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Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses
Vaclav Smil
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Description for Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 figures. BIC Classification: KNB; PHDY; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses. There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil. -Bill Gates In 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 ... Read more
The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses. There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil. -Bill Gates In 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262529730
SKU
V9780262529730
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About Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that there is no author whose books I ... Read more
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