Title: Energy and Society : An Introduction, 2nd Edition Author: Harold H. Schobert ISBN: 1439826455 / 9781439826454 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 721 Publisher: CRC Press Year: 2014 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Description
Contents
Energy and Society : An Introduction, Second Edition provides readers with a detailed introduction to energy sources and energy utilization. This book presents an overview of alternative energy issues and technologies, discusses the pros and cons of various energy sources, and explores their impacts on society and the environment.
What’s New in the Second Edition:
This second edition offers simple updates, as well as completely rewritten material, regarding the last decade in areas including global climate change, oil prices, renewable and alternative fuels, and diversion of civil nuclear energy programs into nuclear weapons proliferation. It covers the development of energy technology from the time of early humans through antiquity, medieval times, and the Industrial Revolution. It also addresses the development of nuclear energy, energy supply and demand, geopolitics of energy, and the various environmental issues associated with energy use.
Keeps mathematics to a minimum, making the book usable for a variety of academic majors
Includes up-to-date coverage of all new energy sources
Traces the development and utilization of energy throughout history
Energy and Society : An Introduction, Second Edition can benefit undergraduate students taking a survey course in engineering, as well as professionals in the energy supply, energy planning, or environmental industry.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Energy, Work, and Power Chapter 3 : Human Energy Chapter 4 : The Energy Balance Chapter 5 : Fire Chapter 6 : Firewood Chapter 7 : Combustion for Home Comfort Chapter 8 : Waterwheels Chapter 9 : Wind Energy Chapter 10 : The Steam Engine Chapter 11 : Heat and Thermal Efficiency Chapter 12 : Introduction to Electricity Chapter 13 : How Electricity Is Generated Chapter 14 : Impacts of Electricity on Society Chapter 15 : Electricity from Falling Water Chapter 16 : Electricity from Steam Chapter 17 : Energy for Transportation Chapter 18 : Petroleum and Its Products Chapter 19 : Gasoline Chapter 20 : The Impact of The Automobile Chapter 21 : Jet Engines and Jet Fuel Chapter 22 : Diesel Engines and Diesel Fuel Chapter 23 : Atomic Energy Chapter 24 : Nuclear Power Plants Chapter 25 : The Nuclear Controversy Chapter 26 : Energy and The Environment Chapter 27 : Acid Rain Chapter 28 : Vehicle Emissions and Emissionless Vehicles Chapter 29 : Global Climate Change Chapter 30 : Fossil Energy : Reserves, Resources, and Geopolitics Chapter 31 : Renewable Energy from Biomass Chapter 32 : Electricity from Wind Chapter 33 : Energy from The Sun Chapter 34 : Nuclear Fusion : Bringing The Sun to Earth