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Engineering strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation /
"Controlling the level of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is a rapidly growing area of commercial activity. While debate continues both about the impact of greenhouse gas on climate and the role humans play in influencing its concentration, engineers are faced with less controversial questions...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The future greenhouse gas production; Introduction; The natural carbon cycle; What is greenhouse gas?; What is climate change?; Sources of carbon dioxide; Estimating carbon dioxide release to the atmosphere; Scenarios of the future; Predictions of emissions; Business as usual models; Prediction of concentration; Changes in radiative forcing; Managing in the face of uncertainty; Carbon dioxide emission goals; Further reading and exercises; 2 Changing energy efficiency.
- Changing carbon dioxide intensitySectorial distribution of greenhouse gas emissions; Heat loss from buildings; Efficiency of energy transformation; Efficiency of transport of energy; Case study: retrofitting power stations; Case study: building heating and air conditioning; Case study: lighting; CO2 intensity as a function of GDP; Further reading and exercises; 3 Zero-emission technologies; Nuclear power; Electric and hydrogen cars; Renewable energy; Wind power; Solar power; Geothermal power; Hydropower; Tidal power; Wave power; Costing of alternative energy; Energy storage.
- Carbon capture and storageOxygen economy; Energy from biomass; Lifecycle accounting; Exercises; 4 Geoengineering the climate; What is geoengineering?; Climate geoengineering techniques; Solar radiation; Albedo changes; Aerosol changes; Reflectivity of the earth's surface; Radiative forcing and surface temperature; Modifying the atmospheric water vapour; Summary of geoengineering opportunities; Exercises; 5 Ocean sequestration; Ocean atmosphere exchange; Ocean circulation; CO2 partial pressure in the ocean; Increased ocean sinks; Alkalinity shifts; Direct injection into the ocean.
- Ocean NourishmentChanging the ocean primary production; Ocean Nourishment: induced upwelling; Iron fertilisation to utilise macronutrients; Ocean Nourishment: cyanobacteria; Ocean Nourishment: macronutrients; Macronutrient delivery to the ocean and its cost; Remote sensing of carbon uptake; Benefits and risks; Comparison of ocean sequestration techniques; Maintaining the thermohaline circulation; Exercises; 6 Increasing land sinks; Terrestrial primary production; Growing trees; Estimating carbon in forests; Costs of permanent forest sequestration; Role of forests in mitigation.
- Agricultural practicesCrop albedo; Soil tilling; Livestock grazing; Rice paddies; Biofuel and biochar; Storing as carbonate; Enhanced oil recovery; Carbon dioxide capture; Geological sequestration; Overview of carbon storage; Exercise; 7 Adaptation; Introduction; Rapid climate change; Abrupt climate change; Ethical issues; Adaptation and food security; Intergenerational equity; Case study: Bangladesh; Enhancing adaptive capacity; Costs of adaptation; Risk assessment; Consequences in Africa and Asia of adapting to climate change; Africa; Asia; Marine protein; Exercise.