Note: Intro -- Preface -- Organizing Committee and Consultative Committee -- Invited Lectures -- Lp potential theory techniques and nonlinear PDE -- Applications of Choquet theory to potential theory -- One version non linéaire du théorème de Hunt -- Strict isoperimetric inequalities and asymmetry -- Nonlinear potential theory -- Potential theory and quasiconformal mappings -- Maximal inequalities and potential theory -- The boundary behaviour of solutions of the Dirichlet problem -- Capacities in function theory -- Potential theory on non-locally compact space via Dirichlet forms -- The Martin compactification of a symmetric space of non-compact type at the bottom of the positive spectrum : An introduction -- Level sets and the Green function -- Contributed Papers -- Local properties of solutions to equations involving square Hörmander's operators -- On the generalized Neumann problem -- Principe de Picard pour les mesures invariantes par rotation et applications -- Measure and capacity of exceptional sets arising in estimations of δ-subharmonic functions -- Balayage spaces, standard H-cones and hyperharmonic cones -- On the thermoelastic potential in three-dimensional hyperbolic thermoelasticity theory -- Representations and estimates for inverse operators of the potential theory integral equations in a polyhedron -- Use of single layer potential in mixed problems of elasticity -- Discretization of bounded harmonic functions on Riemannian manifolds and entropy -- Capacities and mappings quasiconformal in the mean -- Beppo Levi spaces and Riesz potential spaces -- Boundary limits of harmonic functions in Sobolev-Orlicz classes -- Positive harmonic functions on rotationary symmetric Riemannian manifolds -- Examples of stable Martin boundaries of Markov chains -- Comparison of liminf and fine liminf of positive superharmonic functions. , Some problems of the potential theory for Schrödinger operator with singular potential -- Potential theory for Helmholtz operator and nonlinear eigenvalue problems -- On stationary points of the energy integral -- Application of potential theory in biharmonic analysis -- Sobolev imbeddings and integrability of harmonic functions on Holder domains -- An estimate of harmonic measure with an application to subharmonic functions -- Kuramochi boundaries of Riemannian manifolds -- On axiomatic non-linear potential theory -- The Neumann problem and Hausdorff measures -- On potential extension and capacity on harmonic spaces -- Singularities of the solution of integral equations of potential theory arising in problems of elasticity for non-homogeneous media -- Appendices -- List of participants -- List of non-participating contributors -- List of lectures.

Note: Front Page -- Renewable Energy: Technology and the Environment -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Related Topics -- Chapter 1. Integrated Resource Planning -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING (IRP) -- DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT (DSM) -- SOCIAL COSTS OF ENERGY AND VALUE OF ENERGY SAVINGS -- EXTERNALITY COSTS FOR ELECTRICITY FROM FOSSIL FUELS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2. Electricity from Geothermal Energy: 88 Years of Production -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3. Wave Energy: Prospects and Prototypes -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- WAVE ENERGY AND WAVE POWER -- THE TECHNOLOGY -- FIXED DEVICES -- FLOATING DEVICES -- RESEARCH ACTIVITY AROUND THE WORLD -- JAPAN -- NORWAY -- UK -- CHINA -- KOREA -- INDIA -- DENMARK -- SWEDEN -- PORTUGAL -- EIRE -- USA -- ECONOMICS -- PROTOTYPES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4. A New Power Base: Renewable Energy Policies for The Nineties and Beyond1 -- I. CONTEXT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY IN THE U.S. -- II. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- Chapter 5. Renewable Energy Technologies in Developing Countries: A New Approach for Successful Diffusion -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE MODEL -- NOVELTY, CONFIRMATION AND EVOLUTION -- SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF A SOCIAL SYSTEM -- AN APPLICATION OF THE METHODOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6. Harnessing The Tax System to Benefit Alternative Energy -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- LEGISLATIVE PROCESS -- NEED TO USE APPLIED ECONOMISTS FOR FOLLOW-UP WORK -- ELIMINATION OF DESTRUCTIVE TAX PROVISIONS -- ROLE OF MICROECONOMICS -- NEGATIVE TAXES -- INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES -- STEPS TO AVOID -- REFERENCES -- PAPER WITHDRAWN AT PRESS STAGE -- Chapter 7. Energy-Meteorology: A New Discipline? -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- Introduction -- REFERENCES. , Chapter 8. Development, Energy and Environment: A Long Term Prospective -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9. Solar Energy Education - An Important Part of Worldwide Solar Energy Activities -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION -- VOCATIONAL TRAINING -- UNIVERSITY COURSES -- EDUCATING DECISION MAKERS -- EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC -- MAKING SOLAR ENERGY UNDERSTANDABLE: EXPERIMENTS AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE -- INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION THROUGH IASEE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10. Solar Energy - Educational Pathways -- Abstract, -- Key Words -- INTRODUCTION -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11. Renewable Energy Education in Developing Countries : Indian Scenario -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION -- CLASSIFICATION OF RENENAHLE ENERGY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES -- RELEVANT CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- DESIRABLE FEATURES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION PROGRAMMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- RENEWABLE ENERGY TEACHING/TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN INDIA -- IIT DELHI -- IIT BOMBAY -- IIT KHARAGPUR -- MADURAI KAMRAJ UNIVERSITY, MADURAI -- SCHOOL OF ENERGY STUDIES, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES, DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDALAYA, INDORE (M.P) -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12. Solar Hydrogen - Why, Potential, When? -- STRATEGY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLAR HYDROGEN -- A PRESENT REALIZATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY: THE EURO-QUEBEC HYDRO-HYDROGEN PILOT PROJECT -- REFERENCE -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- WHY HYDROGEN? -- PRIMARY ENERGY -- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS -- END USE -- COSTS -- ECONOMICS -- Chapter 13. The Wave Energy Potential and Programme of Norway -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- WAVE ENERGY RESOURCE -- EARLY THEORETICAL ACHIEVEMENTS. , PHASE-CONTROLLED POINT ABSORBERS -- THE NORWAVE TAPCHAN ENERGY CONVERTER -- THE KVAERNER MULTIRESONANT OWC -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14. Renewable Energy Programme of The Netherlands -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- PROGRAMS AT VARIOUS LEVELS -- SOLAR HEAT -- PHOTOVOLTAÏCS -- WIND ENERGY -- BIOMASS -- GEOTHERMAL ENERGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15. Sky Brightness During Twilight. Model and Measurements -- 1 Abstract -- 2 Introduction -- 3 Modelling the twilight -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknoledgements -- References -- Chapter 16. Solar Instrumentation Used in Meteorology -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Major information for solar design -- 3. Solar instrumentation -- 4. Calibration and Maintenance -- 5. Time Interval -- 6. Precision and Accuracy of the instruments -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 17. Monitoring Solar Insolation at Gaborone with A Device Which Incorporates A High Performance Solar Cell As A Detector -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Experiaental Set UP -- Theoretical Basis -- Data and Data Analysis -- Results. Discussion and Future Plans -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 18. A Model to Estimate Radiation on Horizontal and Inclined Surfaces for Malaysia -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL DATA -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODEL -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19. The Spectrum of the Solar Global Radiation on Horizontal Surfaces in Polluted and Pure Air Zones of Great Cairo -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENTS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 20. AIR POLLUTION MODIFICATION DUE TO ENERGY SUPPLY DIVERSIFICATION FOR MEXICO IN THE YEAR 2000 -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ENERGY SCENARIOS FOR THE YEAR 2000 -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. , Chapter 21. Directly Coupled Turbine-Induction Generator Systems for Low-Cost Micro-Hydro Power -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- INDUCTION MOTORS AS GENERATORS -- MATCHING THE GENERATOR TO THE TURBINE -- PELTON WHEEL TURBINES -- PUMPS AS TURBINES -- FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 22. Hydropower In China's Energy System -- Growing demand for electricity -- Fossil fuels -- Potential and distribution of hydropower resources -- Tidal energy -- Administration - long-term perspectives lacking In planning and plan Implementation -- The future of hydropower In China -- The Sanxla power plant (Three Gorges) -- Chapter 23. The Utilisation of Genetic Algorithm for the Optimal Design of a Pneumatic Hydro-Power Device -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- THE DEVICE -- PARAMETRIC TESTING -- THE GENETIC ALGORITHM -- METHODOLOGY -- OTHER ENERGY-RELATED APPLICATIONS -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 24. Field Experiments of a Wave Power Converter with Caisson Breakwater -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Outline of the breakwater to generate electric power from wave power -- Summary of field experiments -- Power operation -- Utilization of wave power generation technology -- Acknowledgement -- REFEERENNCES -- Chapter 25. Tidal Energy Potential Along Indian Coast -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 26. Towards a Prototype Floating Circular Clam Wave Energy Converter -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CLAM -- THE MEMBRANE -- THE WELLS TURBINE -- STRUCTURAL DESIGN -- MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FROM WAVE TO WIRE -- FUTURE DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 27. Solar Energy Applications in Botswana Gaborone, -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- SOLAR RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASUREMENT -- SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS. , PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS -- SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 28. Solar Energy in Botswana-The Importance of Correct Practices in the Adoption of New Technologies -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- BOTSWANA -- EXPERIENCE WITH SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES IN BOTSWANA -- ACTIONS TAKEN TO FACILITATE THE INTRODUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 29. Technical Potentials of Renewable Energies at the Example of a Bundesland in the Federal Republic of Germany -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Renewable Energies for the Electricity Production -- 3 Renewable Energies for Heat Production -- 4 Comparison of the Total Potential -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Literature -- Chapter 30. Solar Energy in Cyprus: Facts and Prospects -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION PROFILE -- 3. SOLAR WATER HEATING -- 4. Solar Space Heating -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 31. Sustainable Development in Indonesia : A Renewable Energy Perspective -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOGRAPHICALLY AND GEOLOGICALLY -- ENERGY DEMAND -- RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 32. The Renewable Energies In Tunisia -- ABSTRACT -- TUNISIA CHARACTERISTICS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY IN TUNISIA -- THE ACHIEVED PROGRAMS -- Chapter 33. Air Pollution Modification due to Energy Supply Diversification for Mexico in the Year 2000 -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ENERGY SCENARIOS FOR THE YEAR 2000 -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 34. Will Hydrogen be a Major Fuel of the 21st Century -- Chapter 35. Hydrogen Production by Steam Gasification of Coal in a Moving Bed Using Nuclear Heat -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER EQUATIONS -- BEHAVIOUR OF THE MODEL -- REACTOR PERFORMANCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOMENCLATURE -- REFERENCES. , Chapter 36. Evolution of Hydrogen From Water Over Zeolites.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- 1. Economic Assessment of Membrane Processes -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNDAMENTALS OF MEMBRANES AND MEMBRANEPROCESSES -- Definition of a Membrane: Structure and Function -- Properties and Applications of Technically Relevant Membranes -- Technically Relevant Membrane Separation Processes and Their Applications -- Membrane Modules and Their Design -- TECHNICALLY RELEVANT MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS AND THEIR ECONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Membrane Processes in Water Treatment -- Membrane Processes in the Food Industry -- Membrane Processes in Medical Devices -- Membrane Processes in the Chemical and PetrochemicalIndustry -- Membrane Processes in Biotechnology -- THE MEMBRANE MARKET AND ITS EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT -- Process and Product Related Market Distribution -- Regional Distribution of the Membrane Market -- Regional Distribution of the Membrane Industry -- Price Structure of Membrane Products and Processes -- THE MEMBRANE INDUSTRY AND ITS STRUCTURE -- MEMBRANE-RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- REFERENCES -- 2. Separation of Unsaturates by Complexing with Nonaqueous Solutions of Cuprous Salts -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CUPROUS ION-OLEFIN BOND IN SEPARATIONS -- COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIA IN THE COMPLEXATION OF CUPROUS SALTS -- PREPARATION OF IONIC CUPROUS SALTS -- Dry Cuprous Salts -- Cuprous Salts in Nonaqueous Solutions -- SOLUBILITIES OF CUPROUS SALTS IN NONAQUEOUS SOLVENTS -- HYDROCARBON CAPACITY OF CUPROUS SALT SOLUTIONS -- CUPROUS-OLEFIN COMPLEXING WITH IONIC CUPROUS SALTS -- Complexes Formed by Solid CuTFA -- Complexes Formed in CuTFA Solutions -- Calorimetry of Cuprous Complexes in Solutions: Solvent and Anion Effects -- PROCESS IMPLICATIONS -- Separation of Low Molecular Weight Olefins from Paraffins. , Styrene/Ethylbenzene Separation Based on Dual-Solvent Cuprous Salt/Propionitrile/Paraffin Systems -- Separations of Diolefins by Cuprous Complexing -- Recovery of Carbon Monoxide by Cuprous Salt Solutions -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 3. Olefin Recovery and Purification via Silver Complexation -- INTRODUCTION -- CONVENTIONAL OLEFIN RECOVERY SYSTEM -- BOND COMPLEXATION -- COMMERCIAL AND PROPOSED PROCESSES -- EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND MODELING -- Experimental Procedures -- Phase Equilibrium Data -- SILVER COMPLEXATION-BASED PROCESS -- PROCESS ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS -- Absorption -- Venting of Impurities -- Desorption -- ECONOMICS AND PROCESS RISK -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4. Immobilized Bioadsorbents for Dissolved Metals -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOADSORBENT MATERIALS -- Microbial Biomass -- Plant Tissue -- Animal Tissue -- ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION MECHANISMS -- Adsorption by Living Organisms -- Adsorption by Nonliving or Inactive Biomass -- Desorption Mechanisms -- BIOPROCESSING SYSTEMS -- Immobilization of the Bioadsorbent -- Contacting Systems -- FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 5. Membrane Separations in the Recovery of Biofuels and Biochemicals: An Update Review -- MEMBRANE UNIT OPERATIONS -- Reverse Osmosis (RO) -- Pervaporation (PV) -- Vapor Permeation (VPe) -- Membrane Extraction (Perstraction) -- Electrodialysis (ED) -- Membrane Performance (Terminology) -- NOTES ON THE TABLES -- ETHANOL RECOVERY -- Pervaporation -- Vapor Permeation -- Reverse Osmosis -- Membrane Extraction -- ACETONE, BUTANOL, AND ISOPROPANOL RECOVERY -- Pervaporation -- Vapor Permeation: Products Dehydration -- Reverse Osmosis: Products Concentration -- Membrane Extraction -- Product/Organic Separations -- MISCELLANEOUS BIOFUELS AND BIOCHEMICALS -- Pervaporation -- Reverse Osmosis -- Electrodialysis (ED) -- Membrane Extraction -- CONCLUSIONS. , ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 6. Commercial Applications of Emulsion Liquid Membranes -- INTRODUCTION -- CURRENT EMULSION LIQUID MEMBRANE STATUS -- SEPARATION APPLICATIONS -- Principles of Liquid Membrane Separation Processes -- Recovery of Zinc -- Phenol Removal -- Cyanide Removal -- SEGREGATION OF REAGENTS BY ENCAPSULATION -- SOME POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 7. Evaluation of Mass Transfer Coefficients from Single-Drop Models in Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Columns -- EXPERIMENTAL -- DROP SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION -- DISPERSED PHASE HOLDUP AND INTERFACIAL AREA -- BACKFLOW MODEL AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION -- TRUE'' INTERPHASE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT IN PSE COLUMNS -- DESIGN OF PSE COLUMN FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOMENCLATURE -- REFERENCES -- 8. Liquid Waste Concentration by Electrodialysis -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FUNCTIONS OF ELECTRODIALYSIS -- Purpose of Electrodialysis -- Principle of Electrodialysis -- General Considerations -- Location of Electrodialysis in a Process -- THEORY OF CONCENTRATION BY ELECTRODIALYSIS -- Fluxes of Matter and Electricity -- Operating Conditions -- Consequences -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS -- Basics of the Balances -- Investment Costs -- Annual Costs -- Costs of Products Treated -- Overall Balance-Turnover -- APPLICATION TO HYDROMETALLURGY -- Electrowinning of Metals -- Zinc Metallurgy -- APPLICATION TO SURFACE TREATMENTS -- Recovery of Nickel by Electrodialysis -- Recovery of Copper by Electrodialysis -- Cyanide Baths -- APPLICATION TO OTHER INDUSTRIES -- Glass Industry: Demineralization of Rinse Water -- Chemical Industries: Recovery of Catalyst -- Food Industry: Treatment of Wheys and Other Milk Byproducts -- Food Industries: Liquid Waste from a Distillery -- MEMBRANE ELECTROHYDROLYSIS -- Bipolar Membranes -- Recovery of Steel Pickle Liquors. , Recovery of Glass-Etching Solution -- ELECTRO-ELECTRODIALYSIS -- The Principle -- Recovery of Chromium by EED -- DIALYSIS -- Ordinary and Donnan Dialysis -- Dialysis of Acids -- Basic Equations -- Dialysis of Effluents from a Nickel Galvanization Bath -- Dialysis of Effluents from Anodic Oxidation of Aluminum -- Dialysis of Effluents from the Plating Industry -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Index.

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