Simple Physics of Energy Use

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Simple Physics of Energy Use

Rez, Prof Peter

Oxford University Press

12/2025

336

Dura

Inglês

9780198948933

15 a 20 dias

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Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1: Energy and Society
Part I Controlling the Indoor Environment
2: Buildings
3: Electrical Power Generation: Fossil Fuels
4: Nuclear Power Generation
5: Electrical Power Distribution
6: Electrical Power Generation: Renewables-Solar and Wind
7: Electrical Power Generation: Hydroelectricity, Tides, and Pumped Storage
Part II Moving People and Things Around
8: Transportation: Fuel Energies
9: Ground Transportation: Road and Rail
10: Air Transportation
11: Ground Transportation: Ships
Part III Making Stuff
12: Materials that Come from the Earth
13: Agriculture: Things that Are Grown
14: Embodied Energy and Energy Return on Investment
15: Summary-What Should Be Done?
Appendix A Energy Used by Different Countries, from the BP Statistical Review
Appendix B Thermodynamic Relations
Appendix C Ground Source Heat Pumps
Appendix D1
Appendix D2 Ultimate Efficiency of Photovoltaic Cell
Appendix D3 Maximum Power of Photovoltaic Cell
Appendix E Betz's Law
Appendix F Hydrogen Leakage
Appendix G1 Optimal Airspeeds
Appendix G2 The Rocket Equation
Appendix H Units Factors of 10
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