Advances in energy research Volume 4 / Morena J. Acosta, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Acosta, Morena J.

Series:

Advances in Energy Research

Advances in Energy Research ; v.4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources.

Energy conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title presents a review of improvements of HVAC conditions; biological monitoring using wildlife; second law based methods for improvement of energy systems; the expression of wind power; and the history and evolution of fusion power plant studies.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Investigation of HVAC System Improvement by HAM Numerical Simulation""; ""Abstract""; ""Nomenclature""; ""Variables""; ""Variables in Greek Letters""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials""; ""2.1. Tiny Tag Data Loggers""; ""2.2. Air Changes""; ""3. Methods""; ""3.1. Schools""; ""3.2. Indoor and Outdoor Sampling Conditions""; ""3.3. Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality Indexes""; ""3.4. Ham Tools Simulation""; ""3.5. Time Constant""; ""4. Results""; ""4.1. Outdoor Conditions""; ""4.2. Thermal Inertia and Solar Gain: Time Constant Determination""

""4.3. Air Changes""""5. Discussion""; ""6. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Research on Heat and Mass Transfer to Improve HVAC Conditions""; ""Abstract""; ""Nomenclature""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials""; ""3. Methods""; ""3.1. Temperature and Humidity""; ""3.2. Ventilation Rate""; ""3.3. Microbiological Load""; ""3.4. Thermal Comfort/Indoor Air Quality""; ""3.5. Questionnaires""; ""3.6. Climatic Data""; ""3.7. Flats""; ""3.8. Museums and Schools""; ""3.9. Office Buildings""; ""3.10. Ships""; ""4. Results""; ""4.1. Climatic Data""; ""4.2. Flats""; ""4.3. Offices""

""4.4. Schools and Museums""""4.5. Industrial Ambience: Ships""; ""5. Discussion""; ""5.1. Indoor Air Renovation""; ""5.2. Moisture Buffering Capacity""; ""5.3. Thermal Inertia""; ""Schools""; ""Museums""; ""5.4. Awareness""; ""6. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Rational Attribution of Environmental Emissions of Cogeneration to Products: Allocating Carbon Dioxide and Other Emissions with Exergy""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Background""; ""2.1. Cogeneration""; ""2.2. Exergy""; ""2.2.1. Exergy Analysis""; ""2.2.2. Illustrative Applications""

""2.3. Existing Allocation Methods for Energy-System Emissions""""3. Simplified Selected Methods for Allocating Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Cogeneration""; ""3.1. Allocation Based on Energy Content of Products""; ""3.2. Allocation Based on Exergy Content of Products""; ""3.3. Allocation Based on Economic Value of Products""; ""3.4. Allocation Based on Incremental Fuel Consumption to Electrical Production""; ""3.5. Allocation Based on Incremental Fuel Consumption to Thermal Energy Production""; ""3.6. Allocation Based on Shared Emission Savings between Electrical and Thermal Energy""

""3.7. Allocation by Agreement""""4. Allocating Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Cogeneration""; ""4.1. Objective in Allocating Emissions for Multi-product Production Processes""; ""4.2. Basic Considerations in Allocating CO2 Emissions for Cogeneration""; ""4.3. Energy-Based Considerations in Allocating CO2 Emissions for Cogeneration""; ""4.4. Exergy-Based Considerations in Allocating CO2 Emissions for Cogeneration""; ""4.5. Advantages of Allocating Cogeneration CO2 Emissions Using Exergy over Energy""; ""4.5.1. Trade-off between Thermal and Electrical Products of Cogeneration""

""4.5.2. Implications for CO2 Emissions Allocations""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-881-4