ilość książek w kategorii: 899
Just the Fracks, Ma'am: The Truth about Hydrofracking and the Next Great American Boom
ISBN: 9781599323329 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,33 zł |
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment of Polymers: Relevance to Adhesion
ISBN: 9781118596210 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (APP) treatment for polymer surface modification has attracted much attention recently, owing to its advantages over other techniques and its ability to improve adhesion without tampering with polymer's bulk properties. Focusing on the utility of APP treatment for enhancing polymer adhesion, this book covers the latest development in this important and enabling technology, providing profound insights from many top researchers on the design and functions of various types of reactors, as well as current and potential applications of APP treatment.
The Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (APP) treatment for polymer surface modification has attracted much attention recently, owing to its advantages over o...
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950,41 zł |
Handbook of Process Integration (PI) : Minimisation of Energy and Water Use, Waste and Emissions
ISBN: 9780857095930 / Angielski / Twarda / 1184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its first development in the 1970s, Process Integration (PI) has become an important methodology in achieving more energy efficient processes. This pioneering handbook brings together the leading scientists and researchers currently contributing to PI development, pooling their expertise and specialist knowledge to provide readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the latest PI research and applications. After an introduction to the principles of PI, the book reviews a wide range of process design and integration topics ranging from heat and utility systems to water,...
Since its first development in the 1970s, Process Integration (PI) has become an important methodology in achieving more energy efficient processes. T...
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1429,96 zł |
Oil - Final Countdown To A Global Crisis And Its Solutions
ISBN: 9788190976008 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the lifeline of modern living - petroleum. This is what flows In our veins today. Every aspect of our life, from food to transport to housing, it is all petroleum based. Either its petroleum or its nothing. Our existence is draped in layers of petroleum. This book is a bible on the subject and covers every conceivable aspect of it, from its strategic importance to future prospects. Then the book goes on to delineate important strategic solutions to an unprecedented crisis that's coming our way.
This book examines the lifeline of modern living - petroleum. This is what flows In our veins today. Every aspect of our life, from food to transport ...
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54,79 zł |
Ultra-Supercritical Coal Power Plants : Materials, Technologies and Optimisation
ISBN: 9780857091161 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The continued use of coal as a means of generating electricity and an increasing demand for cleaner, more efficient energy production has led to advances in power plant technology. Ultra-supercritical coal power plants reviews the engineering, operation, materials and performance of ultra-supercritical coal power plants. Following a chapter introducing advanced and ultra-supercritical coal power plants, part one goes on to explore the operating environments, materials and engineering of ultra-supercritical coal power plants. Chapters discuss the impacts of steam conditions on plant...
The continued use of coal as a means of generating electricity and an increasing demand for cleaner, more efficient energy production has led to advan...
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747,60 zł |
Fluidized Bed Technologies for Near-Zero Emission Combustion and Gasification
ISBN: 9780857095411 / Angielski / Twarda / 1088 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fluidized bed (FB) combustion and gasification are advanced techniques for fuel flexible, high efficiency and low emission conversion. Fuels are combusted or gasified as a fluidized bed suspended by jets with sorbents that remove harmful emissions such as SOx. CO2 capture can also be incorporated. Fluidized bed technologies for near-zero emission combustion and gasification provides an overview of established FB technologies while also detailing recent developments in the field. Part one, an introductory section, reviews fluidization science and FB technologies and includes chapters on...
Fluidized bed (FB) combustion and gasification are advanced techniques for fuel flexible, high efficiency and low emission conversion. Fuels are combu...
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1429,96 zł |
Handbook of Cellulosic Ethanol
ISBN: 9781118233009 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The inevitable decline in petroleum reserves impacting gasoline prices, combined with climate change concerns have contributed to current interest in renewable fuels. Bioethanol is the most successful renewable transport fuel. Corn and sugarcane ethanol are currently widely used as blend-in fuels in the US, Brazil, and a few other countries; however, there are a number of major drawbacks in these first generation biofuels, such as their effect on food prices, net energy balance, and poor greenhouse gas mitigation. Alternatively, cellulosic ethanol can be produced from abundant... The inevitable decline in petroleum reserves impacting gasoline prices, combined with climate change concerns have contributed to current interest ... |
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1098,29 zł |
Biofuels Production
ISBN: 9781118634509 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The search for alternative sources of energy to offset diminishing resources of easy and cost-effective fossil fuels has become a global initiative, and fuel generated from biomass is a leading competitor in this arena. Large-scale introduction of biofuels into the energy mix could contribute to environmentally and economicaly sustainable development on a global scale. The processes and methodologies presented in this volume will offer a cutting-edge and comprehensive approach to the production of biofuels, for engineers, researchers, and students.
The search for alternative sources of energy to offset diminishing resources of easy and cost-effective fossil fuels has become a global initiative, a...
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950,41 zł |
Structural Alloys for Power Plants: Operational Challenges and High-Temperature Materials
ISBN: 9780857092380 / Angielski / Twarda / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Current fleets of conventional and nuclear power plants face increasing hostile environmental conditions due to increasingly high temperature operation for improved capacity and efficiency, and the need for long term service. Additional challenges are presented by the requirement to cycle plants to meet peak-load operation. This book presents a comprehensive review of structural materials in conventional and nuclear energy applications. Opening chapters address operational challenges and structural alloy requirements in different types of power plants. The following sections review power...
Current fleets of conventional and nuclear power plants face increasing hostile environmental conditions due to increasingly high temperature operatio...
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752,62 zł |
Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) : Geoscience, Technologies, Environmental Aspects and Legal Frameworks
ISBN: 9780857094278 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geological storage and sequestration of carbon dioxide, in saline aquifers, depleted oil and gas fields or unminable coal seams, represents one of the most important processes for reducing humankind's emissions of greenhouse gases. Geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) reviews the techniques and wider implications of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). Part one provides an overview of the fundamentals of the geological storage of CO2. Chapters discuss anthropogenic climate change and the role of CCS, the modelling of storage capacity, injectivity, migration and trapping of CO2,...
Geological storage and sequestration of carbon dioxide, in saline aquifers, depleted oil and gas fields or unminable coal seams, represents one of the...
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797,77 zł |
Environmental Management of Energy from Biofuels and Biofeedstocks
ISBN: 9781118233719 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biomass is a renewable resource, whose utilization has received great attention due to environmental considerations and the increasing demands of energy worldwide. Since the energy crises of the 1970s, many countries have become interested in biomass as a fuel source to expand the development of domestic and renewable energy sources, reduce the environmental impacts of energy production provide rural prosperity for its poor farmers and bolster a flat agricultural sector. Biomass energy (bioenergy) can be an important alternative in the future and a more sustainable energy. In fact, for... Biomass is a renewable resource, whose utilization has received great attention due to environmental considerations and the increasing demands of e... |
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950,41 zł |
Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence
ISBN: 9780822962663 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fossil fuels propelled industries and nations into the modern age and continue to powerfully influence economies and politics today. As Energy Capitals demonstrates, the discovery and exploitation of fossil fuels has proven to be a mixed blessing in many of the cities and regions where it has occurred. With case studies from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Africa, and Australia, this volume views a range of older and more recent energy capitals, contrasts their evolutions, and explores why some capitals were able to influence global trends in energy production and...
Fossil fuels propelled industries and nations into the modern age and continue to powerfully influence economies and politics today. As Energy Capi...
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205,72 zł |
Oil Sand Production Processes
ISBN: 9780124045729 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The combination of global warming and peak oil has made finding alternative sources of energy more important than ever. Written in an easy-to-read format, Oil Sands Production Processes provide the reader with an understandable overview of the chemistry, engineering, and technology of oil sands. The various chapters have been written to include the latest developments in the oil sands industry, including evolving and new processes as well as the various environmental regulations.
The combination of global warming and peak oil has made finding alternative sources of energy more important than ever. Written in an easy-to-read ... |
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120,37 zł |
Oil Spill Risk Management: Modeling Gulf of Mexico Circulation and Oil Dispersal
ISBN: 9781118290385 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is designed to help scientifically astute non-specialists understand basic geophysical and computational fluid dynamics concepts relating to oil spill simulations, and related modeling issues and challenges. A valuable asset to the engineer or manager working off-shore in the oil and gas industry, the authors, a team of renowned geologists and engineers, offer practical applications to mitigate any offshore spill risks, using research never before published. This book is designed to help scientifically astute non-specialists understand basic geophysical and computational fluid dynamics concepts relating... |
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924,00 zł |
Petroleum Accumulation Zones on Continental Margins
ISBN: 9781118385074 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Much of the world's petroleum is located on continental margins, and any further development of these offshore deposits would be impossible without new technologies and new methods contained in this volume. Written by some of the world's foremost authorities on oil and gas, this volume explains for the practicing engineer and the engineering student some of the most important and cutting-edge techniques for developing offshore fields on continental margins.
Much of the world's petroleum is located on continental margins, and any further development of these offshore deposits would be impossible without ne...
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976,82 zł |
The Chinese Oil Industry: History and Future
ISBN: 9781441994097 / Angielski / Miękka / 113 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chinese Oil Industry: History and Future presents a wealth of tables and figures with new data on Chinese fossil fuel production and consumption, together with a peak oil model to forecast future trends in energy supply and demand. Energy experts in China and the United States provide you with a unique overview of the entire Chinese oil industry. The authors discuss trends in production and consumption of global significance through to the middle of the 21st century, including the energy returned on energy invested (EROI) for China's oil and gas. The role of oil in... The Chinese Oil Industry: History and Future presents a wealth of tables and figures with new data on Chinese fossil fuel production ... |
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191,85 zł |
Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources: Exploitation and Development
ISBN: 9781498759403 / Angielski / Twarda / 860 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the shale revolution continues in North America, unconventional resource markets are emerging on every continent. In the next eight to ten years, more than 100,000 wells and one- to two-million hydraulic fracturing stages could be executed, resulting in close to one trillion dollars in industry spending. This growth has prompted professionals experienced in conventional oil and gas exploitation and development to acquire practical knowledge of the unconventional realm. Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources: Exploitation and Development provides a comprehensive... As the shale revolution continues in North America, unconventional resource markets are emerging on every continent. In the next eight to ten years... |
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1053,66 zł |
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
ISBN: 9781493627141 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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69,81 zł |
Ownership and Control of Oil: Explaining Policy Choices Across Producing Countries
ISBN: 9780415725996 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title examines government decisions about how much control to exert over the petroleum industry, focusing on the role of national oil companies in the production of crude oil since the nationalizations in the 1970s. What are the motives for which some producing states opt for less and NOT more control of their oil production sector? When can international oil companies enter the upstream industry of producing states and under what conditions? This book explores these questions and more.
This title examines government decisions about how much control to exert over the petroleum industry, focusing on the role of national oil companies i...
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200,64 zł |
Peak Energy : Myth or Reality?
ISBN: 9781118549421 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does the Earth contain enough oil to provide energy for the human race indefinitely? If not, how long will the oil last? What about renewable energy technologies like wind and solar? Will they be able to supply an indefinite supply of energy for the human race? If not, how long will it last? And what role does overpopulation play in our world's energy supply? Even with multiple forms of energy available, how long will it last as long as more and more humans, and therefore more industries and energy consumption, are added? Taking a long-held theory called -Peak Oil Theory- the authors of... Does the Earth contain enough oil to provide energy for the human race indefinitely? If not, how long will the oil last? What about renewable energ... |
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802,53 zł |