Future Energy
Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet
3rd Edition
Published on 18. January 2020
820 pages
978-0-08-102887-2 (ISBN)
Description
Future Energy: Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet, Third Edition provides scientists and decision-makers with the knowledge they need to understand the relative importance and magnitude of various energy production methods in order to make the energy decisions necessary for sustaining development and dealing with climate change. The third edition of Future Energy looks at the present energy situation and extrapolates to future scenarios related to global warming and the increase of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition contains over 40 chapters on all aspects of future energy, with each chapter updated and expanded by expert scientists and engineers in their respective fields.
- Provides readers with an up-to-date overview of available energy options, both traditional and renewable, as well as the necessary tools needed to make informed decisions
- Covers a wide spectrum of future energy resources presented in a single book with chapters written by experts from each particular field
- Includes many new chapters that cover topics on conventional oil and fossil fuels, a new section on energy storage, and a look at new energy
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Content
Part I Introduction1. Introduction with a Focus on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
Part II FOSSIL FUELS (ENERGY SOURCES) 2. Coal: Past, Present and Future Sustainable Use3. Unconventional Oil and Gas: Oilsands 4. Shale Gas, Tight Oil, Shale Oil and Hydraulic Fracturing5. Coal bed Methane: Reserves, Production, and Future Outlook6. Natural Gas Hydrates: Status of Potential as an Energy Resource
Part III NUCLEAR POWER (ENERGY SOURCES) 7. Nuclear Fission- new Generation Reactors8. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Part IV TRANSPORT ENERGY (ENERGY SOURCES)9. Biofuels for Transport 10. Transport Fuel: Biomass-, coal-, gas- and waste-to-liquids processes11. The Electric Vehicle Revolution
Part V ENERGY STORAGE12. The use of Batteries in Storing Electricity13. The use of Flow Batteries in Storing Electricity for National Grids14. Compressed Air Energy Storage
Part VI RENEWABLES (ENERGY SOURCES)15. Hydroelectric Power16. Wind Energy17. Tidal Current Energy: Origins and challenges18. Solar Energy - Photovoltaics, including new technologies (thin film) and a discussion on panel efficiency19. Concentrating Solar Power20. Geothermal Energy21. Energy from Biomass
Part VII NEW POSSIBLE ENERGY OPTIONS22. Hydrogen: An Energy Carrier23. Fuel Cells: Energy Conversion Technology24. Space Solar25. Nuclear Fusion26. Synthetic Fuel Development
Part VIII ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED ISSUES27. Energy and the Environment28. Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies
Part IX THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE TRANSITION TO THE FUTURE29. The Life Cycle Assessment of various Energy Technologies30. Integration of high penetrations of intermittent renewable generation in future electricity networks, using storage31. Carbon Capture and Storage32. Energy Options and Predictions for China33. Metals and Elements needed to support Future Energy34. A Global Overview of Future Energy
