| 청구기호 |
QC173.75.T5 F677 2017eb |
| 형태사항 |
1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color), maps.
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| 총서명 |
[IOP release 3]
IOP concise physics, 2053-2571
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| 언어 |
English |
| 일반주기 |
"Version: 20170501"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
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| 서지주기 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| 내용 |
Preface -- 1. Population and its effects -- 1.1. Population -- 1.2. Water and food -- 1.3. Pollution -- 1.4. The effects of pollution
2. Energy conservation and the first law of thermodynamics -- 2.1. The first law of thermodynamics -- 2.2. Efficiency -- 2.3. Energy transfer -- 2.4. Walls and windows -- 2.5. Lighting -- 2.6. Energy transfer using electricity
3. Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics -- 3.1. Entropy remains constant or increases in a closed system -- 3.2. In a closed system heat flows from hot to cold -- 3.3. The Carnot cycle is the most efficient -- 3.4. Heat engines -- 3.5. Refrigerators and heat pumps -- 3.6. Fuel cells and batteries -- 3.7. Entropy changes for electrical processes
4. Non-renewable energy -- 4.1. Fossil fuels -- 4.2. Petroleum -- 4.3. Natural gas -- 4.4. Coal -- 4.5. Projections -- 4.6. Energy return on energy invested
5. Nuclear energy -- 5.1. Nuclear reactions -- 5.2. Nuclear reactors -- 5.3. The refining process -- 5.4. Radioactive waste -- 5.5. Radiation -- 5.6. Safety concerns -- 5.7. Nuclear fusion
6. Renewable energy -- 6.1. Hydropower -- 6.2. Wind -- 6.3. Biomass -- 6.4. Geothermal -- 6.5. Solar -- 6.6. Tides, waves and other -- 6.7. Potential and cost of renewables
7. Energy storage -- 7.1. Embodied energy -- 7.2. Transportable fuel -- 7.3. The need for large scale energy storage -- 7.4. Solar thermal energy storage -- 7.5. Batteries -- 7.6. Flow batteries -- 7.7. Flywheels -- 7.8. Capacitors -- 7.9. Compressed air -- 7.10. Superconducting magnets
8. Transportation -- 8.1. Energy needed to accelerate and move a vehicle -- 8.2. The energy cost of energy -- 8.3. Using hydrogen for transportation -- 8.4. Well-to-wheels or life-cycle efficiency -- 8.5. Transportation alternatives -- 8.6. Transportation risk
9. Climate -- 9.1. Radiation balance -- 9.2. The carbon cycle -- 9.3. Paleoclimatology -- 9.4. Climate modeling -- 9.5. Weather versus climate -- 9.6. Effects of human caused climate change
10. Cost, benefit, risk -- 10.1. Risk -- 10.2. Calculation of risk -- 10.3. Compared risks -- 10.4. Risk of new technology -- 10.5. Perception of risk -- 10.6. Economic factors -- 10.7. Energy efficiency and the economy.
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| 주제 |
First law of thermodynamics.
Second law of thermodynamics.
Energy conservation.
Energy consumption --Environmental aspects.
Energy consumption --Climatic factors.
Human ecology.
Physics.
Geophysics. --bicssc
Environmental Physics & Clean Technology. --bisacsh
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| 보유판 및 특별호 저록 |
Print version: 9781681744926
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| ISBN |
9781681744933, 9781681744957, 9781681744926 |
| 기타 표준번호 |
10.1088/978-1-6817-4493-3 |
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