The Carbon Footprint of our Primary Energy Sources

Mukul Sharma (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

500 Seiten

2025
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-443-22328-0 (ISBN)

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The Carbon Footprint of our Primary Energy Sources supplies readers with a comprehensive, accessible analysis of the carbon footprints of a range of primary energy sources including crude oil, natural gas, coal, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy, nuclear energy and biofuels, and their carbon footprints, employing a full lifecycle assessment (LCA) of each primary energy source. This text, along with its accompanying interactive calculator, furnishes both the foundation and a tool for estimating carbon footprints for a range of energy systems. The work culminates in a cost-benefit analysis of these primary energy sources. With the significant uptick of global investment in alternative energies and the global focus on reducing emissions, this text delivers an important foundational overview/understanding of these systems, and an opportunity for teachers and readers to apply learnings to their own energy consumption choices.

Dr. Mukul M. Sharma holds the “Tex Moncrief Chair in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He served as Department Chair from 2001-2005. Sharma has a Bachelor of Technology in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and an MS and PhD in chemical and petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California. He has published over 450 journal articles, conference proceedings and 21 patents. Dr. Sharma is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and Honorary Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), recipient of the John Franklin Carl Award and Lucas Gold Medal, SPE’s highest technical awards. He is also a recipient of SPE’s Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award, Lester C. Uren Award and Formation Evaluation Award. He has served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer, on Editorial Boards of many journals, taught and consulted for companies worldwide.

1. Our energy mix and our carbon footprint
2. The carbon footprint of crude oil
3. The carbon footprint of natural gas
4. The carbon footprint of coal
5. The carbon footprint of solar energy
6. The carbon footprint of wind energy
7. The carbon footprint of geothermal energy
8. The carbon footprint of hydroelectric energy
9. The carbon footprint of nuclear energy
10. The carbon footprint of biofuels
11. The carbon footprint of energy consumption sectors
12. A cost-benefit analysis of our primary energy sources

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2025
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-443-22328-9 / 0443223289
ISBN-13	978-0-443-22328-0 / 9780443223280
Zustand	Neuware