Net Energy Analysis and the Energy Requirements of Energy Systems

Inbunden, Engelska, 1988

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Beskrivning

With rising energy costs and the threat of diminishing resources affecting all international economies, the computation of energy required to extract and refine a resource--net energy analysis--has become an important component of energy analysis. This volume fills a major gap in the energy development literature by providing a full-length scholarly treatment of the subject. Written for energy researchers and managers in industries and utilities, Net Energy Analysis thoroughly explains the theoretical principles underlyiing net energy analysis, offers examples of how these principles are applied, and provides an impartial critique of current methods.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1988-08-03
Mått:161 x 240 x 21 mm
Vikt:625 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:301
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780275927967

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DANIEL T. SPRENG is associated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, where he teaches and conducts research in energy analysis.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Alvin M. Weinberg Part I: Energy Systems Introduction Man's Use of Energy Locations and Concentrations of Energy Energy--When and at What Rate? The Energy Services Part II: Valuations of Energy National and International Energy Statistics The Physicist's Approach Valuation of Energy in Engineering The Role of Energy in Economics The View of the Conservationist Part III: Methods of Cumulative Energy Accounting A Short History of Energy Accounting Useful Questions in Energy Accounting Problems in Applying Net-Energy Analysis Process Analysis and the Input-Output Method Schools of Net-Energy Analysis Indexes of Systems' Performance and Sankey Diagrams Part IV: Energy Accounting of Energy Carriers Electricity-Producing Systems Fuel-Producing Systems Part V: Energy Accounting of Energy Services Direct and Indirect Energy Requirements of Transport Systems Process Heat and Mechanical Drive Warm Water and Space Heat Part VI: Concluding Remarks Purpose and Method Answers and Partial Answers to Some Policy Questions