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Hafemeister, David |
Physics of Societal Issues |
I05952 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Kittler, Richard |
Daylight Science and Daylighting Technology |
I05738 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| 23 |
Chen, Francis |
An Indispensable Truth |
I05640 |
2011 |
eBook |
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Robinett III, Rush D |
Nonlinear Power Flow Control Design |
I05517 |
2011 |
eBook |
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| 25 |
Egger, Reinhold |
Low-Dimensional Functional Materials |
I05433 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Bee, Ooi Jin |
The Petroleum Resources of Indonesia |
I04975 |
1982 |
eBook |
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Weinberg, Alvin M |
Nuclear Energy |
I04553 |
1992 |
eBook |
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Robrock, Karl-Heinz |
Mechanical Relaxation of Interstitials in Irradiated Metals |
I04540 |
1990 |
eBook |
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| 29 |
White, James C |
Global Energy Strategies |
I03990 |
1993 |
eBook |
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Siddayao, Coraz??n Morales |
The Supply of Petroleum Reserves in South-East Asia |
I03375 |
1980 |
eBook |
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| Title | Physics of Societal Issues : Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy |
| Author(s) | Hafemeister, David |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2014. |
| Description | XX, 668 p. 109 illus., 38 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides the reader with essential tools needed to analyze complex societal issues and demonstrates the transition from physics to modern-day laws and treaties. This second edition features new equation-oriented material and extensive data sets drawing upon current information from experts in their fields. Problems to challenge the reader and extend discussion are presented on three timely issues: ?? ????????????????? National Security: Weapons, Offense, Defense, Verification, Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism ????????????????? Environment: Air/Water, Nuclear, Climate Change, EM Fields/Epidemiology ????????????????? Energy: Current Energy Situation, Buildings, Solar Buildings, Renewable ??Energy, Enhanced End-Use Efficiency, Transportation, Economics ?? Praise for the first edition: "This insight is needed in Congress and the Executive Branch. Hafemeister, a former Congressional fellow with wide Washington experience, has written a book for physicists, chemists and engineers who want to learn science and policy on weapons, energy, and the environment. Scientists who want to make a difference will want this book." Richard Scribner, first Director, Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow Program, AAAS ?? "Hafemeister shows how much one can understand about nuclear weapons and missile issues through simple back-of-the-envelope calculations. He also provides compact explanations of the partially successful attempts that have been made over the past 60 years to control these weapons of mass destruction. Hopefully, Physics of Societal Issues will help interest a new generation of physicists in continuing this work." Frank von Hippel, Professor, Princeton, former Assistant Director, National Security, White House, OSTP ?? "Energy policy must be quantitative. People who don't calculate economic tradeoffs often champion simplistic hardware. ???The solution is more... nuclear power, or electric cars, or photovoltaics, etc.??? Some simple physics will show that the true solution matches supply and demand as an ???integrated resource plan.??? Physics of Societal Issues is a good place to begin this journey." Arthur Rosenfeld, former California Energy Commissioner, Professor-emeritus, U. of California-Berkeley |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461492726 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Energy and state
4. Energy policy
5. Energy Policy, Economics and Management
6. Environmental law
7. Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
8. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
9. NUCLEAR ENERGY
10. Renewable and Green Energy
11. Renewable energy resources
12. Science???Social aspects
13. Security Science and Technology
14. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
15. System safety
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| Title | Daylight Science and Daylighting Technology |
| Author(s) | Kittler, Richard;Kocifaj, Miroslav;Darula, Stanislav |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XXII, 341 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Sunlight profoundly influences the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere. Nature fuels the evolution of all living things, their visual systems, and the manner in which they adapt, accommodate, and habituate. Sun luminance measurements serve as data to calculate typical changes in the daily, monthly, and annual variability characteristics of daylight. Climate-based sky luminance patterns are used as models in predicting daylighting calculation and computer programs applied in architecture and building design. Historically, daylight science and daylighting technology has prioritized photometric methods of measurements, calculation, and graphical tools aimed at predicting or evaluating the daylighting of architectural design alternatives. However, due to a heightened awareness of general health and well-being, sunlight exposure and freedom from visual discomfort while undertaking visual tasks are now equally prioritized. Therefore, in order to assure optimal environmental quality, daylighting technology must be based on sound science. Daylight Science and Daylighting Technology, by Richard Kittler, Miroslav Kocifaj, and Stanislav Darula, sketches the entire evolution of daylight science from atmospheric science through apt visual workplace psychophysics |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441988164 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biotechnology
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Environmental engineering
5. Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
6. Interior architecture
7. Interior Architecture and Design
8. Interiors
9. LASERS
10. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
11. PHOTONICS
12. Renewable and Green Energy
13. Renewable energy resources
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| Title | An Indispensable Truth : How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet |
| Author(s) | Chen, Francis |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2011. |
| Description | XVII, 433 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Both global warming and oil shortage can be solved by controlled fusion, a clean power source that will serve mankind for millennia.The idea of hydrogen fusion as well as its difficulties are presented in non-technical language to dispel the notion that fusion is always 50 years away. This book also summarizes the evidence for climate change and explains the principles of both fossil and "green" energy sources to show that fusion is the best alternative for central-station power in the near term as well as the far future. Praise for An Indispensable Truth: How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet: "In this study Professor Chen outlines the underlying physics, recent progress in achieving advanced plasmas and magnetic confinement, and hopes for the future. He recognizes the difficulties that remain in engineering a fusion reactor, but he remains optimistic regarding ultimate success, yet fearful of the consequences were we to fail."- James R. Schlesinger, former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission; Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Secretary of Defense; and Secretary of Energy "With lots of detail and examples, Chen brings the technical topic of fusion to life, making the book a great read for scientists and nonscientists alike."- Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) "Professor Chen has opened the door to energy survival for our globe. His insightful analysis makes the case for fusion energy, and he conveys both its complexity and its promise. This book is a must for all those who are concerned about the energy future of our species."- Raymond L Orbach, former Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy "This is an important book for anyone who wishes to understand the greatest challenge we face. Frank Chen makes the science of fusion and energy clear, compelling, and hugely enjoyable."- Steven Cowley, Director and CEO, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441978202 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. CLIMATE CHANGE
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. NUCLEAR FUSION
5. PLASMA (IONIZED GASES)
6. PLASMA PHYSICS
7. Renewable and Green Energy
8. Renewable energy resources
9. Sustainable development
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| Title | Nonlinear Power Flow Control Design : Utilizing Exergy, Entropy, Static and Dynamic Stability, and Lyapunov Analysis |
| Author(s) | Robinett III, Rush D;Wilson, David G |
| Publication | London, Springer London, 2011. |
| Description | XXXIV, 346 p. 260 illus., 147 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Nonlinear Powerflow Control Design presents an innovative control system design process motivated by renewable energy electric grid integration problems. The concepts developed result from the convergence of three research and development goals: ??? to create a unifying metric to compare the value of different energy sources ??? coal-burning power plant, wind turbines, solar photovoltaics, etc. ??? to be integrated into the electric power grid and to replace the typical metric of costs/profit; ??? to develop a new nonlinear control tool that applies power flow control, thermodynamics, and complex adaptive systems theory to the energy grid in a consistent way; and ??? to apply collective robotics theories to the creation of high-performance teams of people and key individuals in order to account for human factors in controlling and selling power into a distributed, decentralized electric power grid. All three of these goals have important concepts in common: exergy flow, limit cycles, and balance between competing power flows. In place of the typical zero-sum, stability vs. performance, linear controller design process, the authors propose a unique set of criteria to design controllers for a class of nonlinear systems with respect to both performance and stability, and seamlessly integrating information theoretic concepts. A combination of thermodynamics with Hamiltonian systems provides the theoretical foundation which is then realized in a series of connected case studies. It allows the process of control design to be viewed as a power flow control problem, balancing the power flowing into a system against that being dissipated within it and dependent on the power being stored in it ??? an interplay between kinetic and potential energies. Highlights of several of the case studies feature current renewable energy problems such as the future of electric power grid control, wind turbine load alleviation, and novel control designs for micro-grids that incorporate wind and sunlight as renewable energy sources. The sustainability of self-organizing systems are dealt with as advanced topics. Research scientists, practicing engineers, engineering students, and others with a background in engineering will be able to develop and apply this methodology to their particular problems |
| ISBN,Price | 9780857298232 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Communications Engineering, Networks
2. COMPLEXITY
3. COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
4. Control engineering
5. Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
9. Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer
10. Heat engineering
11. HEAT TRANSFER
12. MASS TRANSFER
13. Mechatronics
14. POWER ELECTRONICS
15. Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks
16. Renewable and Green Energy
17. Renewable energy resources
18. ROBOTICS
19. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | The Petroleum Resources of Indonesia |
| Author(s) | Bee, Ooi Jin |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1982. |
| Description | XVI, 256 p. 35 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | THE quadrupling of oil prices within a few months in late 1973 and early 1974 brought to an abrupt end the era of inexpensive oil. Since then the continuing increases in the price of oil traded in the international market and the higher prices of imports of manu?? factured goods have seriously disrupted the foreign exchange balances of many developing countries and forced them to replan their development programmes. The impact of high oil prices is felt in every country, whether developed or developing, and has brought to world attention the fact that not only are petroleum resources in limited supply and exhaustible but also that substitutes cannot be found easily or quickly. In a world faced with the certainty of declining supplies of petroleum there is widespread interest and concern among all the oil producing countries to evaluate the extent of their petroleum resources and to examine more closely the problems of their development, rates of depletion and methods of conservation. The present work reviews some of the above issues and problems in relation to Indonesia, an OPEC member, and the major oil producing country in South-East Asia. More specifically, it seeks to provide the reader with an overview of the petroleum resources of the country?? their nature, extent, distribution as well as the problems of their development |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401179478 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Geotechnical engineering
4. Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
5. Renewable and Green Energy
6. Renewable energy resources
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| Title | Nuclear Energy |
| Author(s) | Weinberg, Alvin M |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992. |
| Description | XIV, 808 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Eugene Wigner is one of the very few scientists that may safely be describedas creators of 20th-century physics. This volume of his Collected Works is devoted to his contributions to nuclear energy. In his Introduction and Annotations A.M. Weinberg surveys Wigner's contributions to nuclear-reaction physics and nuclear engineering, at the same time giving a glimpse of the early history of nuclear-reactor technology. Wigner himself gave a lively and critical account, which is published in this volume for the first time. Furthermore the book contains forty-two reports and memoranda from 1941 to 1945 and twelve of Wigner's many patents relating to nuclear energy |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642774256 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Heavy ions
4. NUCLEAR FUSION
5. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
6. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
7. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
8. Renewable and Green Energy
9. Renewable energy resources
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| Title | Global Energy Strategies : Living with Restricted Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Author(s) | White, James C |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1993. |
| Description | XIII, 217 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The world is getting warmer. Among scientists concerned with global climate change this is the broad consensus. How fast and by how much, are questions which cannot be answered quantitatively, but the probability of rising temperatures must be faced in a prudent manner - there is enough certainty of change so that we must anticipate and prepare before irreparable damage is done to our world. Even if it isn't going to be as bad as some people think, the actions we propose will benefit the earth and give us a kind of insurance. The root of the change is population growth, and its attendant demand for energy. While the developed world expects to hold future emissions relatively steady, the developing countries, where population growth is most rampant, will expand the use of energy as they aspire to a better quality of life. H greater energy use is inevitable it behooves us to produce that energy in the least objectionable manner, and to produce it where the cost is lowest in dollars, GNP, and environmental change |
| ISBN,Price | 9781489912565 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ECOLOGY
4. Ecology??
5. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
6. Renewable and Green Energy
7. Renewable energy resources
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| Title | The Supply of Petroleum Reserves in South-East Asia : Economic Implications of Evolving Property Rights Arrangements |
| Author(s) | Siddayao, Coraz??n Morales |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1980. |
| Description | XX, 260 p. 5 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | which may be termed 'political. risks'-may be important deter?? minants of investment. After taking such risks into consideration in the exploration and development stage, a firm computing the pres?? ent value of its probable income stream must consider several other factors. In addition to the current rate of production, it must con?? sider these: (I) engineering limits to the rate of extraction in any given period, (2) physical limits to the total amount of the resource that can be produced within a given location, and (3) limits to the availability of new petroleum sources at the same costs as at the present location. It might be useful at this point to note that the firm as an explo?? ration agent in South-East Asia operates largely as a contractor to the host government who has ownership and final control over the petroleum resources. The group of suppliers of petroleum reserves in the region is characterized by the presence of the major com?? panies, directly or through subsidiaries, as well as by many small?? er, and even independent, companies. Three major companies currently dominate exploration and producing operations in two countries-Exxon and Shell in Malaysia, Shell in Brunei. In Indonesia, Caltex and Stanvac dominate production. Outside Malaysia and Brunei the bulk of new exploration is conducted by relatively smaller companies side-by-side with the major companies like Exxon, Gulf, Mobil, Shell, and Texaco |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401168526 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Geotechnical engineering
4. Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
5. Renewable and Green Energy
6. Renewable energy resources
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