Encyclopedia of energy /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cleveland, Cutler J., Ayres, Robert U.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2004.
• Θέματα: Power resources > Encyclopedias.; Ressources énergétiques > Encyclopédies.; Énergie mécanique > Encyclopédies.; Power resources.; Electronic books.; Encyclopedias.

In recent years our usage and understanding of different types of energy has grown at a tremendous rate. The editor-in-chief, Cutler Cleveland, and his international team of associate editors have brought together approximately 400 authors to produce the Encyclopedia of Energy. This highly topical r...

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• Contents by Subject Area
• Basics of Energy
• Batteries, Overview
• Cogeneration
• Combustion and Thermochemistry
• Conservation of Energy, Overview
• Conversion of Energy: People and Animals
• Electrical Energy and Power
• Electric Motors
• Electromagnetism
• Entropy
• Flywheels
• Forms and Measurement of Energy
• Fuel Cells
• Heat Transfer
• Internal Combustion (Gasoline and Diesel) Engines
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Mechanical Energy
• Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
• Rocket Engines
• Storage of Energy, Overview
• Sun, Energy from
• Temperature and Its Measurement
• Thermal Energy Storage
• Thermodynamics, Laws of
• Turbines, Gas
• Turbines, Steam
• Work, Power, and Energy.
• Coal
• Coal Industry, Energy Policy in
• Coal Industry, History of
• Coal Mine Reclamation and Remediation
• Coal Mining in Appalachia, History of
• Clean Coal Technology
• Coal, Chemical and Physical Properties
• Coal Conversion
• Coal, Fuel and Non-Fuel Uses
• Coal Mining, Design and Methods of
• Coal Preparation
• Coal Resources, Formation of
• Coal Storage and Transportation
• Markets for Coal
• Peat Resources.
• Conservation and End Use
• Aircraft and Energy Use
• Alternative Transportation Fuels: Contemporary Case Studies
• Aquaculture and Energy Use
• Batteries, Transportation Applications
• Bicycling
• Commercial Sector and Energy Use
• Conservation Measures for Energy, History of
• Conservation of Energy, Overview
• Diet, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Discount Rates and Energy Efficiency Gap
• Distributed Energy, Overview
• District Heating and Cooling
• Economics of Energy Efficiency
• Energy Efficiency, Taxonomic Overview
• Fisheries and Energy Use
• Food System, Energy Use in
• Fuel Cell Vehicles
• Fuel Cycle Analysis of Conventional and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles
• Hydrogen, End Uses and Economics
• Industrial Ecology
• Industrial Energy Efficiency
• Industrial Energy Use, Status and Trends
• Information Technology and Energy Use
• Integration of Motor Vehicle and Distributed Energy Systems
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles
• International Comparisons of Energy End Use: Benefits and Risks
• Lifestyles and Energy
• Livestock Production and Energy Use
• Lunar-Solar Power System
• Magnetic Levitation
• Marine Transportation and Energy Use
• Obstacles to Energy Efficiency
• Passenger Demand for Travel and Energy Use
• Potential for Energy Efficiency: Developing Nations
• Rebound Effect of Energy Conservation
• Service and Commerce Sector, Energy Use in
• Thermal Comfort
• Transportation and Energy, Overview
• Transportation Fuel Alternatives for Highway Vehicles
• Ultralight Rail and Energy Use
• Vehicles and Their Powerplants: Energy Use and Efficiency.
• Economics of Energy
• Aggregation of Energy
• Business Cycles and Energy Prices
• Corporate Environmental Strategy
• Derivatives, Energy
• Economic Geography of Energy
• Economic Growth and Energy
• Economic Growth, Liberalization, and the Environment
• Economics of Energy Demand
• Economics of Energy Efficiency
• Economics of Energy Supply
• Economic Thought, History of Energy in
• Energy Futures and Options
• Energy Services Industry
• Entropy and the Economic Process
• Evolutionary Economics and Energy
• Exergoeconomics
• External Costs of Energy
• Hydrogen, End Uses and Economics
• Hydropower Economics
• Inflation and Energy Prices
• Innovation and Energy Prices
• Investment in Fossil Fuels Industries
• Market Failures in Energy Markets
• Markets for Biofuels
• Markets for Coal
• Markets for Natural Gas
• Markets for Petroleum
• Marx, Energy, and Social Metabolism
• Nuclear Power Economics
• Oil and Natural Gas: Economics of Exploration
• Oil Price Volatility
• OPEC Market Behavior, 1973-2003
• Petroleum Property Valuation
• Physics and Economics of Energy, Conceptual Overview
• Prices of Energy, History of
• Rebound Effect of Energy Conservation
• Resource Curse and Investment in Energy Industries
• Stock Markets and Energy Prices
• Subsidies to Energy Industries
• Taxation of Energy
• Thermodynamics and Economics, Overview
• Trade in Energy and Energy Services
• Wind Energy Economics.
• Electricity
• Electrical Energy and Power
• Electricity, Environmental Impacts of
• Electricity Use, History of
• Electric Motors
• Electric Power: Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Electric Power Generation: Fossil Fuel
• Electric Power Generation: Valuation of Environmental Costs
• Electric Power Measurements and Variables
• Electric Power Reform: Social and Environmental Issues
• Electric Power Systems Engineering
• Electric Power: Traditional Monopoly Franchise Regulation and Rate Making
• Electric Power: Transmission and Generation Reliability and Adequacy
• Electromagnetic Fields, Health Impacts of
• Electromagnetism
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles
• Public Reaction to Electricity Transmission Lines.
• Energy Flows
• Conversion of Energy: People and Animals
• Earth's Energy Balance
• Ecosystem Health: Energy Indicators
• Ecosystems and Energy: History and Overview
• Environmental Gradients and Energy
• Food Capture, Energy Costs of
• Heat Transfer
• Heterotrophic Energy Flows
• Human Energetics
• Industrial Agriculture, Energy Flows in
• Industrial Symbiosis
• Lithosphere, Energy Flows in
• Migration, Energy Costs of
• Ocean, Energy Flows in
• Origin of Life and Energy
• Photosynthesis and Autotrophic Energy Flows
• Reproduction, Energy Costs of
• Sun, Energy from
• Thermoregulation.
• Environmental Issues
• Acid Deposition and Energy Use
• Air Pollution from Energy Production and Use
• Air Pollution, Health Effects of
• Aquaculture and Energy Use
• Arid Environments, Impacts of Energy Development in
• Biomass: Impact on Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Carbon Capture and Storage from Fossil Fuel Use
• Carbon Sequestration, Terrestrial
• Clean Air Markets
• Clean Coal Technology
• Climate Change and Energy, Overview
• Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Climate Change: Impact on the Demand for Energy
• Climate Protection and Energy Policy
• Coal Mine Reclamation and Remediation
• Consumption, Energy, and the Environment
• Crude Oil Releases to the Environment: Natural Fate and Remediation Options
• Crude Oil Spills, Environmental Impact of
• Desalination and Energy Use
• Economic Growth, Liberalization, and the Environment
• Ecosystem Health: Energy Indicators
• Ecosystems and Energy: History and Overview
• Electricity, Environmental Impacts of
• Electric Power Generation: Valuation of Environmental Costs
• Electric Power Reform: Social and Environmental Issues
• Energy Efficiency and Climate Change
• Entrainment and Impingement of Organisms in Power Plant Cooling
• Environmental Change and Energy
• Environmental Gradients and Energy
• Environmental Injustices of Energy Facilities
• Fisheries and Energy Use
• Global Material Cycles and Energy
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Alternative Scenarios of
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Systems, Comparison and Overview
• Gulf War, Environmental Impact of
• Hazardous Waste from Fossil Fuels
• Heat Islands and Energy
• Hydropower, Environmental Impact of
• Indoor Air Quality in Developing Nations
• Indoor Air Quality in Industrial Nations
• Land Requirements of Energy Systems
• Nuclear Power Plants, Decommissioning of
• Nuclear Waste
• Photovoltaics, Environmental Impact of
• Polar Regions, Impacts of Energy Development
• Thermal Pollution
• Uranium Mining: Environmental Impact
• Wetlands: Impacts of Energy Development in the Mississippi Delta
• Wind Energy Technology, Environmental Impacts of
• World Environment Summits: The Role of Energy.
• Global Issues
• Climate Change and Energy, Overview
• Cultural Evolution and Energy
• Development and Energy, Overview
• Economic Geography of Energy
• Economic Growth and Energy
• Geopolitics of Energy
• Global Energy Use: Status and Trends
• International Comparisons of Energy End Use: Benefits and Risks
• International Energy Law and Policy
• Nationalism and Oil
• Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and Energy
• Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
• Population Growth and Energy
• Technology Innovation and Energy
• United Nations Energy Agreements
• Women and Energy: Issues in Developing Nations
• World Environment Summits: The Role of Energy.
• History and Energy
• Coal Industry, History of
• Coal Mining in Appalachia, History of
• Conservation Measures for Energy, History of
• Conservation of Energy Concept, History of
• Early Industrial World, Energy Flow in
• Economic Thought, History of Energy in
• Ecosystems and Energy: History and Overview
• Electricity Use, History of
• Energy in the History and Philosophy of Science
• Environmental Change and Energy
• Fire: A Socioecological and Historical Survey
• Geographic Thought, History of Energy in
• Gulf War, Environmental Impact of
• Hydrogen, History of
• Hydropower, History and Technology of
• Manufactured Gas, History of
• Nationalism and Oil
• Natural Gas, History of
• Nuclear Power, History of
• Oil Crises, Historical Perspective
• Oil Industry, History of
• OPEC, History of
• OPEC Market Behavior, 1973-2003
• Prices of Energy, History of
• Sociopolitical Collapse, Energy and
• Solar Energy, History of
• Thermodynamic Sciences, History of
• Transitions in Energy Use
• War and Energy
• Wind Energy, History of
• Wood Energy, History of
• World History and Energy.
• Material Use and Reuse
• Aluminum Production and Energy
• Cement and Energy
• Forest Products and Energy
• Glass and Energy
• Global Material Cycles and Energy
• Industrial Energy Efficiency
• Material Efficiency and Energy Use
• Materials for Solar Energy
• Material Use in Automobiles
• Plastics Production and Energy
• Recycling of Metals
• Recycling of Paper
• Reuse and Energy
• Steel Production and Energy
• Uranium and Thorium Resource Assessment.
• Measurement and Models
• Aggregation of Energy
• Bottom-Up Energy Modeling
• Computer Modeling of Renewable Power Systems
• Cost-Benefit Analysis Applied to Energy
• Decomposition Analysis Applied to Energy
• Depletion and Valuation of Energy Resources
• Ecological Risk Assessment Applied to Energy Development
• Electric Power Generation: Valuation of Environmental Costs
• Electric Power Measurements and Variables
• Emergy Analysis and Environmental Accounting
• Experience Curves for Energy Technologies
• Forms and Measurement of Energy
• Fuzzy Logic Modeling of Energy Systems
• Green Accounting and Energy
• Input-Output Analysis
• Life Cycle Analysis of Power Generation Systems
• Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Systems
• Modeling Energy Markets and Climate Change Policy
• Modeling Energy Supply and Demand: A Comparison of Approaches
• Multicriteria Analysis of Energy
• National Energy Modeling Systems
• Net Energy Analysis: Concepts and Methods
• Neural Network Modeling of Energy Systems
• System Dynamics and the Energy Industry
• Temperature and Its Measurement.
• Nuclear Power
• Nuclear Engineering
• Nuclear Fission Reactors: Boiling Water and Pressurized Water Reactors
• Nuclear Fuel: Design and Fabrication
• Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
• Nuclear Fusion Reactors
• Nuclear Power Economics
• Nuclear Power, History of
• Nuclear Power Plants, Decommissioning of
• Nuclear Power: Risk Analysis
• Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
• Nuclear Waste
• Occupational Health Risks in Nuclear Power
• Public Reaction to Nuclear Power Siting and Disposal
• Radiation, Risks and Health Impacts of
• Uranium and Thorium Resource Assessment
• Uranium Mining, Processing, and Enrichment.
• Oil and Natural Gas
• Crude Oil Spills, Environmental Impact of
• Gas Hydrates
• Markets for Natural Gas
• Markets for Petroleum
• Natural Gas, History of
• Natural Gas Processing and Products
• Natural Gas Resources, Global Distribution of
• Natural Gas Resources, Unconventional
• Natural Gas Transportation and Storage
• Occupational Health Risks in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
• Oil and Natural Gas Drilling
• Oil and Natural Gas: Economics of Exploration
• Oil and Natural Gas Exploration
• Oil and Natural Gas Leasing
• Oil and Natural Gas Liquids: Global Magnitude and Distribution
• Oil and Natural Gas: Offshore Operations
• Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessment: Classifications and Terminology
• Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessment: Geological Methods
• Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessment: Production Growth Cycle Models
• Oil Crises, Historical Perspective
• Oil Industry, History of
• Oil-Led Development: Social, Political, and Economic Consequences
• Oil Pipelines
• Oil Price Volatility
• Oil Recovery
• Oil Refining and Products
• Oil Sands and Heavy Oil
• Oil Shale
• OPEC, History of
• Petroleum Property Valuation
• Petroleum System: Nature's Distribution System for Oil and Gas
• Public Reaction to Offshore Oil
• Remote Sensing for Energy Resources
• Strategic Petroleum Reserves
• Tanker Transportation.
• Policy Issues
• Carbon Taxes and Climate Change
• City Planning and Energy Use
• Clean Air Markets
• Climate Protection and Energy Policy
• Coal Industry, Energy Policy in
• Corporate Environmental Strategy
• Energy Development on Public Land in the United States
• Equity and Distribution in Energy Policy
• European Union Energy Policy
• Fuel Economy Initiatives: International Comparisons
• Geopolitics of Energy
• Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Controversies in Cost Assessment
• International Energy Law and Policy
• Land Requirements of Energy Systems
• Market-Based Instruments, Overview
• National Energy Policy: Brazil
• National Energy Policy: China
• National Energy Policy: India
• National Energy Policy: Japan
• National Energy Policy: United States
• National Security and Energy
• Natural Gas Industry, Energy Policy in
• Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
• Polar Regions, Impacts of Energy Development
• Renewable Energy Policies and Barriers
• Renewable Portfolio Standard
• Research and Development Trends for Energy
• Strategic Petroleum Reserves
• Subsidies to Energy Industries
• Taxation of Energy
• Transportation and Energy Policy.
• Public Issues
• City Planning and Energy Use
• Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Consumption, Energy, and the Environment
• Environmental Injustices of Energy Facilities
• Hydropower Resettlement Projects, Socioeconomic Impacts of
• Labels and Standards for Energy
• Lifestyles and Energy
• Media Portrayals of Energy
• Motor Vehicle Use, Social Costs of
• Oil-Led Development: Social, Political, and Economic Consequences
• Passenger Demand for Travel and Energy Use
• Philanthropy and Energy
• Population Growth and Energy
• Public Reaction to Electricity Transmission Lines
• Public Reaction to Energy, Overview
• Public Reaction to Nuclear Power Siting and Disposal
• Public Reaction to Offshore Oil
• Public Reaction to Renewable Energy Sources and Systems
• Suburbanization and Energy
• United Nations Energy Agreements
• Urbanization and Energy.
• Renewable and Alternative Sources
• Alternative Transportation Fuels: Contemporary Case Studies
• Biodiesel Fuels
• Biomass, Chemicals from
• Biomass Combustion
• Biomass for Renewable Energy and Fuels
• Biomass Gasification
• Biomass Resource Assessment
• Computer Modeling of Renewable Power Systems
• Ethanol Fuel
• Forest Products and Energy
• Geothermal Direct Use
• Geothermal Power Generation
• Ground-Source Heat Pumps
• Hybrid Energy Systems
• Hydrogen, End Uses and Economics
• Hydrogen Production
• Hydrogen Storage and Transportation
• Hydropower Economics
• Hydropower Resources
• Hydropower Technology
• Lunar-Solar Power System
• Materials for Solar Energy
• Microtechnology, Energy Applications of
• Ocean Thermal Energy
• Photosynthesis, Artificial
• Photovoltaic Conversion: Space Applications
• Photovoltaic Energy: Stand-Alone and Grid-Connected Systems
• Photovoltaic Materials, Physics of
• Public Reaction to Renewable Energy Sources and Systems
• Renewable Energy and the City
• Renewable Energy in Europe
• Renewable Energy Policies and Barriers
• Renewable Energy in Southern Africa
• Renewable Energy in the United States
• Renewable Energy, Taxonomic Overview
• Renewable Portfolio Standard
• Solar Cells
• Solar Cookers
• Solar Cooling, Dehumidification, and Air-Conditioning
• Solar Detoxification and Disinfection
• Solar Distillation and Drying
• Solar Energy, History of
• Solar Fuels and Materials
• Solar Heat Pumps
• Solar Ponds
• Solar Thermal Energy, Industrial Heat Applications
• Solar Thermal Power Generation
• Solar Water Desalination
• Tidal Energy
• Transportation Fuel Alternatives for Highway Vehicles
• Waste-to-Energy Technology
• Wave and Tidal Energy Conversion
• Wind Energy Economics
• Wind Energy, History of
• Wind Farms
• Wind Resource Base.
• Risks
• Air Pollution from Energy Production and Use
• Air Pollution, Health Effects of
• Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Ecological Risk Assessment Applied to Energy Development
• Electromagnetic Fields, Health Impacts of
• Gasoline Additives and Public Health
• Hazardous Waste from Fossil Fuels
• Nuclear Power: Risk Analysis
• Nuclear Proliferation and Diversion
• Nuclear Waste
• Occupational Health Risks in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
• Occupational Health Risks in Nuclear Power
• Radiation, Risks and Health Impacts of
• Risk Analysis Applied to Energy Systems
• Tanker Transportation.
• Society and Energy
• Cultural Evolution and Energy
• Early Industrial World, Energy Flow in
• Easter Island: Resource Depletion and Collapse
• Electric Power Reform: Social and Environmental Issues
• Goods and Services: Energy Costs
• Hunting and Gathering Societies, Energy Flows in
• Hydropower Resettlement Projects, Socioeconomic Impacts of
• Industrial Agriculture, Energy Flows in
• Leisure, Energy Costs of
• Lifestyles and Energy
• Motor Vehicle Use, Social Costs of
• Population Growth and Energy
• Renewable Energy and the City
• Sociopolitical Collapse, Energy and
• Suburbanization and Energy
• Urbanization and Energy
• War and Energy.
• Sustainable Development
• Development and Energy, Overview
• Ecological Risk Assessment Applied to Energy Development
• Economic Growth and Energy
• Economic Growth, Liberalization, and the Environment
• Energy Ladder in Developing Nations
• Environmental Kuznets Curve
• Indoor Air Quality in Developing Nations
• Oil-Led Development: Social, Political, and Economic Consequences
• Potential for Energy Efficiency: Developing Nations
• Rural Energy in China
• Rural Energy in India
• Sustainable Development: Basic Concepts and Application to Energy
• United Nations Energy Agreements
• Women and Energy: Issues in Developing Nations
• Wood in Household Energy Use.
• Systems of Energy
• Aggregation of Energy
• Complex Systems and Energy
• Ecological Footprints and Energy
• Economic Systems and Energy, Conceptual Overview
• Emergy Analysis and Environmental Accounting
• Entropy and the Economic Process
• Exergoeconomics
• Exergy
• Exergy Analysis of Energy Systems
• Exergy Analysis of Waste Emissions
• Exergy: Reference States and Balance Conditions
• Fuzzy Logic Modeling of Energy Systems
• Information Theory and Energy
• Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Systems
• National Energy Modeling Systems
• Neural Network Modeling of Energy Systems
• Physics and Economics of Energy, Conceptual Overview
• Risk Analysis Applied to Energy Systems
• System Dynamics and the Energy Industry
• Thermodynamics and Economics, Overview.