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Making technology work : applications in energy and the environment /
"The successful application of new technology requires simultaneous consideration of the technical, economic, political, environmental, and international aspects of the innovation. This book presents fifteen cases of technology applications in the energy and environmental sectors.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The successful application of new technology requires simultaneous consideration of the technical, economic, political, environmental, and international aspects of the innovation. This book presents fifteen cases of technology applications in the energy and environmental sectors. The case studies include applications of solar, wind, fuel cell, nuclear, and coal combustion and emission control technologies. Both successes and failures are analyzed. The case studies are also used to introduce a toolbox of analytical techniques useful in the context of realistic technology application. These techniques include energy and mass balances, project financial analysis tools, the treatment of external costs and benefits, probabilistic risk assessment, learning curves, regression analysis, and life cycle costing. The book is addressed to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in the natural sciences, engineering, and the social sciences who are interested in learning about problems of technology application, as well as technology practitioners in industry and government."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511165935 9780511165931 0511184263 9780511184260 9780511616358 051161635X 9780511164781 0511164785 1280437375 9781280437373 |