Fossil Energy Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Malhotra, Ripudaman. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: GeologyxMathematics.; Electric engineering.; Nature Conservation.; Sustainable development.; Energy.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Energy Technology.; Quantitative Geology.; Sustainable Development.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5722-0

The word sustainability shares its root with sustenance. In the context of modern society, sustenance is inextricably linked to the use of energy.� Fossil Energy provides an authoritative reference on all aspects of this key resource, which currently contributes to nearly 85% of global energy consum...

Table of Contents:

• 1.� Fossil Energy, Introduction
• 2.� Oil And Natural Gas: Global Resources
• 3.� Petroleum and Oil Sands Exploration and Production
• 4.� Petroleum Refining and Environmental Control and Environmental Effects
• 5.� Oil Shale Processing, Chemistry and Technology
• 6.� Developments in Internal Combustion Engines
• 7.� Alaska Gas Hydrate Research and Field Studies
• 8.� Gas to Liquids Technologies
• 9.� Coal and Peat: Global Resources
• 10.� Coal Preparation
• 11. Coal to Liquids
• 12.� Mining Industries and their Sustainable Management
• 13.� CO2 Reduction and Coal-Based Electricity Generation
• 14.� Pulverized Coal-Fired Boilers and Pollution Control
• 15.� Natural Gas Power
• 16.� CO2 Capture and Sequestration
• Index.