| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 419 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Environmental science and engineering. Environmental science, 1863-5520 |
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Spon's environmental science and engineering series. Environmental science. 1863-5520
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| Contents |
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 efficeincy and conservation in Mexico -- 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 operation123 -- 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 -- 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 Mexico 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Power resources -- Mexico -- Forecasting
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Power resources -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico
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Renewable energy sources.
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Environmental management.
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Renewable Energy
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Geography
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environmental control.
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geography.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
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Power resources -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico.
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Power resources -- Mexico -- Forecasting.
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Ingénierie.
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Power resources -- Environmental aspects
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Power resources -- Forecasting
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Energietechnik
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Erneuerbare Energien
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Umweltverträglichkeit
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Mexico
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Mexiko
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Deutschland
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Klapp, Jaime.
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Cervantes Cota, Jorge Luis.
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Chávez-Alcalá, José Federico.
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| LC no. |
2007923955 |
| ISBN |
9783540713456 |
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354071345X |
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9783540713449 |
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3540713441 |
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3642090494 |
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9783642090493 |
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