{"product_id":"2940014475365","title":"Energy: Environmental Toxicological Chemistry for a Sustainable Energy Future","description":"\"Energy:  Environmental Toxicological Chemistry for a Sustainable Energy Future,\" addresses sustainable energy from the viewpoint of environmental and toxicological chemistry.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1, “Environmental\/Toxicological Chemistry,” is an overview of environmental chemistry, chemical processes in the Earth System, and toxicological chemistry, which deals with the chemical and biochemical aspects of potentially toxic substances.\u003cbr\u003e1.1  Introduction:  What is Environmental Chemistry?\u003cbr\u003e1.2  The Environment and Evolution of the Environmental Movement\u003cbr\u003eSustaining a Livable Environment\u003cbr\u003e1.3.  Environmental Chemistry of the Hydrosphere\u003cbr\u003eWater Treatment and Recycle\u003cbr\u003e1.4  Environmental Chemistry of the Atmosphere\u003cbr\u003eAtmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming\u003cbr\u003e1.5  Environmental Chemistry of the Geosphere\u003cbr\u003eThe Geosphere and Natural Capital\u003cbr\u003eSoil\u003cbr\u003e1.6  Environmental Biochemistry of the Biosphere\u003cbr\u003eToxicological Chemistry\u003cbr\u003e1.7  The Anthrosphere and Environmental Chemistry\u003cbr\u003eComponents of the Anthrosphere\u003cbr\u003e1.8.  Sustainability:  Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry\u003cbr\u003eGreen Chemistry\u003cbr\u003eIndustrial Ecology\u003cbr\u003e1.9  Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health\u003cbr\u003eThe Role of Green Chemistry in Occupational Health\u003cbr\u003e1.10   Summary:  Environmental Chemistry and Sustaining Our Home\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2, “An Overview of Energy,” addresses the overall picture of energy, the “energy problem,” and the nature of energy.\u003cbr\u003e2.1  The Energy Problem\u003cbr\u003e2.2  Nature of Energy\u003cbr\u003e2.3  Sustainable Energy:  Away from the Sun and Back Again\u003cbr\u003eThe Brief Era of Fossil Fuels\u003cbr\u003eBack to the Sun \u003cbr\u003e2.4  Sources of Energy Used in the Anthrosphere:  Present and Future\u003cbr\u003eTable 17.1.  Earth’s Major Energy Resources\u003cbr\u003e2.5  Energy Devices and Conversions\u003cbr\u003eFuel Cells\u003cbr\u003e2.6  Green Technology and Energy Conversion Efficiency\u003cbr\u003e2.7  Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Sources\u003cbr\u003e2.8  Hydrogen As a Means to Store and Utilize Energy\u003cbr\u003e2.9  Combined Power Cycles\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3, “Fossil Fuels,” discusses the fossil fuel sources that have become dominant sources of energy used by humankind.\u003cbr\u003e3.1  Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Natural Gas Liquids\u003cbr\u003e3.2  Natural Gas\u003cbr\u003e3.3  Coal\u003cbr\u003eCoal Conversion\u003cbr\u003e3.4  Carbon Sequestration for Fossil Fuel Utilization\u003cbr\u003e3.5  The Great Plains Synfuels Plant:  Industrial Ecology in Practice to Produce Energy and Chemicals\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Energy is the topic of Chapter 4.\u003cbr\u003e4.1  Nuclear Energy\u003cbr\u003e4.2  The Future of Nuclear Energy\u003cbr\u003e4.3  Thorium-Fueled Reactors\u003cbr\u003e4.4  Nuclear Fusion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5, “Renewable Energy:  Sun Wind, Water, and Hot Rock,” presents the various alternatives for providing totally renewable energy. \u003cbr\u003e5.1  Renewable Energy Sources\u003cbr\u003e5.2  Geothermal Energy\u003cbr\u003e5.3  The Sun:  An Ideal, Renewable Energy Source\u003cbr\u003eSolar Photovoltaic Energy Systems\u003cbr\u003eArtificial Photosynthesis\u003cbr\u003e5.4  Energy from Earth’s Two Great Fluids in Motion\u003cbr\u003eThe Surprising Success of Wind Power\u003cbr\u003eEnergy from Moving Water\u003cbr\u003eEnergy from Moving Water Without Dams\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6, “Biofuels and Bioenergy,” discusses the indirect utilization of renewable solar energy through the production of biomass.\u003cbr\u003e6.1  Biomass Energy:  An Overview of Biofuels and their Resources\u003cbr\u003e6.2  Processing of Biofuel to More Compact Forms\u003cbr\u003e6.3  Decarbonization with Biomass Utilization\u003cbr\u003e6.4  Conversion of Biomass to Other Fuels\u003cbr\u003eEthanol Fuel\u003cbr\u003eBiodiesel Fuel\u003cbr\u003eFuel from Algae\u003cbr\u003e6.5  The Unrealized Potential of Lignocellulose Fuels\u003cbr\u003e6.6  Chemical Conversion of Biomass to Synthetic Fuels\u003cbr\u003e6.7  Biogas\u003cbr\u003e6.8  Biorefineries and Systems of Industrial Ecology for Utilizing Biomass\u003cbr\u003eEnvironmental health and occupational safety in the production of energy are discussed in Chapter 7.\u003cbr\u003e7.1  Environmental Health Aspects of Energy Production and Utilization\u003cbr\u003e7.2  Environmental Health Aspects of Coal Production and Utilization\u003cbr\u003e7.3  Environmental Health Aspects of Petroleum Production and Utilization\u003cbr\u003e7.4  Environmental Health and Nuclear Energy\u003cbr\u003eFor readers who may need additional chemistry background to understand the material in the book, Chapter 8 is an overview of chemistry fundamentals.\u003cbr\u003e8.1  The Science of Matter\u003cbr\u003e8.2  Elements\u003cbr\u003e8.3  Chemical Bonding\u003cbr\u003e8.4  Chemical Reactions and Equations\u003cbr\u003eReaction Rates\u003cbr\u003e8.5  Solutions\u003cbr\u003e8.6  The Gas Laws\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9, “Organic Chemistry,” is a brief coverage of the essentials of organic chemistry.\u003cbr\u003e9.1. 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