Making Technology Work

Applications in Energy and the Environment

By: John M. Deutch, Richard K. Lester

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Hardcover | 8 January 2004

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This book presents fifteen cases of technology applications in the energy and environment sectors, including solar, wind, fuel cell, nuclear, coal combustion and emission control technologies. The case studies demonstrate the importance of an interdisciplinary approach, integrating technical and non-technical aspects of the problem. They also introduce a toolbox of analytical techniques useful in the context of realistic technology application. These techniques include energy and mass balances, project financial analysis tools, treatment of external costs and benefits, probabilistic risk assessment, learning curves, regression analysis, and life cycle costing. Each case study presents a description of the relevant technology at a level accessible to anyone familiar with elementary concepts in basic science and engineering. The book is addressed to upper-level undergraduate students in the natural sciences, engineering and the social sciences who are interested in learning about problems of technology application, as well as technology practitioners in industry and government.

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Geography Engineering & Technology Mechanical Engineering & Materials Mechanical Engineering Science Science in General Impact of Science & Technology on Society Technology in General Engineering in General The Environment

Environmental Management Energy Technology & Engineering Environmental Science Economics Physics

Introduction
Gasohol
Solar thermal, windpower and photovoltaic technologies
Electricity from coal
Controlling acid rain from coal-fired power plants
Greenhouse gases and global warming
Nuclear power and its fuel cycle
Managing nuclear waste
Nuclear power and weapons proliferation
Natural gas
Safety and risk: examples from the liquefied natural gas and nuclear industries
Synthetic fuels
Fuel cells for automobiles
Energy models and statistics
The government's role in innovation
Conclusions
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