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Coming in from the Cold
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 94.00District heating has the potential to make a substantial contribution to a sustainable energy future in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. It is a critical energy source for countries in transition, covering 60 percent of heating and hot water needs. more...
Luxembourg
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 94.00Since the last review, Luxembourg has made commendable progress. Over half of the electricity and gas markets were opened for competition by April 2004. The independent regulator in charge of the energy markets has been established. Fuel diversification, energy independence, and stability of electricity supply were increased by a new Combined Cycle... more...
Russian Electricity Reform
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 125.00The Russian Government is pursuing a strategy of very high economic growth, with the objective of doubling gross domestic product in ten years. It recognises the central role the electricity sector has to play to achieve this target and has embarked on a highly ambitious program of electricity reform. more...
Nuclear Energy Today
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 18.00Energy is the power of the world?s economies, whose appetite for this commodity is increasing as the leading economies expand and developing economies grow. How to provide the energy demanded while protecting our environment and conserving natural resources is a vital question facing us today. more...
Making Cars More Fuel Efficient
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 33.00Studies show that cars use significantly more fuel per kilometre than suggested by official certification test ratings. While the exact size of this gap is poorly understood there is speculation that the gap is growing as a percentage of the tested value. more...
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Elsevier Science 2005; US$ 87.95The next several years will see a massive emergence of hydrogen fuel cells as an alterative energy option in both transportation and domestic use. The long-range expectation is that hydrogen will be used as a fuel, produced either from renewable energy, fossil, or nuclear sources, offering an environmentally acceptable and efficient source of power/energy.... more...
Practical Power System Protection
Elsevier Science 2004; US$ 70.95Plant operators, electricians, field technicians and engineers will gain a practical understanding of the role and workings of power system protection systems from this work. An understanding of power systems and their optimized management will increase plant efficiency and performance as well as increasing safety levels. This book provides both the... more...
Boundary Methods
CRC Press 2005; US$ 165.95Intending to expand knowledge in computational models of solving problems in potential theory and linear elasticity, the authors focus on the boundary element method combined with the mesh-free method. They begin by describing the boundary element method with the boundary integral equation, error estimation and thin features, followed by the bounda more...
Electric Power Systems
Wiley 2006; US$ 116.00A clear explanation of the technology for producing and delivering electricity Electric Power Systems explains and illustrates how the electric grid works in a clear, straightforward style that makes highly technical material accessible. It begins with a thorough discussion of the underlying physical concepts of electricity, circuits, and complex... more...
Gasification Technologies
CRC Press 2005; US$ 165.95Gasification uses heat, pressure, and steam to produce gas composed primarily of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, comparable to natural gas, from low-value or even negative-value carbon based material such as coal, petroleum coke, high sulfur fuel oil and other feedstock that would otherwise be disposed as waste and biomass. US engineers Cheremisinoff more...









