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Encyclopedia of energy /
In recent years our usage and understanding of different types of energy has grown at a tremendous rate. The editor-in-chief, Cutler Cleveland, and his international team of associate editors have brought together approximately 400 authors to produce the Encyclopedia of Energy. This highly topical r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- v. 1. A-Ea
- v. 2. Ec-Ge
- v. 3. Gl-Ma
- v. 4. Me-Pe
- v. 5. Ph-S
- v. 6. T-Z, index.
- Contents by Subject Area
- Basics of Energy
- Batteries, Overview
- Cogeneration
- Combustion and Thermochemistry
- Conservation of Energy, Overview
- Conversion of Energy: People and Animals
- Electrical Energy and Power
- Electric Motors
- Electromagnetism
- Entropy
- Flywheels
- Forms and Measurement of Energy
- Fuel Cells
- Heat Transfer
- Internal Combustion (Gasoline and Diesel) Engines
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- Mechanical Energy
- Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
- Rocket Engines
- Storage of Energy, Overview
- Sun, Energy from
- Temperature and Its Measurement
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Thermodynamics, Laws of
- Turbines, Gas
- Turbines, Steam
- Work, Power, and Energy.
- Coal
- Coal Industry, Energy Policy in
- Coal Industry, History of
- Coal Mine Reclamation and Remediation
- Coal Mining in Appalachia, History of
- Clean Coal Technology
- Coal, Chemical and Physical Properties
- Coal Conversion
- Coal, Fuel and Non-Fuel Uses
- Coal Mining, Design and Methods of
- Coal Preparation
- Coal Resources, Formation of
- Coal Storage and Transportation
- Markets for Coal
- Peat Resources.
- Conservation and End Use
- Aircraft and Energy Use
- Alternative Transportation Fuels: Contemporary Case Studies
- Aquaculture and Energy Use
- Batteries, Transportation Applications
- Bicycling
- Commercial Sector and Energy Use
- Conservation Measures for Energy, History of
- Conservation of Energy, Overview
- Diet, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Discount Rates and Energy Efficiency Gap
- Distributed Energy, Overview
- District Heating and Cooling
- Economics of Energy Efficiency
- Energy Efficiency, Taxonomic Overview
- Fisheries and Energy Use
- Food System, Energy Use in
- Fuel Cell Vehicles
- Fuel Cycle Analysis of Conventional and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
- Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- Hydrogen, End Uses and Economics
- Industrial Ecology
- Industrial Energy Efficiency
- Industrial Energy Use, Status and Trends
- Information Technology and Energy Use
- Integration of Motor Vehicle and Distributed Energy Systems
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles
- International Comparisons of Energy End Use: Benefits and Risks
- Lifestyles and Energy
- Livestock Production and Energy Use
- Lunar-Solar Power System
- Magnetic Levitation
- Marine Transportation and Energy Use
- Obstacles to Energy Efficiency
- Passenger Demand for Travel and Energy Use
- Potential for Energy Efficiency: Developing Nations
- Rebound Effect of Energy Conservation
- Service and Commerce Sector, Energy Use in
- Thermal Comfort
- Transportation and Energy, Overview
- Transportation Fuel Alternatives for Highway Vehicles
- Ultralight Rail and Energy Use
- Vehicles and Their Powerplants: Energy Use and Efficiency.
- Economics of Energy
- Aggregation of Energy
- Business Cycles and Energy Prices
- Corporate Environmental Strategy
- Derivatives, Energy
- Economic Geography of Energy
- Economic Growth and Energy
- Economic Growth, Liberalization, and the Environment
- Economics of Energy Demand
- Economics of Energy Efficiency
- Economics of Energy Supply
- Economic Thought, History of Energy in
- Energy Futures and Options
- Energy Services Industry
- Entropy and the Economic Process
- Evolutionary Economics and Energy
- Exergoeconomics
- External Costs of Energy
- Hydrogen, End Uses and Economics
- Hydropower Economics
- Inflation and Energy Prices
- Innovation and Energy Prices
- Investment in Fossil Fuels Industries
- Market Failures in Energy Markets
- Markets for Biofuels
- Markets for Coal
- Markets for Natural Gas
- Markets for Petroleum
- Marx, Energy, and Social Metabolism
- Nuclear Power Economics
- Oil and Natural Gas: Economics of Exploration
- Oil Price Volatility
- OPEC Market Behavior, 1973-2003
- Petroleum Property Valuation
- Physics and Economics of Energy, Conceptual Overview
- Prices of Energy, History of
- Rebound Effect of Energy Conservation
- Resource Curse and Investment in Energy Industries
- Stock Markets and Energy Prices
- Subsidies to Energy Industries
- Taxation of Energy
- Thermodynamics and Economics, Overview
- Trade in Energy and Energy Services
- Wind Energy Economics.
- Electricity
- Electrical Energy and Power
- Electricity, Environmental Impacts of
- Electricity Use, History of
- Electric Motors
- Electric Power: Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Electric Power Generation: Fossil Fuel
- Electric Power Generation: Valuation of Environmental Costs
- Electric Power Measurements and Variables
- Electric Power Reform: Social and Environmental Issues
- Electric Power Systems Engineering
- Electric Power: Traditional Monopoly Franchise Regulation and Rate Making
- Electric Power: Transmission and Generation Reliability and Adequacy
- Electromagnetic Fields, Health Impacts of
- Electromagnetism
- Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- Public Reaction to Electricity Transmission Lines.
- Energy Flows
- Conversion of Energy: People and Animals
- Earth's Energy Balance
- Ecosystem Health: Energy Indicators
- Ecosystems and Energy: History and Overview
- Environmental Gradients and Energy
- Food Capture, Energy Costs of
- Heat Transfer
- Heterotrophic Energy Flows
- Human Energetics
- Industrial Agriculture, Energy Flows in
- Industrial Symbiosis
- Lithosphere, Energy Flows in
- Migration, Energy Costs of
- Ocean, Energy Flows in
- Origin of Life and Energy
- Photosynthesis and Autotrophic Energy Flows
- Reproduction, Energy Costs of
- Sun, Energy from
- Thermoregulation.
- Environmental Issues
- Acid Deposition and Energy Use
- Air Pollution from Energy Production and Use
- Air Pollution, Health Effects of
- Aquaculture and Energy Use
- Arid Environments, Impacts of Energy Development in
- Biomass: Impact on Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Carbon Capture and Storage from Fossil Fuel Use
- Carbon Sequestration, Terrestrial
- Clean Air Markets
- Clean Coal Technology
- Climate Change and Energy, Overview
- Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Climate Change: Impact on the Demand for Energy
- Climate Protection and Energy Policy
- Coal Mine Reclamation and Remediation
- Consumption, Energy, and the Environment
- Crude Oil Releases to the Environment: Natural Fate and Remediation Options
- Crude Oil Spills, Environmental Impact of
- Desalination and Energy Use
- Economic Growth, Liberalization, and the Environment
- Ecosystem Health: Energy Indicators
- Ecosystems and Energy: History and Overview
- Electricity, Environmental Impacts of
- Electric Power Generation: Valuation of Environmental Costs
- Electric Power Reform: Social and Environmental Issues
- Energy Efficiency and Climate Change
- Entrainment and Impingement of Organisms in Power Plant Cooling
- Environmental Change and Energy
- Environmental Gradients and Energy
- Environmental Injustices of Energy Facilities
- Fisheries and Energy Use
- Global Material Cycles and Energy
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Alternative Scenarios of
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Systems, Comparison and Overview
- Gulf War, Environmental Impact of
- Hazardous Waste from Fossil Fuels
- Heat Islands and Energy
- Hydropower, Environmental Impact of
- Indoor Air Quality in Developing Nations
- Indoor Air Quality in Industrial Nations
- Land Requirements of Energy Systems
- Nuclear Power Plants, Decommissioning of
- Nuclear Waste
- Photovoltaics, Environmental Impact of
- Polar Regions, Impacts of Energy Development
- Thermal Pollution
- Uranium Mining: Environmental Impact
- Wetlands: Impacts of Energy Development in the Mississippi Delta
- Wind Energy Technology, Environmental Impacts of
- World Environment Summits: The Role of Energy.
- Global Issues
- Climate Change and Energy, Overview
- Cultural Evolution and Energy
- Development and Energy, Overview
- Economic Geography of Energy
- Economic Growth and Energy
- Geopolitics of Energy
- Global Energy Use: Status and Trends
- International Comparisons of Energy End Use: Benefits and Risks
- International Energy Law and Policy
- Nationalism and Oil
- Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and Energy
- Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
- Population Growth and Energy
- Technology Innovation and Energy
- United Nations Energy Agreements
- Women and Energy: Issues in Developing Nations
- World Environment Summits: The Role of Energy.
- History and Energy
- Coal Industry, History of
- Coal Mining in Appalachia, History of
- Conservation Measures for Energy, History of
- Conservation of Energy Concept, History of
- Early Industrial World, Energy Flow in
- Economic Thought, History of Energy in
- Ecosystems and Energy: History and Overview
- Electricity Use, History of
- Energy in the History and Philosophy of Science
- Environmental Change and Energy
- Fire: A Socioecological and Historical Survey
- Geographic Thought, History of Energy in
- Gulf War, Environmental Impact of
- Hydrogen, History of
- Hydropower, History and Technology of
- Manufactured Gas, History of
- Nationalism and Oil
- Natural Gas, History of
- Nuclear Power, History of
- Oil Crises, Historical Perspective
- Oil Industry, History of
- OPEC, History of
- OPEC Market Behavior, 1973-2003
- Prices of Energy, History of
- Sociopolitical Collapse, Energy and
- Solar Energy, History of
- Thermodynamic Sciences, History of
- Transitions in Energy Use
- War and Energy
- Wind Energy, History of
- Wood Energy, History of
- World History and Energy.
- Material Use and Reuse
- Aluminum Production and Energy
- Cement and Energy
- Forest Products and Energy
- Glass and Energy
- Global Material Cycles and Energy
- Industrial Energy Efficiency
- Material Efficiency and Energy Use
- Materials for Solar Energy
- Material Use in Automobiles
- Plastics Production and Energy
- Recycling of Metals
- Recycling of Paper
- Reuse and Energy
- Steel Production and Energy
- Uranium and Thorium Resource Assessment.
- Measurement and Models
- Aggregation of Energy
- Bottom-Up Energy Modeling
- Computer Modeling of Renewable Power Systems
- Cost-Benefit Analysis Applied to Energy
- Decomposition Analysis Applied to Energy
- Depletion and Valuation of Energy Resources
- Ecological Risk Assessment Applied to Energy Development
- Electric Power Generation: Valuation of Environmental Costs
- Electric Power Measurements and Variables
- Emergy Analysis and Environmental Accounting
- Experience Curves for Energy Technologies
- Forms and Measurement of Energy
- Fuzzy Logic Modeling of Energy Systems
- Green Accounting and Energy
- Input-Output Analysis
- Life Cycle Analysis of Power Generation Systems
- Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Systems
- Modeling Energy Markets and Climate Change Policy
- Modeling Energy Supply and Demand: A Comparison of Approaches
- Multicriteria Analysis of Energy
- National Energy Modeling Systems
- Net Energy Analysis: Concepts and Methods
- Neural Network Modeling of Energy Systems
- System Dynamics and the Energy Industry
- Temperature and Its Measurement.
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Engineering
- Nuclear Fission Reactors: Boiling Water and Pressurized Water Reactors
- Nuclear Fuel: Design and Fabrication
- Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
- Nuclear Fusion Reactors
- Nuclear Power Economics
- Nuclear Power, History of
- Nuclear Power Plants, Decommissioning of
- Nuclear Power: Risk Analysis
- Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
- Nuclear Waste
- Occupational Health Risks in Nuclear Power
- Public Reaction to Nuclear Power Siting and Disposal
- Radiation, Risks and Health Impacts of
- Uranium and Thorium Resource Assessment
- Uranium Mining, Processing, and Enrichment.
- Oil and Natural Gas
- Crude Oil Spills, Environmental Impact of
- Gas Hydrates
- Markets for Natural Gas
- Markets for Petroleum
- Natural Gas, History of
- Natural Gas Processing and Products
- Natural Gas Resources, Global Distribution of
- Natural Gas Resources, Unconventional
- Natural Gas Transportation and Storage
- Occupational Health Risks in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
- Oil and Natural Gas Drilling
- Oil and Natural Gas: Economics of Exploration
- Oil and Natural Gas Exploration
- Oil and Natural Gas Leasing
- Oil and Natural Gas Liquids: Global Magnitude and Distribution
- Oil and Natural Gas: Offshore Operations
- Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessment: Classifications and Terminology
- Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessment: Geological Methods
- Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessment: Production Growth Cycle Models
- Oil Crises, Historical Perspective
- Oil Industry, History of
- Oil-Led Development: Social, Political, and Economic Consequences
- Oil Pipelines
- Oil Price Volatility
- Oil Recovery
- Oil Refining and Products
- Oil Sands and Heavy Oil
- Oil Shale
- OPEC, History of
- Petroleum Property Valuation
- Petroleum System: Nature's Distribution System for Oil and Gas
- Public Reaction to Offshore Oil
- Remote Sensing for Energy Resources
- Strategic Petroleum Reserves
- Tanker Transportation.
- Policy Issues
- Carbon Taxes and Climate Change
- City Planning and Energy Use
- Clean Air Markets
- Climate Protection and Energy Policy
- Coal Industry, Energy Policy in
- Corporate Environmental Strategy
- Energy Development on Public Land in the United States
- Equity and Distribution in Energy Policy
- European Union Energy Policy
- Fuel Economy Initiatives: International Comparisons
- Geopolitics of Energy
- Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Controversies in Cost Assessment
- International Energy Law and Policy
- Land Requirements of Energy Systems
- Market-Based Instruments, Overview
- National Energy Policy: Brazil
- National Energy Policy: China
- National Energy Policy: India
- National Energy Policy: Japan
- National Energy Policy: United States
- National Security and Energy
- Natural Gas Industry, Energy Policy in
- Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
- Polar Regions, Impacts of Energy Development
- Renewable Energy Policies and Barriers
- Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Research and Development Trends for Energy
- Strategic Petroleum Reserves
- Subsidies to Energy Industries
- Taxation of Energy
- Transportation and Energy Policy.
- Public Issues
- City Planning and Energy Use
- Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Consumption, Energy, and the Environment
- Environmental Injustices of Energy Facilities
- Hydropower Resettlement Projects, Socioeconomic Impacts of
- Labels and Standards for Energy
- Lifestyles and Energy
- Media Portrayals of Energy
- Motor Vehicle Use, Social Costs of
- Oil-Led Development: Social, Political, and Economic Consequences
- Passenger Demand for Travel and Energy Use
- Philanthropy and Energy
- Population Growth and Energy
- Public Reaction to Electricity Transmission Lines
- Public Reaction to Energy, Overview
- Public Reaction to Nuclear Power Siting and Disposal
- Public Reaction to Offshore Oil
- Public Reaction to Renewable Energy Sources and Systems
- Suburbanization and Energy
- United Nations Energy Agreements
- Urbanization and Energy.
- Renewable and Alternative Sources
- Alternative Transportation Fuels: Contemporary Case Studies
- Biodiesel Fuels
- Biomass, Chemicals from
- Biomass Combustion
- Biomass for Renewable Energy and Fuels
- Biomass Gasification
- Biomass Resource Assessment
- Computer Modeling of Renewable Power Systems
- Ethanol Fuel
- Forest Products and Energy
- Geothermal Direct Use
- Geothermal Power Generation
- Ground-Source Heat Pumps
- Hybrid Energy Systems
- Hydrogen, End Uses and Economics
- Hydrogen Production
- Hydrogen Storage and Transportation
- Hydropower Economics
- Hydropower Resources
- Hydropower Technology
- Lunar-Solar Power System
- Materials for Solar Energy
- Microtechnology, Energy Applications of
- Ocean Thermal Energy
- Photosynthesis, Artificial
- Photovoltaic Conversion: Space Applications
- Photovoltaic Energy: Stand-Alone and Grid-Connected Systems
- Photovoltaic Materials, Physics of
- Public Reaction to Renewable Energy Sources and Systems
- Renewable Energy and the City
- Renewable Energy in Europe
- Renewable Energy Policies and Barriers
- Renewable Energy in Southern Africa
- Renewable Energy in the United States
- Renewable Energy, Taxonomic Overview
- Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Solar Cells
- Solar Cookers
- Solar Cooling, Dehumidification, and Air-Conditioning
- Solar Detoxification and Disinfection
- Solar Distillation and Drying
- Solar Energy, History of
- Solar Fuels and Materials
- Solar Heat Pumps
- Solar Ponds
- Solar Thermal Energy, Industrial Heat Applications
- Solar Thermal Power Generation
- Solar Water Desalination
- Tidal Energy
- Transportation Fuel Alternatives for Highway Vehicles
- Waste-to-Energy Technology
- Wave and Tidal Energy Conversion
- Wind Energy Economics
- Wind Energy, History of
- Wind Farms
- Wind Resource Base.
- Risks
- Air Pollution from Energy Production and Use
- Air Pollution, Health Effects of
- Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Ecological Risk Assessment Applied to Energy Development
- Electromagnetic Fields, Health Impacts of
- Gasoline Additives and Public Health
- Hazardous Waste from Fossil Fuels
- Nuclear Power: Risk Analysis
- Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
- Nuclear Waste
- Occupational Health Risks in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
- Occupational Health Risks in Nuclear Power
- Radiation, Risks and Health Impacts of
- Risk Analysis Applied to Energy Systems
- Tanker Transportation.
- Society and Energy
- Cultural Evolution and Energy
- Early Industrial World, Energy Flow in
- Easter Island: Resource Depletion and Collapse
- Electric Power Reform: Social and Environmental Issues
- Goods and Services: Energy Costs
- Hunting and Gathering Societies, Energy Flows in
- Hydropower Resettlement Projects, Socioeconomic Impacts of
- Industrial Agriculture, Energy Flows in
- Leisure, Energy Costs of
- Lifestyles and Energy
- Motor Vehicle Use, Social Costs of
- Population Growth and Energy
- Renewable Energy and the City
- Sociopolitical Collapse, Energy and
- Suburbanization and Energy
- Urbanization and Energy
- War and Energy.
- Sustainable Development
- Development and Energy, Overview
- Ecological Risk Assessment Applied to Energy Development
- Economic Growth and Energy
- Economic Growth, Liberalization, and the Environment
- Energy Ladder in Developing Nations
- Environmental Kuznets Curve
- Indoor Air Quality in Developing Nations
- Oil-Led Development: Social, Political, and Economic Consequences
- Potential for Energy Efficiency: Developing Nations
- Rural Energy in China
- Rural Energy in India
- Sustainable Development: Basic Concepts and Application to Energy
- United Nations Energy Agreements
- Women and Energy: Issues in Developing Nations
- Wood in Household Energy Use.
- Systems of Energy
- Aggregation of Energy
- Complex Systems and Energy
- Ecological Footprints and Energy
- Economic Systems and Energy, Conceptual Overview
- Emergy Analysis and Environmental Accounting
- Entropy and the Economic Process
- Exergoeconomics
- Exergy
- Exergy Analysis of Energy Systems
- Exergy Analysis of Waste Emissions
- Exergy: Reference States and Balance Conditions
- Fuzzy Logic Modeling of Energy Systems
- Information Theory and Energy
- Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Systems
- National Energy Modeling Systems
- Neural Network Modeling of Energy Systems
- Physics and Economics of Energy, Conceptual Overview
- Risk Analysis Applied to Energy Systems
- System Dynamics and the Energy Industry
- Thermodynamics and Economics, Overview.