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001			7120891
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008			151224s2015 maua ob 001 eng d
010			_z 2014045995 (print)
020			_a9780262326926 _qelectronic
020			_z9780262029148 _qhardcover : alk. paper
020			_z026202914 _qhardcover : alk. paper
035			_a(CaBNVSL)mat07120891
035			_a(IDAMS)0b000064848c682c
040			_aCaBNVSL _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
050		4	_aTJ163.245 _b.S65 2015eb
082	0	0	_a333.79 _223
100	1		_aSmil, Vaclav, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPower density : _ba key to understanding energy sources and uses / _cVaclav Smil.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bMIT Press, _c[2015]
264		2	_a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : _bIEEE Xplore, _c[2015]
300			_a1 PDF (ix, 306 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aelectronic _2isbdmedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-306) and index.
506	1		_aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520			_aIn 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.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web
588			_aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/24/2015.
650		0	_aEnergy level densities.
650		0	_aEnergy auditing.
650		0	_aRenewable energy sources.
650		0	_aPower resources.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
695			_aEpitaxial layers
695			_aExcitons
695			_aNitrogen
695			_aRadiative recombination
695			_aSilicon carbide
695			_aTemperature measurement
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor.
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher.
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780262029148
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=7120891
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