Critical Materials Problems In Energy Production
Published on 2. December 2012
928 pages
978-0-323-14162-8 (ISBN)
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Critical Materials Problems in Energy Production discusses the most challenging of the materials problems in the areas of production, distribution, and energy storage. This book is a result of the Distinguished Lecture Series on "Critical Materials Problems in Energy Production sponsored by the Joint Center for Materials Science in New Mexico. This text is organized into eight sections encompassing 29 chapters that cover topics on nuclear power, materials for high-temperature applications, solar energy, direct solar conversion, coal and other fossil fuels, superconducting materials, and energy storage devices. After a brief introduction to overall perspective of the energy program, the book goes on discussing the problems encountered in nuclear power generation, including the complication of their interdependence, the severity of the service parameters, and the need for safety and reliability. Section II examines the progress made in the development of high-temperature materials suitable for use in magnetohydrodynamic converts and advanced turbines and jet engines. The subsequent two sections address the thermal/optical requirements for solar utilization devices and the limitations encountered in solar cell materials. Section V deals with the metallurgical problems emanating from the materials used for confinement and the flow of energy in steam generating systems. This section also describes the close dependence of catalytic performance on technological innovations in the field of materials science. Section VI discusses the basics of superconductivity phenomena. Section VII deals with the materials problems related to the development of more efficient batteries. Discussions on new electrode materials, solid electrolytes, and high-temperature battery systems are included in this section. The concluding section provides supplemental texts containing references and readings.
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ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction Chapter 1 A Perspective on Materials in the Energy ProgramI. Energy Production Section I Materials Problems in Nuclear Power Generators Chapter 2 Materials Requirements for Fusion Power Chapter 3 Fusion-First Wall Problems Chapter 4 Electrical Insulators for Magnetically Confined Fusion Reactors Chapter 5 Radiation Effects in Structural Materials for Fusion Reactors Chapter 6 Tritium Related Materials Problems in Fusion Reactors Chapter 7 Material Limitations in Fusion Lasers Chapter 8 Optical Materials for Neodymium Fusion Lasers Chapter 9 Critical Materials Problems in the Exploitation of Fission Energy Section II Materials for High Temperature Applications Chapter 10 Materials Problems in Open Cycle Magnetohydrodynamics Chapter 11 Materials for Open Cycle Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Channels Chapter 12 Alloys for High Temperature Service in Gas Turbines Section III Solar Energy Materials Chapter 13 Fundamental Materials Considerations for Solar Collectors Chapter 14 Solar Energy Storage Section IV Direct Solar Energy Conversion Chapter 15 Some Materials Problems Associated with Photovoltaic Solar Cells Chapter 16 Non-Conventional Heterojunctions for Solar Energy Conversion Section V Coal and Other Fossil Fuels Chapter 17 Critical Materials Problems in Coal Conversion Chapter 18 Materials Problems (Real and Imagined) in Coal Gasifications Plants Chapter 19 Catalytic Materials for the Conversion of CoalII. Energy Transmission Section VI Superconducting Materials Chapter 20 Superconducting materials Chapter 21 SuperconductivityIII. Energy Storage Section VII Energy Storage Devices Chapter 22 Materials Problems in Rechargeable Batteries Chapter 23 Solid Solution Electrodes Chapter 24 Solid Electrolytes Chapter 25 Some Aspects of Solid Electrolytes Chapter 26 Materials for High-Temperature Li-AL/FeS Secondary Batteries Chapter 27 The Materials Science of the Super Flywheel Chapter 28 Metal Hydrides for Energy Storage Section VIII Appendix Chapter 29 Problems and Reference ReadingsIndex
