Energy Its Use and the Environment (with InfoTrac)

, by Hinrichs, Roger A.; Kleinbach, Merlin H.

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ISBN: 9780495010852 | 0495010855
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Copyright: 9/30/2005

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What is the impact of energy issues such as lobal warming, radioactive waste, municipal solid waste, and nuclear energy production materials on the individual and society? ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT emphasizes the physical principles behind energy and its effects on our environment, explaining the basic physical principles behind the use of energy, including the study of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. By placing energy issues within the context of everyday examples and asking you to define and support critical arguments, ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT offers a provocative approach to this crucial issue.

Introduction

(32)

Energy: An Initial Definition

(2)

Energy Use and the Environment

(3)

Our Earth---Then and Now

(2)

Energy Use Patterns

(8)

Energy Resources

(3)

Energy Use in China

(1)

Exponential Growth and Resource Depletion

(4)

Oil: A Critical Resource

(3)

Energy Conservation

(2)

Economic and Environmental Considerations

(1)

The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change

Future Scenarios

(6)

Energy Mechanics

(42)

Introduction

(1)

Forms of Energy and Energy Conversions

(5)

Motion

(4)

Energy and Work

(5)

Energy Losses in a Car

(4)

Examples of Work and Energy

(3)

Power

(5)

Energy Use in India

(2)

Summary

(19)

Special Topic: Newton's Laws of Motion

(12)

Conservation of Energy

(22)

Introduction

(1)

Law of Conservation of Energy

(3)

Energy Conversion Examples

(2)

Energy Conversion Efficiencies

(3)

Energy Use in Developing Countries

(3)

Sustainable Development

A Barrel, A Calorie, A Btu? Energy Equivalencies

(5)

Summary

(5)

Heat and Work

(33)

Introduction

(1)

Heat and Work and the First Law of Thermodynamics

(2)

Temperature and Heat

100

(6)

Heat Transfer Principles

106

(9)

Heat Engines

115

(3)

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

118

(6)

Summary

124

(6)

Home Energy Conservation and Heat-Transfer Control

130

(30)

Introduction

130

(1)

Building Materials

131

(1)

House Insulation and Heating Calculations

132

(12)

Site Selection

144

(1)

Impact of Energy Conservation Measures

145

(1)

Cooling

146

(3)

Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

149

(4)

Summary

153

(7)

Solar Energy: Characteristics and Heating

160

(45)

Introduction

160

(3)

Characteristics of Incident Solar Radiation

163

(7)

History of Solar Heating

170

(6)

Early Twentieth-Century Egyptian Solar Power Plant

172

(4)

Overview of Solar Heating Today

176

(1)

Solar Domestic Hot Water

177

(6)

Passive Solar Space Heating Systems

183

(6)

Active Solar Space Heating Systems

189

(4)

Thermal Energy Storage

193

(2)

Summary

195

(10)

Energy from Fossil Fuels

205

(36)

Introduction

206

(1)

Resource Terminology

206

(3)

Oil

209

(10)

Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union

214

(4)

Oil Spills

218

(2)

Oil from Alaska: Past, Present, and Future Dilemmas

220

Natural Gas

219

(4)

Coal: An Expanding Role

223

(6)

Future Sources of Oil

229

(1)

Summary

230

(11)

Special Topic: Physics of Oil and Gas Exploration

234

(7)

Air Pollution and Energy Use

241

(45)

Introduction

241

(3)

Eastern Europe and the Environment

242

(2)

Properties and Motion of the Atmosphere

244

(6)

Air Pollutants and Their Sources

250

(16)

Air Pollution and the Third World

256

(10)

Air Quality Standards

266

(5)

1990 Clean Air Act Amendments

270

(1)

Automobile Emission Control Devices

271

(3)

Mass Transit

273

(1)

Stationary Source Air Pollution Control Systems

274

(5)

Summary

279

(7)

Global Warming, Ozone Depletion, and Waste Heat

286

(31)

Introduction

286

(1)

Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect

287

(12)

Africa and Global Warming

298

(1)

Ozone Depletion

299

(4)

Thermal Pollution

303

(2)

Ecological Effects of Thermal Pollution

305

(4)

Cooling Towers and Ponds

309

(2)

Using Waste Heat

311

(2)

Summary

313

(4)

Electricity: Circuits and Superconductors

317

(41)

Introduction to ``Electrification''

317

(3)

Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry

320

(2)

Managing Energy Demand

322

(1)

Electrical Charges and Currents

322

(3)

Batteries and Electric Vehicles

325

(5)

Common Batteries

326

(4)

Ohm's Law

330

(1)

Superconductivity

331

(3)

Elementary Circuits

334

(3)

Electrical Power

337

(2)

Pricing Electrical Energy Use

339

(5)

Edison Mazda Lamps, Circa 1925

339

(5)

Fuel Cells

344

(5)

Hydrogen Economy

345

(4)

Summary

349

(9)

Special Topic: Electrostatics

354

(4)

Electromagnetism and the Generation of Electricity

358

(29)

Magnetism

359

(6)

The Generation of Electricity

365

(3)

Transmission of Electrical Energy

368

(8)

Standard Steam-Electric Generating Plant Cycle

376

(3)

Cogeneration

379

(3)

Summary

382

(5)

Electricity from Solar Energy

387

(39)

Introduction

387

(3)

Solar Cell Principles

390

(3)

PV Car: The Sunraycer

393

(1)

Cell Manufacture

393

(1)

Photovoltaic Systems and Economics

394

(6)

PV Cottages

397

(3)

Pumping Water

400

(1)

Wind Energy

400

(13)

Hydropower

413

(4)

Solar Thermal Electric Facilities

417

(3)

Small-Scale Hydroelectric Systems

418

(2)

Summary

420

(6)

The Building Blocks of Matter: The Atom and Its Nucleus

426

(25)

The Atomic Hypothesis

427

(1)

Building Blocks of the Atom

428

(4)

Energy Levels

432

(2)

Nuclear Structure

434

(1)

Radioactivity

435

(4)

Nuclear Glue, or Binding Energy

439

(2)

The Joy of Atom-Smashing, or Nuclear Reactions

441

(3)

Indoor Radon

444

(1)

Fission

444

(1)

Summary

445

(6)

Special Topic: The Periodic Table

449

(2)

Nuclear Power: Fission

451

(52)

Introduction

451

(5)

Chain Reactions

456

(3)

Assembling a Nuclear Reactor

459

(4)

Types of Light Water Reactors

463

(1)

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

464

(5)

Japan and Plutonium

468

(1)

Radioactive Wastes

469

(7)

Monuments for the Future

477

Decommissioning

476

(2)

Radioactive Releases

478

(8)

Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Nuclear Safety

486

(3)

Alternate Reactor Designs

489

(4)

Nuclear Proliferation

493

(1)

Post Cold-War Proliferation

495

Environmental and Economic Summary of Nuclear Power

494

(4)

Summary

498

(5)

Effects and Uses of Radiation

503

(28)

Introduction

504

(1)

Radiation Dose

504

(1)

Biological Effects of Radiation

505

(4)

Background Radiation, Including Radon

509

(6)

Radiation Standards

515

(1)

Medical and Industrial Uses of Radiation

516

(5)

Food Irradiation

519

(2)

Radiation Protection

521

(2)

Summary

523

(8)

Special Topic: Radiation Detection Instruments

528

(3)

Future Energy Alternatives: Fusion

531

(14)

Potential for Fusion Power

532

(1)

Energy from the Stars: The Fusion Process

533

(1)

Conditions for Fusion

534

(1)

Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactors

535

(3)

Laser-Induced Fusion

538

(3)

Cold Fusion

541

(2)

Summary and Outlook for Fusion

543

(2)

Biomass: From Plants to Garbage

545

(32)

Introduction

545

(2)

Biomass Conversion

547

(7)

Brazil's Ethanol Program

550

(4)

Food, Fuel, Famine

554

(4)

Municipal Solid Waste

558

(6)

Wood Combustion

564

(9)

Summary

573

(4)

Tapping the Earth's Heat: Geothermal Energy

577

(14)

Introduction

577

(2)

Origin and Nature of Geothermal Energy

579

(2)

Hydrothermal Systems

581

(2)

Geothermal Exploration and Resources

583

(3)

Low-Temperature Geothermal Resources

586

(1)

Environmental Impacts

587

(1)

Summary

588

(3)

A National and Personal Commitment

591

Appendix A Units of Measurement and Powers of Ten Notation

(1)

Appendix B Conversions and Equivalencies

(1)

Appendix C Home Heating Analysis

(1)

Appendix D Insolation and Temperature Data for Selected U.S. Cities

(1)

Appendix E World Energy Consumption, 2003

(1)

Appendix F U.S. Consumption of Energy by Source, 1949--2003

(1)

Appendix G U.S. Energy Intensity, 1970--2003

(1)

Glossary

(1)

Index

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