Energy, resources and policy:
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| adam_text | Titel: Energy, resources, and policy
Autor: Dorf, Richard C.
Jahr: 1978
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Energy and society 1
1.2 Energy crises 2
1.3 Energy consumption 3
1.4 Energy economics 8
1.5 Energy problems 10
1.6 The energy issue 12
2 THE HISTORY OF ENERGY USE__________________________________ 15
2.1 Introduction 15
2.2 Coal technology 17
2.3 The steam engine 18
2.4 Coal and natural gas 21
2.5 Wind energy 21
2.6 Electricity 22
2.7 Petroleum 22
2.8 The internal combustion engine 23
2.9 Solar energy 24
2.10 Comparison of power machines 24
2.11 The history of fuel use 25
3 PRINCIPLES OF ENERGY AND THERMODYNAMICS_________________31
3.1 Energy conversion 31
3.2 Conservation of energy 34
3.3 Entropy 37
CONTENTS
3.4 Available work 40
3.5 Power 40
3.6 Energy flow 44
4 PROJECTIONS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION_________________________51
4.1 Compound growth 51
4.2 Exponential growth 52
4.3 Use of energy in the U.S. 56
4.4 Forecasts of U.S. energy consumption 58
4.5 Energy supply for the world 62
5 NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC GAS____________________________67
5.1 Natural gas in the U.S. 68
5.2 World consumption of natural gas 72
5.3 Gas reserves in the U.S. 72
5.4 World gas resources 75
5.5 Conservation of natural gas 79
6 COAL_______________________________________________________89
6.1 Introduction 89
6.2 Coal production in the U.S. 90
6.3 Coal resources 92
6.4 Distribution of coal in the U.S. 95
6.5 The mining and transportation of coal 95
CONTENTS XI
6.6 Economics 104
6.7 Coal gasification 104
6.8 Coal as a fuel for the next 100 years 108
7 PETROLEUM _____________________________________________115
7.1 Consumption and production of petroleum 115
7.2 Use of petroleum in the U.S. 117
7.3 Petroleum resources 118
7.4 The processing of petroleum 122
7.5 The oil industry 123
7.6 The oil-producing nations and OPEC 125
7.7 Oil-producing nations outside the Middle East 127
7.8 U.S. oil policy 128
7.9 Offshore oil 128
7.10 Other sources 132
8 ELECTRICITY____________________________________________137
8.1 History of electric power 137
8.2 Consumption of electricity in the U.S. 139
8.3 Consumption of electricity in the world 140
8.4 Structure of the electric power industry in the U.S. 144
8.5 The economics of electric power 154
8.6 Environmental considerations 159
8.7 Summary and the future 161
XU CONTENTS
9 TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY________________________________165
9.1 Automobiles and railroads 165
9.2 Energy use in transportation 168
9.3 The automobile and energy conservation 171
9.4 Airplane energy consumption 176
10 ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE___________________________________185
10.1 Output and productivity 186
10.2 Energy use 189
10.3 An appropriate technology 196
11 HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION__________________________201
11.1 Introduction 201
11.2 The hydroelectric power plant 201
11.3 Hydroelectric power in the U.S. 206
11.4 Hydroelectric generating plants in the U.S. 208
11.5 Hydroelectric generating capacity in the world 208
11.6 Pumped-storage plants 210
11.7 Economics of hydroelectric power plants 210
11.8 Environmental effects of hydropower plants 211
12 NUCLEAR FISSION POWER______________________________________217
12.1 The fission process 218
12.2 Nuclear reactors 219
CONTENTS Õ²²²
12.3 The breeder reactor 225
12.4 Net energy from a reactor 228
12.5 Economics of nuclear energy 228
12.6 Radiation 230
12.7 The national nuclear debate 243
12.8 Nuclear power in the world 247
13 NUCLEAR FUSION POWER______________________________________253
13.1 The fusion reaction 254
13.2 Achieving positive net energy 255
13.3 Laser fusion 259
13.4 Radioactivity 260
13.5 The Pacer power system 260
13.6 Engineering of a fusion reactor 260
13.7 Environmental effects 261
14 ENERGY FROM THE WIND AND OCEANS_________________________265
14.1 History of the use of wind energy 265
14.2 Windmills in the U.S.A. 267
14.3 Wind-power electric generators in Europe 270
14.4 Advantages and the potential for wind-power machines 270
14.5 New versions of the vertical windmill 273
14.6 A wind generator for every home 276
14.7 Proposed large wind-driven generating schemes 277
14.8 The economics of wind power 278
XIV CONTENTS
14.9 Energy stored in the oceans 279
14.10 Economics of tidal-powered plants 285
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY_____________________________________289
15.1 Introduction 289
15.2 Geothermal reservoirs 289
15.3 Use of geothermal energy 291
15.4 Expanded geothermal energy use 293
15.5 Types of geothermal sources 293
15.6 Economics of geothermal power plants 299
16 ENERGY FROM WASTES_____________________________________305
16.1 Recycling of waste products 305
16.2 Combustion of wastes 306
16.3 Incinerators as steam boilers 307
16.4 Waste matter as a supplement to fossil fuel 308
16.5 Synthetic fuels from wastes 309
16.6 Organizing for fuel from wastes 311
17 SOLAR ENERGY___________________________________________315
17.1 Introduction 315
17.2 Solar energy reaching the earth 315
17.3 Why consider the direct use of solar energy? 316
17.4 The history of the use of solar energy 317
17.5 Collectors for solar radiation 319
17.6 Solar thermal energy 322
CONTENTS XV
17.7 Solar heating and cooling of buildings 326
17.8 Photovoltaic solar systems 330
17.9 Satellite solar power stations 331
17.10 Solar energy utilization throughout the world 334
18 HYDROGEN—AN ENERGY CARRIER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY_______339
18.1 Hydrogen as a carrier 340
18.2 Storage of hydrogen 344
18.3 Hydrogen as a fuel 345
18.4 The safety of using hydrogen 347
18.5 Production of hydrogen 347
18.6 The economics of hydrogen production 349
19 ALTERNATIVE CONVERSION AND STORAGE SYSTEMS_____________353
19.1 Biomass fuel systems 353
19.2 Magnetohydrodynamics 355
19.3 Fuel cells 357
19.4 Energy storage systems 359
19.5 Total energy systems 364
20 CONSERVATION OF ENERGY___________________________________369
20.1 Introduction 369
20.2 Energy and standard of living 371
20.3 Efficiency of energy utilization 372
20.4 Transportation 378
XVI CONTENTS
20.5 Conservation of electricity 378
20.6 Energy conservation through building design 381
20.7 Recycling 386
20.8 Total energy systems 388
20.9 Economics and conservation 389
20.10 A plan for conservation 391
21 ENERGY AND ECONOMICS______________________________________397
21.1 Introduction 397
21.2 Gross national product and employment 399
21.3 Elasticity of demand and supply 401
21.4 Net energy 404
21.5 The price of energy 406
21.6 Trade and the economy 408
21.7 Capital costs of public utilities 409
21.8 Public utility rates 412
21.9 The structure of the energy industry 414
21.10 Methods for controlling gasoline consumption 416
22 ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT_______________________________421
22.1 Environmental impacts 421
22.2 Social impacts 423
22.3 Environmental and social controls 423
22.4 Pollution factors 424
22.5 Costs of environmental control 429
CONTENTS Õ?²²
23 ENERGY POLICY_____________________________________________433
23.1 Policy issues 433
23.2 Project Independence 434
23.3 The U.S. Federal Energy Organization 435
23.4 Energy research and development 439
23.5 State energy policy 440
23.6 Energy policy in Europe 441
24 INTERNATIONAL FACTORS_____________________________________445
24.1 World energy consumption 445
24.2 A transition to the future 448
24.3 World energy resources 450
24.4 Energy and U.S. foreign policy 456
25 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND THE FUTURE_____________________461
25.1 A summary 461
25.2 Growth and society 463
25.3 The future of energy and economics 464
25.4 Diversity and simplicity 465
APPENDIXES__________________________________________________467
A Energy-related terms 467
? Selected data and conversion factors 479
INDEX_______________________________________________________481
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