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Designed to encourage common folk to take part in helping solve environmental problems. Liu (engineering, U. of Southern California) surveys the planet's renewable and nonrenewable energy sources; and explains the technology for extracting fossil fuels, the pollution it may generate, and the technology available to control that pollution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780442015572
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/15/1993
  • Series: General Engineering Series
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 208
  • Product dimensions: 6.28 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Summary of Chapters
Glossary
1 Overview 1
Ecosystem 2
Energy 4
The Environment 5
2 Renewable Natural Resources 6
Definition of Renewable Resources 6
Renewable Resources in the Environment 6
Renewable Energy 10
3 Formation of Fossil Fuels 15
Natural Fossil Fuels 15
Synthetic Fossil Fuels 18
4 Combustion of Fossil Fuels 24
NO[subscript x] Formation 24
Boiler NO[subscript x] Reduction 28
Internal Combustion Engine Emission Control 33
5 Toxic Waste Management 37
Persistence and Toxicity of Pollutants 37
Environmental Impacts and Governmental Responses 39
Toxic Waste Disposal Technology 42
Developing Toxic Waste Control Technology 48
Sources of Toxic Pollutants in the Coastal Region of Southern
California 50
6 Recycling of Solid Waste 52
Introduction 52
Reprocessing and Emission Control 53
Nonrecyclable Waste 62
7 Waste Heat Management 69
Sources of Waste Heat 69
Waste Heat Dispersal Methods 70
Environmental Impacts of Various Cooling Techniques 76
Cogeneration 78
8 Spillage and Leakage 80
Oil Spills 84
Underground Storage Tank Leakage 85
9 Petroleum Refining Operation 90
Introduction 90
Primary Operations 92
Secondary Operations 103
10 Nuclear Energy 106
Nuclear Power Fundamentals 106
Nuclear Power Systems 107
Nuclear Power Health Effects 112
Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal 114
11 Major Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology 120
Alternative Fuels 120
Fuel Cells 131
Superconductors 137
Appendix A. Control of Particulate Emission 144
Appendix B. Control of Gaseous Emission 169
Select Bibliography 194
Index 199
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