Towards a Cleaner Planet

Energy for the Future
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-642-09049-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 419 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 674 g

Reihe: Environmental Science and Engineering

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klapp, Jaime

Chávez Alcalá, José Federico

Cervantes-Cota, Jorge L.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Bergbau, Hüttenwesen
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieverteilung, Stromnetze
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Energiewirtschaft: Alternative & Erneuerbare Energien
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Wirtschaftsgeologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.