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Energy and society: an introduction

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1. Verfasser:	Schobert, Harold H. 1943- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Boca Raton, FL CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2014
Ausgabe:	2. ed.
Schlagworte:	Gesellschaft Umwelt Power resources Force and energy Energy consumption > Social aspects Power resources > Environmental aspects Zivilisation Energiebedarf Energietechnik Umweltverschmutzung Energieerzeugung Energie Energiequelle Energieversorgung Energieverbrauch
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Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
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adam_text	ENERGY AND SOCIETY / SCHOBERT, HAROLD H. 1943- : 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 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 DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT. CONTENTS PREFACE ...................................................................................................................... XV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................. XVII AUTHOR ..................................................................................................................... XIX CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 ENERGY AND US ...................................................................................... 1 ENERGY AND NATIONS .............................................................................. 5 WHERE WE RE GOING .............................................................................. 7 REFERENCES ............................................................................................ 9 FURTHER READINGS ................................................................................ 10 CHAPTER 2 ENERGY, WORK, AND POWER ................................................................... 11 WORK, ENERGY, AND POWER IN THE SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT ........................... 12 HOW MUCH WORK GETS DONE .............................................................. 17 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HUMAN USE OF ENERGY ....................................... 18 REFERENCES .......................................................................................... 20 FURTHER READINGS ................................................................................ 20 CHAPTER 3 HUMAN ENERGY ................................................................................... 21 ENERGY IN FOODS AND ENERGY IN FUELS ................................................ 26 WHY CAN T WE EAT COAL AND DRINK OIL? ............................................ 28 WHY DON T WE CATCH ON FIRE WHEN WE EAT? .................................... 30 WHERE DOES THE ENERGY IN FOOD COME FROM? .................................. 34 REFERENCES .......................................................................................... 36 FURTHER READINGS ................................................................................ 36 CHAPTER 4 THE ENERGY BALANCE ........................................................................... 37 FURTHER READINGS ................................................................................ 44 CHAPTER 5 FIRE ..................................................................................................... 45 EARLY USES OF FIRE ............................................................................... 46 THE PROCESS OF BURNING ...................................................................... 49 FURTHER READINGS ................................................................................ 55 V VI CONTENTS CHAPTER 6 FIREWOOD ............................................................................................. 57 HOW DOES WOOD BURN? ...................................................................... 57 WHERE DOES THE ENERGY IN WOOD COME FROM? ................................. 59 PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WOOD COMBUSTION ................................... 61 ENERGY CRISES MADE OF WOOD ............................................................ 62 WOOD IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD TODAY ........................................... 66 WOOD IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD .......................................................... 69 REFERENCES .......................................................................................... 73 FURTHER READINGS ................................................................................ 74 CHAPTER 7 COMBUSTION FOR HOME COMFORT .......................................................... 75 CENTRAL HEATING IN HISTORY ................................................................. 75 STOVES .................................................................................................. 77 COMBUSTION: THE STORY SO FAR ........................................................... 78 THE FUELS ............................................................................................ 80 WOOD .............................................................................................. 80 COAL ................................................................................................ 80 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ........................................................................ 83 NATURAL GAS .................................................................................... 84 THE SMOKE PROBLEM ........................................................................... 85 ABOUT THE HUMBLE MATCH ................................................................... 88 REFERENCES .......................................................................................... 89 FURTHER READINGS ................................................................................ 89 CHAPTER 8 WATERWHEELS ....................................................................................... 91 KINETIC ENERGY ................................................................................... 91 POTENTIAL ENERGY ................................................................................. 92 SPONTANEOUS CHANGE AND THE ENERGY DIAGRAM .................................. 94 WATERWHEELS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD ..................................................... 96 WATERWHEELS IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD ................................................ 101 WATERWHEELS IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD ......................................... 104 WATER POWER AS A FORM OF SOLAR ENERGY ....................................... 107 WATER POWER AND THE ENVIRONMENT ............................................... 107 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 109 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 109 CHAPTER 9 WIND ENERGY .................................................................................... 111 WHERE DOES WIND COME FROM? ...................................................... 111 WINDMILLS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD ....................................................... 112 THE MEDIEVAL POST MILL .................................................................... 114 THE TURRET MILL ................................................................................. 117 WIND ENERGY IN THE EARLY MODERN AGE ........................................... 120 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 123 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 124 CONTENTS VII CHAPTER 10 STEAM ENGINE ................................................................................... 125 PREHISTORY OF STEAM ...................................................................... 125 OTTO VON GUERICKE AND THE FORCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE ....................... 126 ATMOSPHERIC ENGINE ......................................................................... 128 JAMES WATT AND THE STEAM ENGINE ................................................... 135 RICHARD TREVITHICK: STEAM ON WHEELS ............................................. 141 STEAM: ENERGY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION .................................... 144 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 145 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 146 CHAPTER 11 HEAT AND THERMAL EFFICIENCY ........................................................... 147 NOTION OF EFFICIENCY ......................................................................... 147 TEMPERATURE AND THERMAL POTENTIAL ENERGY .................................... 148 GAS LAWS AND THE QUEST FOR ABSOLUTE ZERO ...................................... 151 QUANTIFYING EFFICIENCY ..................................................................... 154 EQUIVALENCE OF HEAT AND WORK ......................................................... 161 HEAT AND HOW IT IS TRANSFERRED ........................................................ 169 HOW MUCH HEAT FLOWS? ................................................................... 170 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 171 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 171 CHAPTER 12 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICITY ................................................................ 173 PREHISTORY OF ELECTRICITY ................................................................ 173 EARLY ELECTRICIANS............................................................................ 173 ELECTRIC FLUID AND ITS POTENTIAL ......................................................... 179 ELECTRIC CURRENT ................................................................................ 179 RESISTANCE ......................................................................................... 180 ELECTRIC POWER .................................................................................. 186 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 188 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 189 CHAPTER 13 HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED ........................................................... 191 LUIGI GALVANI S FROGS ....................................................................... 191 ALESSANDRO VOLTA AND THE EARLY BATTERY ....................................... 192 BATTERIES ............................................................................................ 195 THE GREAT DANE ................................................................................ 197 MICHAEL FARADAY AND THE INVENTION OF THE GENERATOR ....................... 199 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 203 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 204 CHAPTER 14 IMPACTS OF ELECTRICITY ON SOCIETY ..................................................... 205 BREAKING THE GEOGRAPHIC BARRIER ..................................................... 205 ELECTRIC LIGHTING ............................................................................... 207 VIII CONTENTS AND THEN THERE WAS EDISON .......................................................... 209 ELECTRIC MOTORS ................................................................................. 213 AC OR DC? ........................................................................................ 218 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 221 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 222 CHAPTER 15 ELECTRICITY FROM FALLING WATER ......................................................... 223 THE ROTARY GENERATOR ...................................................................... 223 THE WATER TURBINE ............................................................................ 223 HYDROPOWER ...................................................................................... 229 DAMS: PROS AND CONS ....................................................................... 235 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 242 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 243 CHAPTER 16 ELECTRICITY FROM STEAM ..................................................................... 245 RECIPROCATING STEAM ENGINES IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION .................. 245 EARLY HISTORY OF THE STEAM TURBINE ................................................. 246 THE PARSONS TURBINE ......................................................................... 247 DIGRESSION: STEAM-TURBINE APPLICATIONS IN SHIP PROPULSION........... 249 ROBERT BOYLE AND THE BEHAVIOR OF GASES .......................................... 250 TURBINES AS HEAT ENGINES ................................................................. 255 THE TURBINE/GENERATOR SET ............................................................... 257 HOW TO GET UP A HEAD OF STEAM ...................................................... 258 HEAT TRANSFER .................................................................................... 259 THE BOILER ......................................................................................... 260 HOW TO BURN COAL ............................................................................ 261 THE COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ....................................... 264 OVERALL PLANT LAYOUT ......................................................................... 270 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 272 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 272 CHAPTER 17 ENERGY FOR TRANSPORTATION ................................................................ 273 HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS ............................................................. 273 SAILING SHIPS: MOVING WITH THE WIND .............................................. 276 STEAM FOR TRANSPORTATION .................................................................. 277 LOCOMOTIVES ................................................................................ 277 SHIPS ............................................................................................ 279 ROAD VEHICLES .............................................................................. 282 THE COMING OF PETROLEUM ................................................................ 284 AUTOMOBILES ..................................................................................... 286 EARLY AVIATION ................................................................................... 289 THE DIESEL ........................................................................................ 292 THE JET .............................................................................................. 293 CONTENTS IX ENERGY DEMANDS OF TRANSPORTATION ................................................. 295 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 297 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 298 CHAPTER 18 PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS ............................................................... 299 FOSSIL FUELS AND THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE ....................................... 299 COOKING KEROGEN ............................................................................. 301 NATURAL GAS ...................................................................................... 303 PETROLEUM AND ITS AGE-DEPTH CLASSIFICATION ................................... 306 PRODUCTS FROM PETROLEUM: INTRODUCTION TO REFINING ......................... 313 REFERENCE .......................................................................................... 314 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 314 CHAPTER 19 GASOLINE ............................................................................................ 315 OTTO-CYCLE ENGINES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE .................................... 315 OCTANE NUMBER ................................................................................ 318 PRODUCING GASOLINE IN THE REFINERY ................................................. 319 STRAIGHT-RUN GASOLINE FROM DISTILLATION ..................................... 319 ALKYLATION .................................................................................... 320 THERMAL CRACKING ....................................................................... 320 CATALYTIC CRACKING ....................................................................... 321 CATALYTIC REFORMING .................................................................... 323 OCTANE ENHANCERS ........................................................................ 324 BLENDING ....................................................................................... 326 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 327 CHAPTER 20 IMPACT OF THE AUTOMOBILE ................................................................. 329 THE CYCLING CRAZE ............................................................................ 329 HOW RAILROADS PUT PEOPLE IN CARS ................................................... 332 AMERICAN DOMINANCE IN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING ..................... 334 EFFECTS OF GROWING AUTOMOBILE USE ................................................ 337 CARS AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH ......................................................... 337 SUBURBS ........................................................................................ 337 ROAD BUILDING .............................................................................. 340 TRANSFORMING THE SOCIAL SCENE .................................................... 341 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 344 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 345 CHAPTER 21 JET ENGINES AND JET FUEL ................................................................... 347 KEROSENE AS A REFINERY PRODUCT ....................................................... 347 THE JET ENGINE .................................................................................. 348 THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JET ENGINE ............................................ 348 X CONTENTS THE TURBOJET ENGINE .................................................................... 353 FAN JET OR TURBOFAN ENGINES ........................................................ 355 TURBOPROP AND TURBOSHAFT ENGINES ............................................. 357 JET CARS? ....................................................................................... 357 ELECTRICITY FROM JET ENGINES ........................................................ 358 JET FUEL .............................................................................................. 359 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 361 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 362 CHAPTER 22 DIESEL ENGINES AND DIESEL FUEL ........................................................ 363 LIFE WITHOUT MATCHES ........................................................................ 363 THE DIESEL ENGINE AND HOW IT WORKS .............................................. 365 EARLY DEVELOPMENT WORK ............................................................ 365 HOW THE DIESEL ENGINE FUNCTIONS ............................................... 365 COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THE DIESEL ENGINE ............................... 370 STATIONARY ENGINES ....................................................................... 371 MARINE APPLICATIONS .................................................................... 371 RAILWAYS ...................................................................................... 371 ROAD TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 372 THE DIESEL AIRPLANE .................................................................... 373 DIESEL FUEL ........................................................................................ 374 DID HE JUMP OR WAS HE PUSHED? ..................................................... 375 REFERENCE .......................................................................................... 376 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 377 CHAPTER 23 ATOMIC ENERGY ................................................................................. 379 THE DISCOVERY OF X-RAYS ................................................................. 379 HENRI BECQUEREL S EXPERIMENT ......................................................... 382 RADIATION .......................................................................................... 387 THE STRUCTURES OF ATOMS .................................................................. 388 RADIOACTIVITY IS A NUCLEAR PROCESS ................................................... 390 NUCLEAR BINDING ENERGY ................................................................... 390 TRANSMUTATION OF ELEMENTS ............................................................... 394 THE DISCOVERY OF NUCLEAR FISSION .................................................... 398 CHAIN REACTIONS ............................................................................... 404 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 405 FURTHER READING ............................................................................... 406 CHAPTER 24 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ........................................................................ 407 COMPONENTS OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR .................................................... 407 PROCESSES IN THE REACTOR S CORE ....................................................... 412 THE FIRST REACTOR .............................................................................. 413 FIRST APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR FISSION ............................................... 414 CONTENTS XI THE BOILING WATER REACTOR ............................................................... 415 PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR ............................................................... 416 PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS .................................................................... 418 THE STEAM CYCLE .............................................................................. 418 REACTOR SAFETY SYSTEMS .................................................................... 419 RADIATION FROM NUCLEAR PLANTS ......................................................... 420 THE END OF THE STORY? ....................................................................... 420 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 423 CHAPTER 25 THE NUCLEAR CONTROVERSY ................................................................. 425 HEALTH EFFECTS OF RADIATION .............................................................. 426 UNITS OF RADIATION ........................................................................ 430 BACKGROUND RADIATION ................................................................. 432 IS THERE A THRESHOLD RADIATION EXPOSURE? ................................. 433 NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY ..................................................................... 434 WINDSCALE .................................................................................... 435 THREE MILE ISLAND ........................................................................ 437 CHERNOBYL .................................................................................... 439 FUKUSHIMA ................................................................................... 445 RADIOACTIVE WASTE ............................................................................ 446 NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION ........................................................ 451 IS THERE A FUTURE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY? ............................................. 452 WESTINGHOUSE AP 1000 REACTOR ................................................... 452 PEBBLE BED REACTOR ...................................................................... 453 THORIUM REACTORS ........................................................................ 455 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 456 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 456 CHAPTER 26 ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ............................................................ 459 EXTRACTION OF FUELS: MINES AND WELLS .............................................. 459 REFINING AND BENEFICIATION ............................................................... 466 FUEL UTILIZATION ................................................................................. 468 ADDRESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE ........................................ 470 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 474 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 474 CHAPTER 27 ACID RAIN .......................................................................................... 477 THE PH SCALE .................................................................................... 477 NATURAL ACID RAIN ......................................................................... 478 SO,. AND NO,, AS CAUSES OF ACID RAIN .............................................. 479 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ACID RAIN .................................... 482 EFFECTS ON BUILDINGS AND STATUES ................................................. 483 ACIDIFICATION OF NATURAL WATERS ................................................... 483 XII CONTENTS EFFECTS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS ................................................... 484 REMEDIATION OF AQUATIC SYSTEMS ................................................. 488 DESTRUCTION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANTS ................................................. 488 HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS ................................................................. 490 ACID RAIN ON THE MOVE ..................................................................... 492 DEALING WITH SOX AND NO., EMISSIONS ............................................. 493 SULFUR OXIDES ............................................................................... 493 NITROGEN OXIDES ........................................................................... 495 REFERENCE .......................................................................................... 497 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 497 CHAPTER 28 VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND EMISSIONLESS VEHICLES ................................. 499 TAILPIPE EMISSIONS ........................................................................... 499 HOW SMOG FORMS ............................................................................. 502 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ......................................................................... 503 REFORMULATED GASOLINES ................................................................... 505 LEVS, HYBRIDS, AND ELECTRIC CARS .................................................... 506 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 512 CHAPTER 29 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE .................................................................... 515 OUR PLANET IS A GREENHOUSE .............................................................. 515 AN ENHANCED GREENHOUSE EFFECT: EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE ..... 523 ROLES FOR OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES ............................................. 527 SIGNS OF GLOBAL CHANGE .................................................................... 529 POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN ENHANCED GREENHOUSE EFFECT........... 533 INCREASING AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURES .................................... 533 RISING SEA LEVEL .......................................................................... 535 SHIFT OF PRIME AGRICULTURAL REGIONS ........................................... 537 THE SPREAD OF DESERTS ................................................................. 538 HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS ................................................................. 539 THE POSSIBLE RELEASE OF MORE GREENHOUSE GASES ON A WARMER EARTH .............................................................................. 540 INCREASED PLANT GROWTH AS A BENEFIT ........................................... 540 THE ROLE OF THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE .............................................. 541 POSSIBLE POLICY OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH GLOBAL WARMING ............ 543 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 548 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 548 CHAPTER 30 FOSSIL ENERGY: RESERVES, RESOURCES, AND GEOPOLITICS ...................... 551 ENERGY RESERVES AND RESOURCES ....................................................... 551 WE DEPEND ON OIL ............................................................................ 554 OIL ECONOMICS .................................................................................. 555 LIFETIME ESTIMATES ........................................................................... 558 CONTENTS XIII INCREASING THE PETROLEUM RESERVE .................................................... 560 LESSENING DEPENDENCE ON PETROLEUM .............................................. 562 OIL PRODUCTION .................................................................................. 563 THE RACE BETWEEN DISCOVERY AND PRODUCTION ................................. 566 WHAT DOES RUNNING OUT REALLY MEAN? ....................................... 567 GEOPOLITICS ....................................................................................... 569 NATURAL GAS ...................................................................................... 572 COAL .................................................................................................. 574 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 576 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 576 CHAPTER 31 RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM BIOMASS .................................................... 579 INTRODUCTION TO BIOMASS ................................................................... 580 IS BIOMASS CO2 NEUTRAL? .................................................................. 583 ENERGY CROPS .................................................................................... 584 POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGES OF BIOMASS .................................................. 587 WOOD ................................................................................................ 589 USES OF WOOD AS AN ENERGY SOURCE ............................................. 590 PROBLEMS WITH THE USE OF WOOD .................................................. 592 IS WOOD RENEWABLE ? ................................................................ 593 METHANOL ........................................................................................... 595 ALCOHOLS AS LIQUID FUELS FOR VEHICLES ......................................... 595 PRODUCTION OF METHANOL ............................................................... 596 ADVANTAGES OF METHANOL .............................................................. 597 DISADVANTAGES OF METHANOL ......................................................... 598 ETHANOL ............................................................................................. 599 PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL .................................................................. 600 ADVANTAGES OF ETHANOL ................................................................. 601 DISADVANTAGES OF ETHANOL ............................................................ 601 ETHANOL IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL ...................................... 603 PLANT OILS AND BIODIESEL ................................................................... 604 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ..................................................................... 608 METHANE FROM BIOLOGICAL SOURCES .................................................... 609 HYDROGEN .......................................................................................... 611 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 613 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 613 CHAPTER 32 ELECTRICITY FROM WIND ...................................................................... 615 WHERE WIND COMES FROM ................................................................ 615 WIND ENERGY IN THE RECENT PAST ....................................................... 616 WIND TURBINES .................................................................................. 619 WIND AS A MODERN ENERGY SOURCE ................................................... 624 PRIME LOCATIONS FOR WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ............................. 624 ELECTRICITY FROM WIND: THE CURRENT SCENE ...................................... 626 XIV CONTENTS ADVANTAGES OF WIND FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION ............................... 627 POTENTIAL DISADVANTAGES OF WIND AS AN ENERGY SOURCE ................... 628 COMPARISON OF WIND ENERGY WITH OTHER SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY ..... 631 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 632 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 633 CHAPTER 33 ENERGY FROM THE SUN ........................................................................ 635 ENERGY FROM THE SUN TO EARTH .......................................................... 636 PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING OF BUILDINGS .................................................. 638 ACTIVE COLLECTION OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR HEAT AND HOT WATER ............. 641 INDIRECT CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY TO ELECTRICITY .......................... 646 PHOTOVOLTAICS: DIRECT CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY TO ELECTRICITY..... 650 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SOLAR AS AN ENERGY SOURCE ........ 658 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 659 CHAPTER 34 NUCLEAR FUSION: BRINGING THE SUN TO EARTH ...................................... 661 WHERE THE SUN GETS ITS ENERGY ........................................................ 661 HARNESSING THE ENERGY OF NUCLEAR FUSION ........................................ 666 FUEL .............................................................................................. 666 IGNITION ........................................................................................ 667 REACTORS ....................................................................................... 669 ENERGY CAPTURE ............................................................................ 672 COMPARING FUSION AND FISSION AS SOURCES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY ........ 674 PROMISE AND THE FRUSTRATION OF FUSION ENERGY ................................ 675 REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 677 FURTHER READINGS .............................................................................. 677 GLOSSARY OF SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND ACRONYMS ....................................... 679 INDEX ...................................................................................................................... 685
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spelling	Schobert, Harold H. 1943- Verfasser (DE-588)170543676 aut Energy and society an introduction Harold H. Schobert 2. ed. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2014 XIX, 700 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Gesellschaft Umwelt Power resources Force and energy Energy consumption Social aspects Power resources Environmental aspects Zivilisation (DE-588)4067906-8 gnd rswk-swf Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd rswk-swf Energiebedarf (DE-588)4137876-3 gnd rswk-swf Energietechnik (DE-588)4014725-3 gnd rswk-swf Umweltverschmutzung (DE-588)4186812-2 gnd rswk-swf Energieerzeugung (DE-588)4070813-5 gnd rswk-swf Energie (DE-588)4014692-3 gnd rswk-swf Energiequelle (DE-588)4014720-4 gnd rswk-swf Energieversorgung (DE-588)4014736-8 gnd rswk-swf Energieverbrauch (DE-588)4014733-2 gnd rswk-swf Energie (DE-588)4014692-3 s Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 s DE-604 Zivilisation (DE-588)4067906-8 s Energieerzeugung (DE-588)4070813-5 s Energieversorgung (DE-588)4014736-8 s Energiebedarf (DE-588)4137876-3 s Energieverbrauch (DE-588)4014733-2 s Energiequelle (DE-588)4014720-4 s Energietechnik (DE-588)4014725-3 s Umweltverschmutzung (DE-588)4186812-2 s LoC Fremddatenuebernahme application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027437753&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung Deutsches Museum application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027437753&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis
spellingShingle	Schobert, Harold H. 1943- Energy and society an introduction Gesellschaft Umwelt Power resources Force and energy Energy consumption Social aspects Power resources Environmental aspects Zivilisation (DE-588)4067906-8 gnd Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd Energiebedarf (DE-588)4137876-3 gnd Energietechnik (DE-588)4014725-3 gnd Umweltverschmutzung (DE-588)4186812-2 gnd Energieerzeugung (DE-588)4070813-5 gnd Energie (DE-588)4014692-3 gnd Energiequelle (DE-588)4014720-4 gnd Energieversorgung (DE-588)4014736-8 gnd Energieverbrauch (DE-588)4014733-2 gnd
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title_full	Energy and society an introduction Harold H. Schobert
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title_short	Energy and society
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topic	Gesellschaft Umwelt Power resources Force and energy Energy consumption Social aspects Power resources Environmental aspects Zivilisation (DE-588)4067906-8 gnd Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd Energiebedarf (DE-588)4137876-3 gnd Energietechnik (DE-588)4014725-3 gnd Umweltverschmutzung (DE-588)4186812-2 gnd Energieerzeugung (DE-588)4070813-5 gnd Energie (DE-588)4014692-3 gnd Energiequelle (DE-588)4014720-4 gnd Energieversorgung (DE-588)4014736-8 gnd Energieverbrauch (DE-588)4014733-2 gnd
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