Encyclopedia of energy engineering and technology

Using limited resources in sustainable ways, energy engineers and technologists have made people's lives comfortable and affordable with efficient and cost-effective technology, from air conditioners to waste fuels. But to accommodate the expanding world population, the global supply of energy...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Capehart, B. L.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2007.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN0849338964
9780849338960
9781628705683
162870568X
9781439874820
1439874824
0849350395
9780849350399
0849350425
9780849350429
1420054155
9781420054156
0849336538
9780849336539
Physical Description1 online resource (3 volumes (xxxix, 1667, I-44 pages)) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Topical Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Common Energy Abbreviations
  • Thermal Metric and Other Conversion Factors
  • About the Editor
  • Volume 1
  • Accounting: Facility Energy Use
  • Air Emissions Reductions from Energy Efficiency
  • Air Quality: Indoor Environment and Energy Efficiency
  • Aircraft Energy Use
  • Alternative Energy Technologies: Price Effects
  • ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004
  • Auditing: Facility Energy Use
  • Auditing: Improved Accuracy
  • Auditing: User-Friendly Reports
  • Benefit Cost Analysis
  • Biomass
  • Boilers and Boiler Control Systems
  • Building Automation Systems (BAS): Direct Digital Control
  • Building Geometry: Energy Use Effect
  • Building System Simulation
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Career Advancement and Assessment in Energy Engineering
  • Climate Policy: International
  • Coal Production in the U.S.
  • Coal Supply in the U.S.
  • Coal-to-Liquid Fuels
  • Cold Air Retrofit: Case Study
  • Combined Heat and Power (CHP): Integration with Industrial Processes
  • Commissioning: Existing Buildings
  • Commissioning: New Buildings
  • Commissioning: Retrocommissioning
  • Compressed Air Control Systems
  • Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
  • Compressed Air Leak Detection and Repair
  • Compressed Air Storage and Distribution
  • Compressed Air Systems
  • Compressed Air Systems: Optimization
  • Cooling Towers
  • Data Collection: Preparing Energy Managers and Technicians
  • Daylighting
  • Demand Response: Commercial Building Strategies
  • Demand Response: Load Response Resources and Programs
  • Demand-Side Management Programs
  • Desiccant Dehumidification: Case Study
  • Distributed Generation
  • Distributed Generation: Combined Heat and Power
  • District Cooling Systems
  • District Energy Systems
  • Drying Operations: Agricultural and Forestry Products
  • Drying Operations: Industrial
  • Electric Motors
  • Electric Power Transmission Systems
  • Electric Power Transmission Systems: Asymmetric Operation
  • Electric Supply System: Generation
  • Electricity Deregulation for Customers
  • Electricity Enterprise: U.S., Past and Present
  • Electricity Enterprise: U.S., Prospects
  • Electronic Control Systems: Basic
  • Emergy Accounting
  • Emissions Trading
  • Energy Codes and Standards: Facilities
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Conservation: Industrial Processes
  • Energy Conservation: Lean Manufacturing
  • Energy Conversion: Principles for Coal, Animal Waste, and Biomass Fuels
  • Energy Efficiency: Developing Countries
  • Energy Efficiency: Information Sources for New and Emerging Technologies
  • Energy Efficiency: Low Cost Improvements
  • Energy Efficiency: Strategic Facility Guidelines
  • Energy Infor.