Kenneth J. Skipka, Louis Theodore

Energy Resources (eBook, PDF)

Availability, Management, and Environmental Impacts

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Energy ProblemEnergy Resources: Availability, Management, and Environmental Impacts identifies historical increases in demand and a continuing lack of viable management policies for regional and global energy problems. Considering the state and consumption of energy resources on a worldwide level, the authors outline and address three pr

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 485
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466517417
• Artikelnr.: 41069245

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Skipka received a BA degree in natural sciences from Long Island University and an MS in meteorology from Cornell University. In 1986 Mr. Skipka, along with three partners, founded RTP Environmental Associates, Inc. (RTP), an environmental consulting firm specializing in air, water, and solid waste issues for a variety of industries, particularly the power industry. He is currently a principal with RTP Environmental Associates, Inc.; owner of the IT Leasing Company; and, a long-standing member of the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA). He has authored, collaborated on, and/or published numerous books, technical reports, and papers.

Louis Theodore received the degrees of MChE and EngScD from New York University and a BChE from The Cooper Union. Over the past 50 years, Dr. Theodore was a successful educator (holding the rank of full professor of chemical engineering), graduate program director (raising extensive financial support from local industries), researcher, professional innovator, and communicator in the engineering field. He has authored 98 text/reference books, over 100 technical papers, and is the author of the recent CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group risk assessment text Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment: Principles and Calculations.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I Basic Principles. Introduction to the Issues. Thermodynamic
Principles: Entropy Analysis. Energy Demand. Sustainability and Green
Science/Engineering. Energy Regulations. The Modern Energy Matrix: An
Overview. Section II Energy Resources: Fossil Fuels. Coal. Oil. Natural
Gas. Shale Oil. Tar Sands. Section III Other Energy Resources. Solar
Energy. Nuclear Energy. Hydroelectric Energy. Wind Energy. Geothermal
Energy. Hydrogen Energy. Biomass Energy. Other Energy Sources. Section IV
Aspects of Energy Management. Energy Demand and Distribution Systems.
Conservation, Sustainability, and Green Engineering. Environmental
Considerations. Economic Considerations. Political Considerations.
Challenges Facing Future Energy Policy Makers. Introduction to Energy
Policy Issues. Energy-Environmental Interactions. Quantitative Analysis of
Energy Management Options. Solving the Energy Management Policy Challenge.
Epilogue. Index.