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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOLOGICAL,PHYSIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WATER SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TECHNOLOGY,INFORMATION, AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS

The above simplified figure illuminates the essential interconnectedness of the sixteen component encyclopedias of EOLSS.

 In the real world, the various knowledge domains do not exist in isolation from each other. They form an integrated whole, with links in all directions. It is well known that all forms of human knowledge are inter-connected and inter-related. EOLSS mimics this complexity, the automatic inter-connectedness of the various subject categories facilitating navigation through the vast landscape of EOLSS knowledge. This provides the user with an effective and efficient tool to search, navigate and browse through each of the component encyclopedias, through any combination of the sixteen, or through the whole of EOLSS.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

SUBJECT  INDEX (partial listing)

EARTH'S AVAILABLE ENERGY AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Environment

Exergy

Exergy efficiency

Exergy losses

Natural resources

Nonequivalence of exergy

Noosphere

Noosphere

Surroundings.

Availability

BASIC LAWS AND PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM ELECTROMAGNETISM

antiparticle

boson

dirac equation

fermion

feynman diagram

field theory

gauge invariance

hamiltonian

klein-gordon equation

lagrangian

lorentz invariance

manifest covariance

operator

photon

positron

quantum electrodynamics (QED)

quantum mechanics

renormalization

special relativity

spin

ENERGY, CULTURE AND STANDARD OF LIFE

culture

energy

energy conservation

energy efficiency

environment

fuel substitution

pollution

standard of life

sustainable development

NATURAL AND ADDITIONAL ENERGY

additional energy

efficiency

energy currency

energy source

natural energy

renewable energy

sustainable development

SOME ISSUES IN ENERGY POLICY AND PLANNING

energy policy

externalities

Kyoto Protocol

policy assessment

Energy planning

ENERGY PLANNING METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS

models

optimization

planning tools

reserves and resources

scenarios

simulation

uncertainty

Energy policy

AN OUTLOOK ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE WORLD

Acceptability

Disposal

Electricity

Energy

Fuel

Power

Radioactivity

Reprocessing

Risk

Storage

Transmutation

Wastes

Nuclear

ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: TOWARD A NEW PARADIGM

decentralized

diversified.

downsized

energy paradigm

THE LIMITS OF ENERGY POLICY MAKING

awareness

balance

economy

environment

ethics

policy-making

Energy

PRICE AND INCOME ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND FOR ENERGY

income elasticity of demand

Price elasticity of demand

ENERGY SUPPLY: ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF ENERGY?

Coal

Hydroelectricity

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Wind

Oil

ENERGY SOURCES, UTILIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

efficient

energy

environment

fuel- switching

infrastructure

policy

renewability

Economic development

IMPACTS OF THE PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE WORLD'S ELECTRIC SECTOR

electric power

electricity generation

electricity market

environmentalism

hydroelectric power

hydropower

Alternative energy

IMPACTS OF REDUCING USE OF CARBON FUELS

Alternative energy source

Conservation

Depletion

Emissions trading

Energy consumption

Energy infrastructure

Energy plan.

Energy policy

Energy shortages

Environmental benefits

Fossil fuel

Fuel switching

Carbon based fuels

NUCLEAR ENERGY

AVLIS

cancer

Chernobyl

desalinization

fossil fuels

gaseous diffusion

high-level radioactive waste

IAEA

low-level radioactive waste

naturally-occurring radioactive materials

nuclear fuel cycle

Oklo reactor

pebble-bed nuclear reactors

radiation health risks

radioactive emissions

radioactive waste

reactors

uranium enrichment

uranium ore

WIPP

nuclear energy

ENERGY POLICIES AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

economy

emissions

energy consumption

environment

foreign investment

industrialization

national energy policy

national security

system reliability

Consumer

IMPACT OF ENERGY TAXES AND SUBSIDIES

energy taxes

gasoline

incentives

regulations

subsidies

Alternative fuels

ENERGY, CREATIVITY, AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

Agriculture

Communications

Consumption

Energy Conservation

Gross domestic product (GDP).

Industry

Non-fossil Energies

Resources

Wealth

Energy-Entropy Law

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE:AN UNAVOIDABLE REQUIREMENT FOR THE FUTURE

biomass energy

direct solar energy conversion

economic parity

geothermal energy

hydroelectric energy

indirect solar energy conversion

pollution

wind energy

renewable energy sources

OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND THE UTILIZATION OF DEEP OCEAN WATER

deep ocean

DOWA

Thermal energy

Ocean

COAL, OIL SHALE, NATURAL BITUMEN, HEAVY OIL AND PEAT

acid rain

alternative

anthracite

ash

asphalt

atmospheric pollutant

beneficiation

biodiversity

biomass

bituminous coal

bog

carbonization

catalyst

char

chemicals. Deposit

clarain

clean coal technology

coal

coal basin

coal conversion

coal rank

coal structure

coalification

coke

coking behavior

coking property

combustion

conservation

crude oil

crush

cut away

desulfurization

durain

ecological system

enhanced oil recovery

environmental pollution

exinite

exploitation

fixed carbon

fluidized bed

formation

fusain

fusinite

gas

gasification

geochemistry

geology

grind

hard coal

heating value

heavy medium

heavy metal

heavy oil

humic acid

humification

industrial feedstock

inertinite

inorganic

iron-making

jig

kerogen

lignite

liquefaction

maceral

matter

metamorphism

mineral matter

mining

mire

moisture content

natural bitumen

nitrogen

non-fuel use

np-grading

oil shale

organic

organic rock

origin

peat

peatland

petrology

plant debris

power generation

preparation

primary energy

processing

processing technology

pyrite

pyrolysis

recoverable

refinery

regeneration

reserve

reservoir

resource

retort

retorting

seam

shale oil

solvent extraction

sorbent

sulfur

surface mining

sustainable development

swamp

synthesis

tar

tar sand

technology

trace element

transportation

underground mining

utilization

vitrain

vitrinite

volatile matter

washed coal

wet scrubber

fossil fuel

COAL GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY

anthracite

biomarker

bituminization

bituminous Coal

caustobioliths

coal Classification

coal Deposit

coal Exploration

coal Facies

coal Geochemistry

coal Geology

coal Measures

coal Mineralogy

coal Mining

coal Petrology

coal Rank

coal Reserves

coal Resource

coal Seam

coal Sedimentology

coal Structure

coal-accumulating Basin

coalfield

coalification

contact Metamorphism

diastrophism

electromagnetic Methods

exinite

fusain

gas from Coal

geochemical Maturity

geological history

geological Period

geothermal Metamorphism

gravity Methods

hard Coal

highmoor Swamp

hydrocarbon from Coal

hydrothermal Metamorphism

in Situ Reserves

inertinite

inorganic Geochemistry of Coal

lignite

lipitinite

lowmoor Swamp

macerals

magma Intrusion

magnetic Methods

marketable Reserves

metamorphism

microscopy

mineral

oil from Coal

organic Geochemistry of Coal

origin of Coal

origin of Mineral

peat

peat Swamps

peatification

recoverable Reserves

sedimentary Basin

sub-bituminous Coal

surface Mining

tectonic Metamorphism

telemagmetic Metamorphism

trace Element

underground Mining

vitrain

vitrinite

THE ORIGIN OF COAL AND WORLD RESERVES

anthracite

bituminous Coal

coal Characteristics

coal Deposit

coal Extraction

coal Measures

coal Production

coal Rank

coal Reserves

coal Resource

coal Seam

coal Trade

coal-accumulating Basin

coalfield

coalification

diastrophism

exinite

geological history

geological Period

highmoor Swamp

in Situ Reserves

inertinite

lignite

lipitinite

lowmoor Swamp

macerals

microscopy

mineral

origin of Coal

origin of Coal Maceral

peat

peat Swamps

recoverable Reserves

regional Distribution of Coal Reserves

sedimentary Basin

sub-bituminous Coal

vitrinite

COAL EXPLORATION AND MINING

air Borne Magnetic Surveys

coal Exploration

coal Mining

coal Reserves

coal Resource

continuous mining

conventional mining

drilling

electrical resistivity

electromagnetic methods

field mapping

field studies

gravity methods

in situ reserves

literature survey

longwall advancing

longwall mining

longwall retreating

magnetic methods

map compilation

marketable reserves

recoverable reserves

room and pillar mining

seismic reflection

shortwall mining

strip mining

surface Geophysics

surface Mining

underground exploration

underground Mining

COAL GEOLOGY

coal depositional model

coal geochemistry

coal petrology

coal quality and metamorphism

history of coal geology research

humic coal

hydrocarbon

laws of coal-accumulation

liptobiolith

recent advancements in coal geology

sapropelic coal

CLASSIFICATION OF COAL

anthracite

ash

bituminous coal

brown coal

caking index

calorific value

carbon content

classification

coal

coalification

codification

commercial codification

crucible swelling number

hard coal

high rank coal

inertinite

lignite

liptinite

low rank coal

medium rank coal

moisture

parameters of classification

petrographic analysis

plastic properties

proximate analysis

rank

reflectance

scientific classification

seam coal

semi-anthracite

subbituminous coal

technical classification

ultimate analysis

vitrinite

volatile matter

ORGANIC AND INORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF COAL

anthracite

biomarker

bituminous Coal

chemical Structure of Coal

coal

coal Petrology

coal Rank

coal Structure

coalification

cpigenetic Stage

enrichment of Trace Elements

gas Derived from coal

geochemical Alteration

geochemical Gelification

humification

hydrocarbon Derived from Coal

inorganic Geochemistry

lignite

maceral

metamorphism

minerals

oil Derived from Coal

organic Geochemistry

origin of Coal

peat

peat Swamp

peatification

physical Structure of Coal

plant

pollution of Trace Elements

soluble Substances in Coal

syngenetic Stage

the Occurring Form of Trace Elements

trace Element

vitrinitization

MINERAL MATTER IN COAL

ankerite

authigenic minerals

calcite

carbonate minerals

coalbed gas

detritus

dolomite

epigenetic minerals

hydoxide minerals

kaolinite

low-temperature ash

macerals clay

mineral matter

minerals

minerals

organic association

organometallic complex

oxid minerals

pyrite

quartz

siderite

sulfide minerals

syngenetic minerals

terrigenous

tonstein

trace elements

COAL TECHNOLOGY I

air pollution

clean coal technology

coal combustion

coal dust

coal physical property

coal preparation

coal structure

coal transportation

coal utilization

coke making

denitrogenation

desulfurization

environmental problems

greenhouse gas

nitrogen oxides

sulfur oxides

COAL STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES

characterization of coal

coal properties

coal structure

functional groups

macromolecular structure

model structure

solvent extraction

solvent swelling.

structural parameters

PREPARATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF COAL

agglomeration

agitation

air bubble

associated process

automation

barge

canal

centrifugal force

cleaning

coal transportation

collector

control

crushing

cyclone

dense medium

density

dewatering

drying

efficiency

filter

flotation

frother

hydrophilic

hydrophobic

jig

magnetite

mineral matter

mining

ocean

oil

on-line analyzer

pipeline

pyrite

rail

raw coal

refuse middlings

road

screening

separation

separator

ship

slurry

spiral

surface property

suspension

teetered bed

washability

water conveyor

CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

advanced

boiler

catalyst

catalytic reduction

ceramic

clean coal technology

coal fired

combustion

cyclone

dust

efficiency

eletrostatic precipitator

environmental

filter

flue gas desulfurization

fluidized bed

fly ash

fouling

heat

hot gas

integrated gasification combined cycle

limestone

NOx emissions

organic compound

particulate emissions

pollutant

power generation

power plant

pressurized

pulverized coal

scrubber

selective

sorbent

turbine

DESULFURIZATION OF COAL

biological cleaning

chemical cleaning

coal

desulfurization

flue gas desulfurization

in-bed desulfurization

limestone

organic sulfur

physical cleaning

pyritic sulfur

wet scrubbers

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ARISING FROM COAL HANDLING AND PROCESSING

acid mine drainage

acid rain

aqueous pollutants

atmospheric pollution

coal

coal dust

coke oven

combustion

emission standard

environment

flue gas cleaning

fly ash

greenhouse gases

handling

methane

nitrogen oxides

operation modifications

organic sulfur

particulate matter

pollution control

pretreatment

processing

pyritic sulfur

regulation

sorbent injection

sulfur content

sulfur dioxide

trace elements

wastewaters

COAL TECHNOLOGY (II)

aromatic rings

bituminous coal

blended coal

carbonization

catalyst

coal

coal tar

coke

coke oven

coking property

combustible gases

combustion

combustor

condensation

direct liquefaction

environmental pollution

fluid fuels

fluidized bed

fragments

F-T synthesis process

gas

gasification

gasification reactions

gasifier

gasifying agent

heating value

heterogeneous mixture

indirect liquefaction

iron production

liquefaction

liquid

low temperature carbonization

metallurgical coke

oil

organic compounds

organic constituents

rank of coal

reaction

residue

semi-coke

solvent

synthesis gas

the secondary reaction

thermal decomposition

thermal processing

volatile matter

water gas

COAL COMBUSTION AND COMBUSTION PRODUCTS

anthracite

bituminous

bubbling

burner

carbon

char

circulating

coal

coal ash

combustion

combustion products

cyclone furnace

dense-phase

desulfurization

devolatilization

dilute-phase

efficiency

environmental protection

equipment

fixed bed combustion

fluidized bed combustion

grate

ignition

lignite

mineral matter

mixture

nitrogen oxide

particle

pollution control

pulverized coal

stoker

subbituminous

sulfur dioxide

volatile

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF COAL

acetylene

aromatic

atmosphere

char

chemicals

clean fuels

coal

coal rank

coke

devolatilization

electric arc

electric current

entraining gas

flash pyrolysis

flash tube

gas

heating rate

homolysis

hydrocarbon

hydrocarbonization

hydrogen

hydrogenation

hydropyrolysis

laser

low-temperature pyrolysis

maceral

mechanism

microwave

plasma

pressure

pyorlysis process

pyorlysis technology

pyrolysis

pyrolysis product

pyrolytic conditions

reaction

shock tube

tar

temperature

thermal decomposition

thermal treatment

weight loss

CARBONIZATION OF COAL

ammonia

aromatic

beehive

blend

briquetting

byproduct recovery

caking mechanism

carbonization

charging coal

coal

coal preparation

coke

coke oven

coke oven gas

coke oven machine

coke property

coke utilizeation

coking

coking process

crude benzol

desulfurization

drying coal

flame oven

flue

gas purification

hydrogen sulfide

mesophase

metallurgical coke

new coking technology

optical

oven chamber

oven operation

physical property

plastic phase

pore structure

preheating coal

pretreatment technique of coal

push

quenching

reactivity

recovery apparatus

regenerator

stamping technology

structure

tar

COAL GASIFICATION

agglomerating Ash Gasifier

applications of Coal Gasification

ash Zone

BGC-L Gasifier

classification of Coal Gasification

coal Char Gasification Reaction

coal Char’s Reactivity

coal Combustion

coal Gasification

coal Gasification Thermodynamics

coal Indirect Liquifaction, Coal Pyrolysis

coal Slurry

combustion Zone

destec Gasifier

devolatilization Zone

dry and Fine Coal Feed

dry and Lump Coal Feed

dry Ash Gasifier

drying Zone

entrained Bed Gasifier

fisher-Tropsch (F-T) Process

fluidized Bed Gasifier

fuel Gas

gas Turbine

gasification Kinetics

gasification Zone

high-heat-content Gas

HTW Gasifier

hydrocracking

hydrogasification

IGCC

KRW Gasifier

K-T Gasifier

low-heat-content Gas

lurgi Gasifier

medium-heat-content Gas

molten Bath Bed Gasifier

moving Bed Gasifier

prenflo Gasifier

SCGP

slagging Ash Gasifier

steam Turbine

synthesis Gas

TCGP

two-stage Gasifier

U-Gas Gasifier

wellman-Galusha Gasifier

winkler Gasifier

LIQUEFACTION OF COAL

active hydrogen

anthracite

asphaltene

bituminious coal

bond scission

carbon disposition

catalyst

catalytic hydrogenation

char

clarain

coal slurry

coalification degree

coke

condensation reaction

de-heteroatom reaction

dehydrogenation

direct liquefaction

extraction liquefaction

fischer-Tropsch synthesis

fossil energy

fusain

hydrogenation

hydrogen-donor solvent

hydro-liquefaction

indirect liquefaction

intermediate product

isomerization

kinetic behaviour

lignite

liquid fuel

peat

petrographic phase

preasphaltene

radical fragment

synthetic gas

synthetic oil

thermal decomposition

thermal rupture

thermal sinister

vitrain

volatility

OIL SHALE

aboveground mining

algae

algal shale

australia

baltic

bitumen

bituminous shale

brazil

cement

china

classification

combustion

composition

diesel fuel

dust

economic problem

environmental problems

estonia

fischer assay

formation

fushun

fushun retort

galoter retort

gasoline

german

green river

heating value

in-situ retorting

irati

israel

kerogen

kiviter retort

kukersite

liquid petroleum gas

maoming

naphtha

oil shale

oil shale industry

origin

petrosix retort

phenols

properties

pump type retort

pyrolysis

reserves

resources

retorted shale

retorting

russia

sapropel

shale ash

shale oil

shale oil processing

shale oil upgrading

soil improver

stuart

sulfur

tosco retort

underground mining

underground retorting

union oil rock

usa

waste water

wax

ORIGIN AND RESOURCES OF WORLD OIL SHALE DEPOSITS

algae

alum shale

australia

bacteria

bitumen

bituminite

botryococcus

brazil

canada

cannel coal

china

depositional environments

destructive distillation

devonian oil shale

estonia

fischer assay

fushun deposit

green river formation

hydroretorting

iratí formation

israel

jordan

kukersite

lamosite

maoming deposit

marinate

metals

mineralogy

oil shale

organic matter

origin of oil shale

retort

russia

solid hydrocarbons

sulfate reduction

sweden

tasmanite

tasmanites

thermal maturity

torbanite

types of oil shale

uranium

world resources

MINING OF OIL SHALE

aboveground mining

arm loader

baltic oil shale

blasting

braking

double handling

double unit face method

dragline

drifting

drilling

fushun open pit mine

green river oil shale

kukersite

longwall mining

magnetic suspension

maoming mining area

mineable reserves

open cast mining

open pit mining

pillar

ripper

room and pillar mining

selective winning

shortwall stoping by handwork

shovel

strip mining

stripping

stripping ratio

surface mining

underground mining

volga oil shale

EXTRACTION OF OIL SHALE: SURFACE AND IN-SITU RETORTING

carbonaceous residue

combustion

directly gas heated retorts

directly solid heated retorts

extraction

fischer assay

fixed carbon

fushun type retort

galoter retort

gas

gasification

indirectly gas heated retorts

in-situ retorting

kiviter retort

lurgi–ruhrgas retort

mist

modified in-situ method

oil shale

paraho retort

petrosix retort

product

pumpherston retort

pyrolysis

pyrolysis residue

pyrolytic technique

residual carbon

retorting

salermo retort

shale oil

solid heat carrier

spent shale

superior circular grate retort

surface retorting

taciuk retort

tosco retort

true in-situ method

vertical shaft kiln

CHEMISTRY OF SHALE OIL AND ITS REFINING

alkenes

aromatics

asphaltene

catalytic cracking

catalytic hydrogenation

coking

composition of shale oil

cracking reactor

distillation

fixed-bed reactor

fluidized-bed reactor

hydrocarbon

hydrocracking

hydrotreating

nitrogen- containing compounds

olefins

oxygen-containing compounds

properties of shale oil

refining processes

reforming

saturates

shale oil

shale oil refining

sulfur- containing compounds

thermal cracking

upgrading

visbreaking

CHEMICALS AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM SHALE OIL

adhesive resin

antiseptic

asphalt

binder

chemical composition

chemicals

coating varnish

coke

cracking

cracking

diesel fuel

flotoreagent

fractional distillation

heating oil

hydrocarbons

impregnating oil

ion exchanger

kerosene

liquid fuel

neutral oxygen compounds

oil emulsion

oil shale

pesticide

petrol

petroleum-substitutes

phenols

plasticizer

retorting

road bitumen

shale oil

softener

soil conditioner

specialty products

tannin material

thermal destruction

upgrading

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OIL SHALE AND POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

air floatation

air pollution

biological treatment

BOD

cement making

COD

emission

environmental impacts

flocculaton

fly ash

land disruption

oil interception

oil sludge

phenols

pollution control

reclamation

retorted shale

revegetation

sedimentation

shale ash

waste disposal

waste gas

waste water

NATURAL BITUMEN (TAR SANDS) AND HEAVY OIL

addition

asphalt

athabasca deposit

bitumen

carbon

catalytic

chemistry

coke

combustion

conventional petroleum

conversion

cracking

crude oil

deasphalting

definition

delayed coking

desulfurisation

distillate

drilling

energy

enhanced oil recovery

environment

extra heavy oil

extraction

feedstock

fossil

geology

gravity

heavy oil

heteroatom

hot water

hydrocarbon

hydrogen

injection

mineralogy

mining

natural

non-mining

organic sediment

overburden

petrochemical

pitch

process

properties

pyrobitumen

recovery

refining synthetic crude oil

rejection

reservoir

residuum

resource

saturation

secondary recovery

separation

solvent flooding

steam

synthetic

tailing

thermal

upgrading

viscosity

well

world deposits

GEOLOGY OF NATURAL BITUMEN AND HEAVY OIL RESOURCES

athabasca deposit

bitumen

chemistry

enhanced oil recovery

extra heavy oil

geology

heavy oil

mining

properties

recovery

secondary recovery

world deposits

CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF NATURAL BITUMEN AND HEAVY OIL

aromatic

athabasca deposit

bitumen

carbon

carbon residue

character

chemistry

composition

decomposition

distillate

elemental

emission

enhanced oil recovery

extra heavy oil

feedstock

fractional

gravity

heavy oil

hydrocarbon

hydrogen

metals

mining

naphthane

natural

nitrogen

organism

oxygen

paraffin

permeability

petroleum

porphyrin

pour point

process

processability

properties

recovery

refining

refining synthetic crude oil

reservoir

rock

secondary recovery

sediment

separation

sulfur compound

tar sand

thermal

trap

upgrading

viscosity

volatility

GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF NATURAL BITUMEN AND HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS

athabasca deposit

bitumen

enhanced oil recovery

extra heavy oil

geology

heavy oil

minerals

permeability

porosity

properties

recovery

secondary recovery

world deposits

MINING TECHNOLOGY FOR NATURAL BITUMEN AND HEAVY OIL

athabasca deposit

bitumen

bucket wheel excavators

chemistry

conveyors

draglines

enhanced oil recovery

extra heavy oil

geology

heavy oil

mining

mobility

properties

recovery

secondary recovery

world deposits

EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR NATURAL BITUMEN AND HEAVY OIL

alkaline

aspect

Athabasca deposit

carbon dioxide

chemistry

cold water

combustion

damage

density

discharge

displacement

emission

emulsification

enhanced oil recovery

environmental

extra heavy oil

extraction

flooding

fluid

geology

heavy oil

heterogeneity

hot water

injection

in-situ

mining

mobility

nitrogen

non-mining

plant

polymer

pore

pregeating

process

properties

recovery

reservoir

rock

scavenging

secondary recovery

separation

solvent

steam

surfactant

tailing

tar sand

thermal

underground

viscosity

well

world deposits

Bitumen

UPGRADING AND REFINING OF NATURAL BITUMEN AND HEAVY OIL

athabasca deposit

bitumen

chemistry

extra heavy oil

heavy oil

mining

properties

refining synthetic crude oil

upgrading

PEAT AND PEATLANDS

chemical

environmental impacts

exploitation

peat

peatlands

physical properties

utilization

CLASSIFICATION OF PEAT AND PEATLAND

classification systems

components

peat

peat-forming plants

peatland

stratigraphy

CONDITIONS OF PEAT FORMATION

climatic factors

geological

geomorphic

hydrological factors

peat formation conditions

soil conditions

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PEAT

acidity

alkalinity

ash

bitumen

bulk density

caloric value

carbohydrate

cellulose

decomposition degree

easily hydrolyzed

elemental composition

exchangeable cation

fulvic acid

heat

hemicellulose

humic acid

humus

lignin

mineral matter

organic matter

peat ash

peat properties

resin

saccharide

specific gravity

water retention

water soluble

wax

THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF PEAT

accumulative

climatic condition

continent

distribution regularity

eurasia

forest

geological

north America

northern hemisphere

peat

peat reserve

peatland

rainforest

resource

southern hemisphere

swamp

tropical

west Siberia Plain

zonality

CUTTING AND PROCESSING OF PEAT

energy generation

horticultural peat

milled peat

mire

peat

peat harvesting

peat industry

peat inventory

sod peat

ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES TO PEAT

balneology

bitumen.

horticulture

mire

peat fibres

textiles

Peat

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PEAT CUTTING AND REMOVAL

cutover peatlands

eutrophication

peat harvesting

OIL AND NATURAL GAS

"greenhouse" gasses

acid rain

carbon emissions

deregulation

environmental aspects

european union gas directive

gas market

global warming

hydrocarbon

hydrocarbon entrapment

hydrocarbon generation

hydrocarbon migration

hydrocarbon production

natural gas

natural gas hydrates

natural gas liquids

non renewable resources

off-shore exploration

oil

oil exploration

oil price

opec

organic matter

petroleum

petroleum accumulations

petroleum industry

petroleum products

pollution

prospects

refining

reflection seismic

reservoir

resource base

sustainable development

unconventional resources

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Nuclear Physics

Radioactivity

Atomic Structure

NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS

Nuclear Interactions, Nuclear Cross Sections, Neutron Energies, Fission and Fusion

NUCLEAR REACTOR THEORY

energy

nuclear

recycling

resource

uranium

NUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGN

Flux Flattening

Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Reactors

Neutron Cycle

Fission Chain Reaction

NUCLEAR REACTOR KINETICS

Criticality

Neutron Sources

Reactor Startup

Reactor Kinetics

REACTIVITY CHANGES

Fuel Burnup

Samarium

Temperature

Xenon

Reactivity Coefficient

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS

Control Rods

Fuel Elements

Reactor Core

Steam Generators

Pressurized Water Reactors

BOILING WATER REACTORS

Control Rods

Fuel Elements

Reactor Core

Boiling Water Reactors

PRESSURISED HEAVY WATER REACTORS

CANDU Reactors

Fuel Elements

Reactor Core

Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors

HEAVY WATER LIGHT WATER REACTORS

Fuel Elements

Reactor Core

Heavy Light Water Reactors

ADVANCED GAS COOLED REACTORS

Control Rods

Fuel Elements

Reactor Core

Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors

LIGHT WATER GRAPHITE REACTORS

Fuel Elements

Reactor Core

Light Water Graphite Reactors

HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS COOLED REACTORS

Control Rods

Fuel Elements

Pebble Bed Reactors

Reactor Core

High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors

PEBBLE BED MODULAR REACTOR

Gas Cooled Reactors

Helium Turbine

Modular Construction

Particle Fuel

Pebble Bed Reactors

High Temperature Reactors

RADIOACTIVE WASTES, ORIGINS, CLASSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT

deep Geological Disposal

high Level Wastes

licensing

low Level Wastes

radioactive Wastes

spent Fuel

transmutation

transuranic Wastes

waste Disposal Options

waste Management

NUCLEAR REACTOR OVERVIEW AND REACTOR CYCLES

accelerator Driven System

chicago Pile

fast Breeder Reactor

fusion Reactor

natural Reactors

nuclear History

nuclear Reactions

nuclear Reactors

oklo

reactor Cycles

reactor Types

THE NUCLEAR REACTOR CLOSED CYCLE

advanced reactor cycles

breeder reactor

closed cycle

depleted uranium

enrichment

fission nuclides

fuel fabrication

maintenance wastes

nuclear reactor cycles

reprocessing

retired weapons

spent fuel

SAFETY OF BOILING WATER REACTORS

Boiling system

Boiling water reactor

Burnout

Cladding failure

Control rod

Critical heat flux

Critical power ratio

Departure from nucleate boiling

Design basis accident

Dryout

Emergency core coolant system

Film boiling

Fission product

Flow regime

Heat transfer regime

Hot channel

Hot spot

Light water reactor

Linear heat generation rate

Loss of coolant accident

Mechanical limit

Minimum critical power ratio

Nuclear power

Nuclear quality

Nuclear reactors

Nuclear safety

Nucleate boiling

Onset of transition boiling

Operation margin

Overheating

Peaking factor

Pressurized water reactor

Safety barrier

Thermal limit

Transition boiling.

Boiling crisis

SUPERCRITICAL WATER-COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS: REVIEW AND STATUS

critical point

heat transfer

hydraulic resistance

pseudocritical point.

supercritical water

thermophysical properties

Nuclear reactor

THE GAS-TURBINE MODULAR HELIUM REACTOR

Brayton Cycle

Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR)

Hydrogen Production

Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP)

Power Conversion System (PCS)

Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS)

Sulfur-Iodine (S-I) Cycle

TRISO

High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR)

APPLICATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Core Damage

Nuclear Power

PRA

PSA

Reactor Safety.

Risk Assessment

Uncertainty

Probabilistic Risk Analysis

DIRECT SOLAR ENERGY

photochemistry

photovoltaics

satellite power conversion

solar cells

solar collectors

solar drying

solar energy

solar energy storage

solar environmental impacts

solar radiation

solar space heating

solar thermal power generation

solar water heating

SOLAR DRYING - A TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION

design

developments

dryers

efficiencies

non-technical factors

performance

prospects

solar

technology transfer

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES CHARGED WITH ENERGY FROM THE SUN AND ORIGINATED FROM EARTH-MOON INTERACTION

Anaerobic digestion

Angle of attack

Aquaculture

Barrage

Betz criterion

Bio-chemical conversion

Biogas

Biomass

Blade

Closed cycle OTEC

Cofferdam

Cold water pipe

Combustion

Dam

Deep Ocean Water Application

Diurnal tide

Drag machine

Energy Conversion

Energy Source

Ethanol

Fermentation

Floating plant

Gasification

Histogram

Lift machine

Methane tank

Municipal wastes

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Open cycle OTEC

Photosynthesis

Pitch angle

Pitch control

Potable water

Primary biomass

Pyrolysis

Semidiurnal tide

Sluice

Solar Energy

Stall control

Temperature distribution

Thermo-chemical conversion

Tide

Turbine

Wastes

Wave energy

Wave height

Wave length

Wave period

Wind Energy

Wind mill

Wind mill efficiency

Wind speed

ENERGY FROM BIOMASS

anaerobic fermentation

biodiesel

bioetchnology

biomass

charcoal

combustion

energy crops

ethanol

gasification

photosynthesis

phytomass

pyrolysis

thermochemical сonversion

DIRECT COMBUSTION OF BIOMASS

Combustion

Biomass

THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF BIOMASS

biomass

bio-oil

charcoal

co-current gasifier

counter flow gasifier

fast pyrolysis

fischer-tropsch liquids

fluidized bed gasifier

gasification

liquid fuels

methanol

power generation

pyrolysis

syngas

thermochemistry

WIND ENERGY

Betz coefficient

Blade

Darrieus rotor

Flettner rotor

Generator

Horizontal axis

Pitch

Power coefficient

Sail

Stall

Tip ratio

Torque

Vertical axis

Water pumping

Wind mill

Wind power

Wind speed

Wind wheel

Wind

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND METEOROLOGY OF WIND

average wind speed

extreme wind conditions

gust

hub height

icing

normal wind conditions

rayleigh distribution

standard deviation

weibull distribution

wind

wind energy

wind power

wind sheer

wind speed

wind turbulence

FUNDAMENTALS OF ENERGY EXTRACTION FROM WIND

airfoil

angle of attack

angular velocity

blade

blade tip

blade twist

cut-in speed

cut-out speed

drag force

drive train

lift force

lift to drag ratio

pitch

pitch angle

power coefficient

wind

wind power

wind speed

WIND MILLS WITH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SHAFT

aerodynamic stall

airfoil

blade

darrieus rotor

drag force

drive train

fatigue

gearbox

lift force

lift to drag ratio

pitch

pitch angle

power coefficient

rotational speed

savonius rotor

self starting

tip speed ratio

torque

tower

variable-speed turbine

wind

wind power

wind speed

yawing mechanism

WIND INSTALLATION FOR WATER PUMPING, AUTONOMOUS AND GRID-CONNECTED POWER PRODUCTION

aquifer

draw down

grid connected turbine

hybrid system

stand alone turbine

turbulence

wake

water head

water pumping

well

wind

wind farm

wind power

wind speed

wind turbine array

ECONOMICS OF WIND INSTALLATIONS

annual energy production

cost of electricity

cost of installed kilowatt

life cycle cost

operation and maintenance costs

resource planning

site

site preparation

wind

WIND INSTALLATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

acoustic

aesthetic

emissions

environment

infrasound

noise

wind

NATURAL TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES AS AN ENERGY SOURCE

energy

heat

OTEC

temperature

TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES IN THE OCEAN AT LOW LATITUDE AND BETWEEN SEA OR RIVER WATER AND AIR AT HIGH LATITUDES

AWTEC

DOW

Energy storage

Temperature differences

Thermal energy

OTEC

SCHEMES AND CYCLES FOR OCEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES UTILIZATION

ocean Temperature Differences

ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

OTEC

renewable Energy

solar Energy

SCHEMES AND CYCLES OF AIR/WATER TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES UTILIZATION

AWTEC

converter

cycles

power plant

temperature difference

ECONOMICS OF NATURAL TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES UTILIZATION

AWTEC

by-products

cost-benefit

DOWA

economics

efficiency

OTEC

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF NATURAL TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES UTILIZATION

AWTEC

effluent

environment

impact

OTEC

WAVE ENERGY

energy conversion

environmental aspects

feasibility indexes

wave power device (WPD)

wave power plant (WPP)

wind waves

WAVE MOTION PHYSICS AND ENERGY POTENTIAL

deep water

energy conversion

energy resources of wind roughness

hydromechanic characteristics of wind roughness

linear waves

nonlinear waves

phase velocity

shallow water

wave height

wave length

wave number

wave period

wind waves

PRINCIPLES OF WIND WAVE ENERGY EXTRACTION

energy conversion

energy extraction

wave phenomena

wave power device (WPD)

wave processes

wind waves

working tool

PROPOSED SYSTEMS FOR WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION

energy conversion

float

wave energy concentration

wave power device (WPD)

wave power plant (WPP)

wind waves

working tool

ECONOMICS OF WAVE POWER PRODUCTION

energy conversion

feasibility indexes

wave power device (WPD)

wind waves

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF WAVE POWER

biota

energy conversion

environmental aspects

fauna

flora

monitoring

sediment

wave power device (WPD)

wave power plant (WPP)

wind waves

TIDAL ENERGY

energy of Ocean Tides

model of Tidal Energy Usage

tidal Energy

tidal Power Plants

CHARACTERISTICS OF TIDAL ENERGY

diurnal Irregularity

diurnal Tides

energy Potential

inequalities of Tide

mixed Tides

semidiurnal Tides

tides

HISTORICAL SKETCH, PERSPECTIVE AND CLASSIFICATION OF TPP SCHEMES

associated Basins

double Pool Schemes

double-Effect Operation

single Pool Scheme

single-Effect Operation

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF TIDAL POWER PLANTS

non-traditional Technologies

operating Longevity of TPPs

power Generation at TPP

protection from Biological Corrosion

protection from Ice

TPP Capacity

TPP Site

TIDAL POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT

“Straflo” Unit

axial-Flow Turbines

bulb Unit

cycle Generator

orthogonal Unit

reversible Units

step-Up Gear

straight-Flow Unit

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TIDAL ENERGY

bottom communities

fish

ice regime

plankton

salinity

sediments

social advantage

water exchange

ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF TIDAL ENERGY

capital costs

economic assessment

operating costs

optimized regime

FUTURE OF TIDAL POWER

ecologically Benign Energy

economic Validation of TPP Construction

global Role of TPPs

renewable Energy

tidal Energy

THERMAL POWER PLANTS

capital Investment

environment

plant Operation

power Plants

resources

safety

technology

POWER PLANT TECHNOLOGY

chemistry

economics

energy

materials

power plants

technology

thermodynamic Cycles

POWER PLANT COMBUSTION THEORY

calorific Value

combustion

combustion Products

efficiency

gas Analysis

NUCLEAR FISSION THEORY

neutrons

nuclear Energy

nuclear Physics

nuclear Reactors

THERMAL FLUID THEORY

fluid Flow

heat Exchangers

heat Transfer

two Phases

THERMODYNAMIC THEORY

brayton cycle

carnot cycle

rankine cycle

thermodynamic cycles

thermodynamic processes

POWER PLANT STEAM CYCLE THEORY

carnot Cycle

feedwater Heating.

rankine Cycle

reheating

steam Turbines

superheating

EXERGY ANALYSIS

availability

available Energy

effectiveness

exergy

thermo-economic Analysis

unavailable energy

POWER PLANT MATERIALS

alloys

material Properties

materials

metals

nuclear Reactors

CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND LIFE EXTENSION

assessment

inspection

life Extension

materials

testing

PRODUCTION OF STEAM

combustion products

fuel combustion

geothermal

nuclear

solar

steam generation

FOSSIL FUEL FIRED BOILER PLANT CONFIGURATION

boiler Arrangement

boiler Plant

steam Boilers

FOSSIL FUEL HANDLING

coal

fossil fuels

gas

oil

pulverizing mills

FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

burners

fluidized beds

fossil fuels

furnaces

gasification

stokers

FOSSIL FUEL FIRED BOILER WATER-STEAM SYSTEM

ash

economizers

furnaces

superheaters

boilers

FOSSIL FUEL FIRED BOILER AIR AND GAS PATH

air

air heaters

combustion

fans

flue gas

sootblowers

FOSSIL FUEL WASTE PRODUCT HANDLING

ash disposal

ash handling

baghouses

desufurization

electrostatic precipitators

exhaust gas treatment

fabric filters

stacks

FOSSIL FUEL PLANT MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY

boilers

combustion deposits

materials

water chemistry

water treatment

NUCLEAR REACTOR CONFIGURATION

boilers

combustion Deposits

materials

water Chemistry

water Treatment

NUCLEAR REACTOR HEAT REMOVAL

cladding

coolant

fuel

heat transfer

nuclear reactors

NUCLEAR REACTOR STEAM GENERATION

Heat Transfer

Level Control

Pressure Control

Steam Generators

Swelling and Shrinking

Water Circulation

Steam Systems

NUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY

corrosion

materials

nuclear Reactors

water Chemistry

PRODUCTION OF POWER

combined Cycles

heat Rejection

life Extension

thermodynamic Cycles

turbine Principles

STEAM TURBINE CONFIGURATION

steam Turbines

turbine Arrangement

turbine Plant

STEAM TURBINE IMPULSE AND REACTION BLADING

efficiency

impulse

reaction

stages

steam Turbines

turbine Blades

velocity Diagrams

STEAM TURBINE COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS

bearings

blades

cylinders

lubrication

rotors

seals

steam Turbines

STEAM TURBINE STEAM SYSTEM

condensers

deaerators

feedheaters

pipework

reheaters

separators

steam Turbines

STEAM TURBINE OPERATIONAL ASPECTS

back Pressure

governing

moisture

operation

steam Turbines

supersaturation

AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGERS AND COOLING TOWERS

air-cooled Heat Exchangers

cooling Towers

dry Cooling

hybrid Cooling Systems

wet Cooling

GAS TURBINE FUNDAMENTALS

combined cycles

cycles

gas turbines

performance

GAS TURBINES FOR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION

aero-derivative

base load

cogeneration

combined cycles

heavy Frame

peaking and emergency

FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION

alternators

electrical Generators

electrical Power

three Phase Alternating Current

transformers

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