The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource.

The book reveals the changing dynamics of the helium industry on both the supply-side and the demand-side. The helium industry has a long-term future and this important gas will have a role to play for many decades to come. Major new users of helium are expected to enter the market, especially in nu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nuttall, William J. J. (Editor ), Clarke, Richard (Editor ), Glowacki, Bartek (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2012.
Temas:
Natural resource > Multiple use.
Helium.
Helium
Hélium.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Editors' acknowledgements
  • Units conversion table
  • 1. Introduction: Richard H. Clarke, William J. Nuttall and Bartek A. Glowacki
  • 2. A history of the helium industry: Bo Sears
  • 3. The US federal helium reserve: Joseph B. Peterson
  • 4. Helium in Algeria: pioneering helium extraction from LNG: Benjamin Reinoehl
  • 5. LNG: the global liquefied natural gas market: Andrew Flower
  • 6. Helium in Russia: Benjamin Hooker
  • 7. India: harnessing helium from the Earth's interior: Nisith K. Das, Rakesh K. Bhandari and C. Mallik
  • 8. Helium from the air : the backstop: Richard H. Clarke and Roger Clare
  • 9. Helium demand: applications, prices and substitution: Zhiming Cai, Richard H. Clarke, and William J. Nuttall
  • 10. The dynamics of the helium market: William J. Nuttall, Zhiming Cai, Bartek A. Glowacki, Nikolaos Kazantzis and Richard H. Clarke
  • 11. Closed-cycle refrigeration: minimizing helium demand in cryogenic applications: Thomas W. Bradshaw and Trevor Miller
  • 12. Medical imaging: why helium prevails?: Adrian Thomas
  • 13. Rising to the challenges of constrained helium supply in cryogenic systems for the research market: John W. Burgoyne and Michael N. Cuthbert
  • 14. Helium and nuclear fission energy: Richard Stainsby
  • 15. Helium and fusion energy: Richard H. Clarke and Zhiming Cai
  • 16. Substituting hydrogen for helium in cryogenic applications: Bartek A. Glowacki
  • 17. Is there a helium problem?: Ways forward: Ralph Scurlock and Art Francis
  • 18. The future of helium: policy, molecules and machines: William J. Nuttall, Richard H. Clarke and Bartek A. Glowacki
  • Author index
  • Subject index.

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