Towards a Cleaner Planet

Energy for the Future

Jaime Klapp, Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota, José Federico Chávez Alcalá (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XXIII, 419 Seiten

2007 | 2007
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-71344-9 (ISBN)

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The world has entered a period of significant changes regarding the future of energy generation, mainly caused by the apparent exhaustion of hyd- carbons in the near future, and the Greenhouse gases (GHG) effect of alt- ing the climate worldwide. Mexico, as a developing country, and as the eleventh-most populated nation with the thirteenth-largest territory, and as the owner of important oil production resources, is a good example of a State needing to improve and increase its energy generation. A concerted action amongst the e- nomic sectors involved - both governmental and industrial - could dras- cally improve the present situation regarding the development of its alt- native energy resources. The main motivation for organizing the German-Mexican Symposium 2006 Energy for the future: towards a cleaner planet, was to get a global perspective for changing the present energy-mix in Mexico, currently based on fossil fuels, towards cleaner energy resources. To achieve this, a wide range of relevant topics must be analysed, such as the state of the art of each energy type, their potential use and benefits, social, economic, - litical and environmental aspects, and their inclusion as a real alternative to energy generation programs. It will take time for every country to reduce its dependence on hydrocarbons and to increase its alternative energies share.

General Overview and Energy Efficiency.- Energy for the Present and Future: A World Energy Overview.- Energy, Present and Future.- Advanced Energy Conversion.- Energy efficiency in Mexico - a bird's eye view.- Energy efficiency and conservation in Mexico.- Traditional Energy Resources.- Status of the Mexican Electricity Generation.- Thermoeconomic Study of CCGT Plants.- CO2 Capture for Atmosphere Pollution Reduction.- Fossil Fuels Pollution and Air Quality Modeling.- Fundamentals of Boiling Water Reactor Safety Design and Operation.- General Overview of the Current Situation of Nuclear Energy.- The Clean and Safe Nuclear Reactors of the Future.- Transition Strategies for a Hydrogen Economy in Mexico.- Nuclear Energy Economical Viability.- Natural Safety Storage of Radioactive Waste.- The Reinassance of Nuclear Power.- Alternative Energy Resources.- Renewable Energy in Mexico: Current Status and Future Prospects.- The Development of Thermal Solar Cooling Systems.- Converting Solar Radiation to Electric Power in Mexico.- Some Recent Research on Solar Energy Technology.- Wind Energy: an opportunity for diversifying electricity generation in Mexico.- Development of geothermal energy in México and its energetic potential for the future.- Energy and Activated Carbon Production from Crop Biomass Byproducts.- Hydrogen: The Ecological Fuel for Mexican Future.- Nuclear Fusion as an Energy Option for the 21st Century.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.5.2007
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Science
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Science and Engineering
Zusatzinfo	XXIII, 419 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	862 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Schlagworte	biomass • Development • Energy • energy efficiency • Geothermal Energy • Hydrogen • Mineral Resources • Modeling • Nuclear • nuclear energy • plants • Production • Safety • Solar energy • solar radiation • Wind
ISBN-10	3-540-71344-1 / 3540713441
ISBN-13	978-3-540-71344-9 / 9783540713449
Zustand	Neuware