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Electricity generation and the environment /
This book is a guide to the evolution of environmental awareness, what that environmental awareness has taught the industry, and how technologies can be used to test and improve power performance. It explores various life-cycle assessments, renewable and alternative power sources such as hydropower...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Power generation series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Electricity Generation and the Environment; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 Introduction to Electricity and the Environment; 1.1 The Awakening of Environmental Awareness; 1.2 The State of the Electric Power Industry; 1.3 The Environmental Challenges; 2 The Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Warming; 2.1 The Carbon Cycle; 2.2 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations; 2.3 The Effects of Global Warming; 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Power Generation; 3.1 Fossil Fuels; 3.2 Controlling Carbon Dioxide Emissions; 3.3 Carbon Trading and Carbon Limits; 3.4 Technological Solutions.
- 4 Combustion Plant Emissions: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, and Acid Rain4.1 Air Quality Standards; 4.2 The Fuels; 4.2.1 Coal; 4.2.2 Natural Gas; 4.2.3 Oil; 4.3 Acid Rain; 4.4 Controlling Acid Rain; 4.5 Fossil Fuel Plants and Smog; 4.6 Dust and Particulates; 4.7 Volatile Organic Compounds and Carbon Monoxide; 4.8 Heavy Metals; 5 The Nuclear Question; 5.1 Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Nuclear Accidents; 5.2 Nuclear Power and Global Warming; 5.3 Radioactive Waste; 5.4 Waste Categories; 5.5 Decommissioning; 6 Renewable Energy and the Environment; 6.1 The Technologies.
- 6.2 Managing Solar and Wind Energy Intermittency6.3 Rotating Machines and Grid Inertia; 6.4 Biomass Issues; 6.5 Hydropower; 6.6 Wind, Solar, and Marine Technologies; 6.7 Geothermal Power; 7 The Hydrogen Economy; 7.1 Hydrogen Production; 7.2 Hydrogen Storage and Transportation; 7.3 Hydrogen and Power Generation; 8 Low-Level Environmental Intrusion; 8.1 Power Plant Construction; 8.2 Power Plant Operation; 8.3 Power Plant Decommissioning; 9 Life-Cycle Assessment; 9.1 Types of Life Cycle Analysis; 9.2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Carbon Footprint; 9.3 Energy Payback.
- 9.4 Levelized Cost of Electricity10 Externalities: Putting a Price on Environmental Damage; 10.1 Putting a Price on Externalities; 10.2 The External Cost of Power Generation; 10.3 Internalizing External Costs; 11 The Bottom Line; Index; Back Cover.