Binding: Hardcover
Description: Focusing on trends in energy supply and demand this text provides students with a comprehensive account of the subject and an understanding of how to use data analysis and modeling to make future projections and study climate impacts. Developments in technology and policy are discussed in depth including the role of coal the fracking revolutions for oil and gas the electricity grid wind and solar power battery storage and biofuels. Trends in demand are also detailed with analysis of industrial demands such as LE Ds air conditioning heat pumps and information technology and the transportation demands of railroads ships and cars (including electric vehicles). The environmental impacts of the energy industry are considered throughout and a full chapter is dedicated to climate change. Real - life case studies and examples add context and over 400 full - color figures illustrate key concepts. Accompanied by a package of online resources including solutions video examples sample data and Power Point slides this is an ideal text for courses on energy and is accessible to a range of students from engineering and related disciplines.
Title: Energy: Supply And Demand
Author(s): Rutledge David B. (California Institute Of Technology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781107031074
Pages: 556 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises; 41 Tables, Color; 450 Plates, Color; 170 Halftones, Color;
Publication Date: 12/12/2019
Category: Mining Technology & Engineering