Energy for the 21st Century A Comprehensive Guide to Conventional and Alternative Sources 2nd Edition by Roy Nersesian 0765624125 9780765624123

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ISBN 10: 0765624125 

ISBN 13: 9780765624123

Author: Roy L. Nersesian

A compendium of current knowledge about conventional and alternative sources of energy. It clarifies complex technical issues, enlivens history, and illuminates the policy dilemmas we face today. This revised edition includes new material on biofuels, an expanded section on sustainability and sustainable energy, and updated figures and tables throughout. There are also online instructor materials for those professors who adopt the book for classroom use.

Table of contents:

1 Are We on Easter Island?
Easter Island
The Mathematics of Extinction
Progress Is our Most Important Product
The Unremitting Rise in Population
The Case of Double Exponential Growth
A Lesson in Fish
From Hunting to Farming
Energy Depletion
Notes

2 Electricity and the Utility Industry
It Takes Energy to Make Energy
Energy for Electricity Generation
Enhancing Efficiency in Electricity Generation
Early History of Electricity
Generating Electricity
Generating Electricity Commercially
System Operation
Methods of Rate Regulation
Operating Models in an Era of Deregulation/Liberalization
Smart Meters/Smart Grids
Utility Pools
When Demand Exceeds Supply
The Real Lesson of California
Notes

3 Biomass
Yesterday’s Fuel
Today’s Fuel
China
India
Indonesia
Brazil
Biomass for Electricity Generation
Biogas
Biofuels
Brazil—The Great Leap Forward for Biofuels
The Great Sugar-Corn Debate
The United States is Following Brazil’s Footsteps in a More Complex Way
Cellulosic Ethanol
Biodiesel
Biodiesel Feedstocks
Biofuel Risks
Notes

4 Coal
The First Energy Crisis
The Origin and History of Coal
Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Coal and Railroads
Coal and Steel
Rise and Fall of King Coal
Types of Coal
Coal Mining
Coal in the Twenty-First Century
Role of Coal Among the Major Consumers
Case Against Coal
Clean-Coal Technologies
Eliminating Coal Not So Easy
Notes

5 The Story of Big Oil
History of Lighting
History of Oil
Enter John D. Rockefeller
Enter Marcus Samuel
Spindletop
Spindletop and Shell
Emergence of Oil as a Strategically Vital Commodity
Era of the Seven Sisters
Opening Up the Middle East
Early Attempts at Oil Price Controls
Enter Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Exit the Key Players
Shareholders and Stakeholders
Development of Saudi Arabia’s Oil Fields
Shoes Begin to Fall
Next Shoe to Fall
Birth of OPEC
1973 Oil Crisis
First Time of High Oil Prices
End of High Oil Prices
Era of Moderate Oil Prices
Second Time of High Oil Prices
It’s Not Oil Prices Anymore, It’s Oil Security
Oil and Diplomacy
Oil and Environmentalists
Role of Oil Companies After the Oil Crisis
A Changing World
Are Oil Companies’ Margins All That Great?
Future Role of Oil Companies
Notes

6 Oil
The Earth as an Oil Manufacturer
Formation of Oil
Oil Exploration and Production
Drilling Rights
Drilling Equipment
Directional Drilling
Offshore Drilling Rigs
Evaluating a Well
Completing a Well
Moving the Oil to the Weil
Maintaining Reservoir Pressure
Getting the Oil to a Refinery
Tankers and Barges
Oil Spills
Refining
Oil Reserves
Are We on a Slippery Slope?
Was 2004 a Watershed Year?
Synthetic Crude
Challenge of Oil: The Automobile
Vehicles That Use Alternative Fuels
Enhancing Engine Efficiency
Internalizing an Externality
Is This Politically Acceptable?
Notes

7 Natural Gas
Background
Early History of Coal Gas
History of Natural Gas
The Battle Over Lighting
Long-Distance Transmission
Federal Regulation
The War Years
Opening Up the Northeast
Last Stop Before Total Regulation
Unraveling Natural Gas Regulation
The Road to Deregulation
From Source to Consumer
Natural Gas as a Fuel
The European Version of Deregulation
LPG: Prelude to LNG
Liquefied Natural Gas
Organizing and Financing the LNG Supply Chain
LNG Carriers
LNG Pricing
The Future of LNG
Gas to Liquids (GTL) Technology
Nonconventional Gas
Methane from Coal
Methane from Tight Shale
Methane from Tight Sands
Methane Hydrates
Notes

8 Nuclear and Hydropower
Background
Physics of a Nuclear Reactor
Nuclear Incidents and Accidents
Three Mile Island Incident
Chernobyl
Weapons Proliferation
Disposal of Spent Fuel
Commercial Reactors
European Pressurized (Evolutionary Power) Reactor
Pebble Bed Reactor
Fusion Power
Future of Nuclear Power
Hydropower
The Saga of the Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams
Aswan High Dam
Hydropower: Today and Tomorrow
Notes

9 Sustainable Energy
The Meaning of Sustainability
Wind Energy
Historical Development
Government Involvement in Developing Wind Turbines
From Tiny Acorns to Mighty Oaks
Objections to Wind Power
Evaluating a Potential Site
Financial Incentives
Small Can Be Beautiful
Solar Energy
Historical Development
Thermal Solar Energy
Photovoltaic Energy
Economics of Solar Power
Geothermal Energy
Ocean Energy
Notes

10 Looking Toward the Future
The Hydrogen Economy
Hydrogen Stores Electricity
Tomorrow’s World of Hydrogen
Climate
Climate Changes During Recorded History
Where Is Climate Headed?
Carbon Dioxide Conundrum
Projecting the Future
Environment
U.S. Clean Air Acts
Montreal Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
Efficiency and Conservation
Energy Star Program
Light-Emitting Diodes and Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
U.S. Green Building Council/LEED
CAFE Standards
Notes

11 An Energy Strategy
We Need to Identify the Relevant Goal
Motor Vehicle Fuels
Biofuels as a Substitute for Gasoline
Electricity as a Substitute for Gasoline
The Problem is the Magnitude of the Problem
Are Energy Companies Endangered from Such a Transformation?
There Is Always an Alternative

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