aims to set out the challenges and choices ahead, and it makes a fascinating read.' Business News 'John Mitchell, in this excellent book,...
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
As conventional-oil resources are depleted worldwide, vast heavy oil reserves available in various parts of the world become increasingly important as a secure future energy source. Brief but readable, Heavy Oil Production Processes discusses the latest improvements in production processes including;...
Lacustrine Shale Gas
Case Study from the Ordos Basin
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Lacustrine Shale Gas: Case Study from the Ordos Basin examines the special sedimentation and formation environment based on the actual exploration of lacustrine shale gas. Using the Chang7 black shale of Yanchang formation in Ordos basin as an example, this book deeply dissects the Lacustrine shale...
by Harold Schobert
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Focusing on today's major fuel resources – ethanol, biodiesel, wood, natural gas, petroleum products and coal – this book discusses the formation, composition and properties of the fuels, and the ways in which they are processed for commercial use. It examines the origin of fuels through natural...
Renewable and Alternative Energy
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
As the human population expands and natural resources become depleted, it becomes necessary to explore other sources for energy consumption and usage. Renewable and Alternative Energy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of emerging perspectives and innovations...
Fossil Energy
Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
The word sustainability shares its root with sustenance. In the context of modern society, sustenance is inextricably linked to the use of energy. Fossil Energy provides an authoritative reference on all aspects of this key resource, which currently represents nearly 85% of global energy consumption....
Sustainability Engineering
A Design Guide for the Chemical Process Industry
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
This book explores sustainability engineering through the lens of the manufacturing and chemical process industries to elucidate the safe and economic implementation of process designs used to transform raw materials into useful finished products. The author applies the tenets of sustainability science...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
There is widespread interest in the way that smart energy control systems, such as assessment and monitoring techniques for low carbon, nearly-zero energy and net positive buildings can contribute to a Sustainable future, for current and future generations.
There is a turning point on the...
by Nilanjan Ghosh, Anandajit Goswami
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
While the effects of climate change become ever more apparent and pressing, the discussion of sustainable practices and environmental protection is a common overture among the academic and scientific communities. However, in order to be truly effective, sustainable solutions must be tested and applied...
Why I Buy
Self, Taste, and Consumer Society in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
This is a book about the relationship between the self and consumer society in America. There are many books and articles that explain consumerism in the twentieth century. through politics, economics, and sociology. Th is book is about both the psychological roots of consumer society in the self—why...
Reuse of Materials and Byproducts in Construction
Waste Minimization and Recycling
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
The construction industry is the largest single waste producing industry in the UK. Ensuring a supply chain of recycled materials affords many potential gains, achieved through: reducing the material volume transported to already over-burdened landfill sites, possible cost reductions to the contractor/clientwhen...