Energy : conversion and utilization /
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Boston :
Allyn and Bacon,
[1976]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.