Pergamon imprint: 338 books
Energy: The Countdown
A Report to the Club of Rome: Thierry De Montbrial
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy: The Countdown raises the specter of a catastrophic energy crisis that could explode even before any comprehensive emergency plans are concerted. The goal is to make both decision-makers and the public aware that there exists a real threat to human society in the form of a looming energy crisis.
This...
Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining & Utilization
A Complete Revision of Environmental Implications of Expanded Coal Utilization
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
As coal is considered as a substitute for other fuels, more serious attention is being given to the environmental impacts of the whole coal fuel cycle: mining, transport, storage, combustion and conversion. This volume presents an up-to-date account of these environmental impacts and the recent developments...
by Jeffery Lewins
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control highlights the application of classical control methods in the frequency space to the dynamic processes of a nuclear reactor.
This book contains nine chapters and begins with an introduction to some important mathematical theories related to nuclear engineering,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2000
The International Conference on Mechanical Design and Production has over the years established itself as an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas in these established fields. The first of these conferences was held in 1979. The seventh, and most recent, conference in the series was held in Cairo...
by E. Marsch, H.-J. Fahr, K. Scherer
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2001
The eleventh COSPAR colloquium The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers was held in Potsdam, Germany, from 24-28 July, 2000, and is the second dedicated to this subject after the first one held in Warsaw, Poland in 1989.
Roughly a century has passed after the first ideas by Oliver Lodge, George Francis...
Energy and Sea Power
Challenge for the Decade
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy and Sea Power: Challenge for the Decade is a collection of essays, which were presented as lectures at the Eighth Annual Pacific Coast Sea Power Forum, held at the U. S. Navy Postgraduate School at Monterey, California, in October 1980, covering the topic of energy and sea power. The book contains...
Station Planning and Design
Incorporating Modern Power System Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The planning and design of new power stations can involve complex interaction
between the many engineering disciplines involved as well as environmental,
planning, economical, political and social pressures. This volume aims to
provide a logical review of the procedures involved in power station
development....
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Assessment of Research Needs for Advanced Fuel Cells covers the status of fuel cell research and development efforts, as well as inputs on research needs. Chapter 1 presents a summary of research recommendations and Chapters 2-6 describes the surveys on salient features of individual fuel cell types,...
Energy: Money, Materials and Engineering
Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy: Money, Materials and Engineering focuses on the utilization and management of energy sources, taking into consideration the chemical processes and economic implications involved.
Divided into eight parts with 47 chapters, the book features the literature of authors who have painstakingly conducted...
Heat Pumps
Solving Energy and Environmental Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
It has long been recognized that realizing the potential for energy conservation and diversification by using heat pumps offers considerable benefits to the environment. Important work on more efficient and ozone-friendly working fluids will further enhance the case for greater support of heat pump...
Energy Conservation in Buildings
The Achievement of 50% Energy Saving: An Environmental Challenge?
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
The NORTHSUN 90 conference provided a forum for scientists from high latitude countries to discuss their experience of solar energy. The book is divided into two parts, Part One deals with energy conservation and management in buildings and solar and low energy architecture. Part Two covers all aspects...
Energy Developments: New Forms, Renewables, Conservation
Proceedings of ENERGEX '84, The Global Energy Forum, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 14-19, 1984
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Energy Developments: New Forms, Renewables, Conservation is a collection of papers that discusses alternative energy sources. In discussing these energy sources, the text considers factors such as technical, economic, and human dimensions.
The first part of the text presents articles that cover forms...
by Murray Moo-Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
The second edition of Comprehensive Biotechnology continues the tradition of the first inclusive work on this dynamic field with up-to-date and essential entries on the principles and practice of biotechnology. The integration of the latest relevant science and industry practice with fundamental biotechnology...
Modern Developments in Energy, Combustion and Spectroscopy
In Honor of S. S. Penner
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
This compendium of technical articles is dedicated to Professor Stanford Solomon Penner on the occasion of his 70th birthday. As one of the most prominent scientists of our times, he has been particularly instrumental in advancing the field of combustion science while simultaneously he has developed...