Power density : (Record no. 73429)
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| fixed length control field | 03452nam a2200577 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 7120891 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220712204843.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 151224s2015 maua ob 001 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780262326926 |
| -- | electronic |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| -- | hardcover : alk. paper |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| -- | hardcover : alk. paper |
| 082 00 - CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call Number | 333.79 |
| 100 1# - AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author | Smil, Vaclav, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Power density : |
| Sub Title | a key to understanding energy sources and uses / |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 1 PDF (ix, 306 pages) : |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power density -- the rate of energy flux per unit of area -- is an important but largely overlooked measure. Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of the power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, thermal electricity generation, and all common energy uses.Smil shows that careful quantification, critical appraisals, and revealing comparisons of power densities make possible a deeper understanding of the ways we harness, convert, and use energies. Conscientious assessment of power densities, he argues, proves particularly revealing when contrasting the fossil fuel--based energy system with renewable energy conversions. Smil explains that modern civilization has evolved as a direct expression of the high power densities of fossil fuel extraction. He argues that our inevitable (and desirable) move to new energy arrangements involving conversions of lower-density renewable energy sources will require our society -- currently dominated by megacities and concentrated industrial production -- to undergo a profound spatial restructuring of its energy system. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=7120891 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | eBooks |
| 264 #1 - | |
| -- | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| -- | MIT Press, |
| -- | [2015] |
| 264 #2 - | |
| -- | [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : |
| -- | IEEE Xplore, |
| -- | [2015] |
| 336 ## - | |
| -- | text |
| -- | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - | |
| -- | electronic |
| -- | isbdmedia |
| 338 ## - | |
| -- | online resource |
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| -- | Description based on PDF viewed 12/24/2015. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Energy level densities. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Energy auditing. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Renewable energy sources. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Power resources. |
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| -- | Epitaxial layers |
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| -- | Excitons |
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| -- | Nitrogen |
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| -- | Radiative recombination |
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| -- | Silicon carbide |
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| -- | Temperature measurement |
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