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Energy and society : an introduction /
IntroductionEnergy, Work, And PowerHuman EnergyThe Energy BalanceFireFirewoodCombustion For Home ComfortWaterwheelsWind EnergyThe Steam EngineHeat And Thermal EfficiencyIntroduction To ElectricityHow Electricity Is GeneratedImpacts Of Electricity On SocietyElectricity From Falling WaterElectricity F...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press, Taylor & francis Group,
2014.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Energy, work, and power
- Human energy
- The energy balance
- Fire
- Firewood
- Combustion for home comfort
- Waterwheels
- Wind energy
- The steam engine
- Heat and thermal efficiency
- Introduction to electricity
- How electricity is generated
- Impacts of electricity on society
- Electricity from falling water
- Electricity from steam
- Energy for transportation
- Petroleum and its products
- Gasoline
- The impact of the automobile
- Jet engines and jet fuel
- Diesel engines and diesel fuel
- Atomic energy
- Nuclear power plants
- The nuclear controversy
- Energy and the environment
- Acid rain
- Vehicle emissions and emissionless vehicles
- Global climate change
- Fossil energy: reserves, resources, and geopolitics
- Renewable energy from biomass
- Electricity from wind
- Energy from the sun
- Nuclear fusion: bringing the sun to Earth.