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Encyclopedia of energy technology and the environment
Attilio Bisio,Sharon Boots +1 more
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The A-to-Z set as mentioned in this paper examines the impact of energy production technologies on the environment, including acid rain, air pollution, aircraft fuel, building systems coal combustion, computer applications for energy efficient systems, risk assessment, solar heating, waste management planning, water power, and more.Abstract:
This award-winning, four-volume set examines the impact of energy production technologies on the environment. In 235 articles, the A-to-Z work covers such topics as acid rain, air pollution, aircraft fuel, building systems coal combustion, computer applications for energy efficient systems, risk assessment, solar heating, waste management planning, water power, and more. This first in the Wiley Encyclopedia Series in Environmental Science, this valuable resource features extensive illustration, photographs, tables, and a list of environmental and conversion organizations.read more
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Age-Related Decline in Forest Productivity: Pattern and Process
TL;DR: The common patterns of a decline in stand leaf area and leaf photosynthetic capacity suggest a new model of carbon balance with stand development, and this chapter presents a framework for understanding the changes in stand productivity with age.
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Institutional Sources of Practice Variation: Staffing College and University Recycling Programs
TL;DR: This article examined how variation arises in the staffing of recycling programs at colleges and universities and identified two basic recycling program forms: full-time recycling manager positions that were filled by ecological activists and minimalist programs that were staffed by current employees who were more ecologically ambivalent and assumed recycling management responsibilities as a part-time, additional duty.
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Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems: From the Concept to Current Technology, Applications, and an Outlook to the Future
Piero Colonna,Emiliano Casati,Carsten Trapp,Tiemo Mathijssen,Jaakko Larjola,Teemu Turunen-Saaresti,Antti Uusitalo +6 more
TL;DR: The cumulative global capacity of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power systems for the conversion of renewable and waste thermal energy is undergoing a rapid growth and is estimated to be approx. 2000 MWe considering only installations that went into operation after 1995 as mentioned in this paper.
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TG-FTIR analysis of biomass pyrolysis
TL;DR: In this article, robust TG-FTIR quantification routines were developed for infrared analysis of volatile products relevant to biomass pyrolysis, applied to wheat straw, three types of tobacco (Burley, Oriental, and Bright), and three biomass model compounds (xylan, chlorogenic acid, and d -glucose).
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A new design approach for shell-and-tube heat exchangers using genetic algorithms from economic point of view
TL;DR: In this paper, genetic algorithms have been successfully applied for the optimal design of shell-and-tube heat exchanger by varying the design variables: outer tube diameter, tube layout, number of tube passes, outer shell diameter, baffle spacing and baffle cut.