Energy science : principles, technologies, and impacts / John Andrews and Nick Jelley.
Energy science : principles, technologies, and impacts / John Andrews and Nick Jelley.
Energy science : principles, technologies, and impacts / John Andrews and Nick Jelley.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
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N333.79/ 152
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 328 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1 Introduction -- 2 Thermal energy -- 3 Essential fluid mechanics for energy conversion -- 4 Hydropower, tidal power, and wave power -- 5 Wind power -- 6 Solar energy -- 7 Biomass -- 8 Energy from fission -- 9 Energy from fusion -- 10 Generation and transmission of electricity, energy storage, and f...
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2007.
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"Energy Science: Principles, Technologies, and Impacts enables students to evaluate the key energy sources that are at our disposal today on the basis of sound quantitative understanding. Covering renewable, fossil fuel, and nuclear energy sources, the book relates the science behind these sources to the environmental and economic issues which surr...
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Energy science : principles, technologies, and impacts / John Andrews and Nick Jelley.
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c2007.
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N333.79/ 152
Record Identifier
74VKOzpzNJ83
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOzpzNJ83
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ISBN
0199281122 (pbk.) :
9780199281121 (pbk.) :
DDC
333.79
MMS ID
991022481389702626
