Alternative energy sources : international symposium of the Kuwait Foundation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Symposium on Alternative Energy Sources Kuwait, Kuwait, Mu�assasat al-Kuwayt lil-Taqaddum al-�Ilm�i
Otros Autores: Manassah, Jamal T.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, 1981.
Temas:
Renewable energy sources > Congresses.
Power resources > Congresses.
�Energies renouvelables > Congr�es.
Ressources �energ�etiques > Congr�es.
Power resources.
Renewable energy sources.
Energia (Engenharia Mecanica)
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congr�es.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Alternative Energy Sources; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CONTENTS OF PART A; CHAPTER 1. NUCLEAR FISSION POWER PLANTS THE STATE OF THE ART; ABSTRACT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE PRESSURIZED-WATER REACTOR; III. THE BOILING REACTOR; IV. THE GAS-COOLED REACTOR; V. THE FAST-BREEDER REACTOR; VI. THE WASTE DISPOSAL PROBLEM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. FUSION POWER AND ITS PROSPECTS; ABSTRACT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BASIC CONCEPTS; III. MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT; IV. INERTIAL CONFINEMENT APPROACHES TO FUSION; V. REACTOR CDNSIDERATIONS; VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATION OF ENERGY PROJECTSCONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. METHODOLOGY OF PROJECT ANALYSIS UNDER RISK WITH REFERENCE TO CAPITAL VENTURES IN ENERGY; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods of Risk Analysis; Sensitivity to Capacity Utilization; Sensitivity to Selling Price; Sensitivity to Capacity Utilization and Selling Price; Optimistic-Pessimistic Estimates and Graphical Ways to Describe Sensitivity; Effect of Changes in the Life Span; Effect of Changes in Total Costs; Insensitive Variables
  • Mean and Variance of Project Net Present ValueProbability Statements about Net Present Value; Multiple Risky Projects; Variance of Cross-Correlated Cash Flow Streams; Chance-Constrained Programming; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPING WORLD NEEDS; ABSTRACT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ENERGY AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; III. ENERGY AMD THE SEVENTIES
  • THE BEGINNING OF THE PROBLEM; IV. APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS; V. PROGRAMMATIC IMPLICATIONS; VI. THE CHALLENGE; REFERENCES

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