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The Dynamics of Energy Supply, Conversion, and Utilization
The Laws
Energy
Energy in Motion
The Second Law
The First Law
If Energy Is Conserved, Why Worry about Energy Supplies?
Temperature: Can It Get Any Colder?
Entropy: Does It Really Exist?
Entropy Grows Like Weeds
Irreversibility and Entropy
Conversions—Cyclical and Direct
Summary
The Equations for Transient Phenomena
State, Properties, and Process
Enthalpy
Reynold’s Transport Theorem
Conservation of Mass
Conservation of Momentum
Conservation of Energy
Entropy Generation
No "Lost and Found" for Lost Work
Exergy, or Work Not Yet Lost
Reversible Work and Real Work
Direct Conversion Processes: Is an Efficiency Close to One Possible?
Other Useful Empirical Dissipation Laws
Summary
Predicting Peaks: A Difficult Art
Disclaimer and Method
Resource Lifetime and the Laws of Thermodynamics
Example of Resource Lifetime Estimation
Projecting into the Past
Units: A Practical Choice
A Recapitulation
The Fuels
Renewables
The Center of It All
An Overview: All Together Now
Fossil Fuels and Their Technology
Natural Gas
Oil
Coal
Nuclear
Renewable Technology
Solar
Photovoltaic
Wind
Solar Thermal
Hydro
Area: Not a Superficial Topic
Summary
Après Conversion: Utilization Technology
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Transportation
Summary
Chain Efficiencies: From Capture to Utilization
On This Chapter
Steady-State Efficiencies
Extraction Energy Costs
Energy Conversion/Distribution Efficiencies
Storage Efficiency
Energy Analysis
Examples
Energy and Its Sequels
Constant Travel with a Brief Stop on Earth
Combustion
All Together Now
Nuclear
Renewables
Dynamic Modeling
Variables and Elements
General Forms of Commonly Used Laws
Programming in VisSim
The Future: A Moving Green Target
The Future and Criteria
Coal: Many Possible Futures
CO2 Capture and Its Possibilities
Oil and Gas
Moving Fuels around
Nuclear Energy
Renewables
Energy Savings through Enhanced Efficiency
A Convergence to Renewables?
Index
References appear at the end of each chapter.
Biography
Horacio Perez-Blanco is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. A fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dr. Perez-Blanco teaches short courses on gas turbines for the International Gas Turbines Institute and has developed an energy systems laboratory for his department. His research interests include thermal systems, simultaneous heat and mass transfer, and gas turbine inlet cooling.
