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- catalog contributor b9695268.
- catalog created "c1976.".
- catalog date "1976".
- catalog date "c1976.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1976.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. The energy crisis -- Energy consumption -- Units of energy and power -- Growth rates -- Fossil fuel reserves -- Terrestrial limitations. Solar radiation -- The solar energy balance of the earth -- Sensitivity to changes in the reflectivity and emissivity constants -- Carbon dioxide generation -- Atmospheric pollution -- Thermodynamic limitations. The first and second law of thermodynamics -- The Carnot Cycle and efficiency -- The Otto Cycle and the internal-combustion engine -- The steam engine and the Rankine Cycle -- Entropy -- Electrical energy from fossil fuels. A perspective -- Steam turbines -- Gas turbine and combined cycles -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- Environmental considerations -- Fuel cells -- Nuclear energy : fission. Introduction -- Excess mass and binding energies -- Radioactive decay -- Fission chain reaction -- Thermal neutron reactors -- Fast neutron breeder reactors -- Radiation -- Fission wastes and other limitations -- Fusion. Introduction -- Requirements for a thermonuclear fusion reaction -- Magnetically confined plasma fusion devices -- Laser induced fusion -- Solar energy. The potential of solar energy -- Incident radiation -- Collectors -- Low temperature applications : water and space heating -- A high temperature application : thermal generation of electricity -- Cooling -- Photovoltaic solar cells -- Photosynthesis -- Water, wind, and geothermal power. Hydropower -- Tidal power -- Power from ocean temperature gradients -- Wind power -- Geothermal power -- Energy usage and the United States economy. Order and knowledge -- Conserving energy through more effective utilization -- Energy, the economy, and input-output analysis -- Energy per dollar value of good and services -- Societal implications -- Appendix A. Conversion factors -- Appendix B. Energy per dollar value for sectors of the 1963 United States economy.".
- catalog extent "viii, 359 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Energy.".
- catalog identifier "0205054218".
- catalog isFormatOf "Energy.".
- catalog isPartOf "Allyn and Bacon series in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics".
- catalog issued "1976".
- catalog issued "c1976.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Allyn and Bacon,".
- catalog relation "Energy.".
- catalog subject "333.7".
- catalog subject "Energy consumption.".
- catalog subject "Power (Mechanics)".
- catalog subject "TJ153 .K698".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. The energy crisis -- Energy consumption -- Units of energy and power -- Growth rates -- Fossil fuel reserves -- Terrestrial limitations. Solar radiation -- The solar energy balance of the earth -- Sensitivity to changes in the reflectivity and emissivity constants -- Carbon dioxide generation -- Atmospheric pollution -- Thermodynamic limitations. The first and second law of thermodynamics -- The Carnot Cycle and efficiency -- The Otto Cycle and the internal-combustion engine -- The steam engine and the Rankine Cycle -- Entropy -- Electrical energy from fossil fuels. A perspective -- Steam turbines -- Gas turbine and combined cycles -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- Environmental considerations -- Fuel cells -- Nuclear energy : fission. Introduction -- Excess mass and binding energies -- Radioactive decay -- Fission chain reaction -- Thermal neutron reactors -- Fast neutron breeder reactors -- Radiation -- Fission wastes and other limitations -- Fusion. Introduction -- Requirements for a thermonuclear fusion reaction -- Magnetically confined plasma fusion devices -- Laser induced fusion -- Solar energy. The potential of solar energy -- Incident radiation -- Collectors -- Low temperature applications : water and space heating -- A high temperature application : thermal generation of electricity -- Cooling -- Photovoltaic solar cells -- Photosynthesis -- Water, wind, and geothermal power. Hydropower -- Tidal power -- Power from ocean temperature gradients -- Wind power -- Geothermal power -- Energy usage and the United States economy. Order and knowledge -- Conserving energy through more effective utilization -- Energy, the economy, and input-output analysis -- Energy per dollar value of good and services -- Societal implications -- Appendix A. Conversion factors -- Appendix B. Energy per dollar value for sectors of the 1963 United States economy.".
- catalog title "Energy : conversion and utilization / Jerrold H. Krenz.".
- catalog type "text".