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“david pimental”

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  • Integrated Resource Management

    Agroforestry for Development

    Edited by Charles V. Kidd, David Pimental ...
    Written to help bring agriculture's "Green Revolution" to the third world, Integrated Resource Management includes overviews of current agricultural production systems and their alternatives, demographics on mortality and population growth, soils, erosion, water availability, sustainable integrated agroforestry systems and behavioral adaptations. - Explains why a quality environment is essential ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

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  • Optimal Charging Control of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids

    by Wanrong Tang, Ying Jun (Angela) Zhang ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book introduces the optimal online charging control of electric vehicles (EVs) and battery energy storage systems (BESSs) in smart grids. The ultimate goal is to minimize the total energy cost as well as reduce the fluctuation of the total power flow caused by the integration of the EVs and renewable energy generators.Using both theoretic analysis and data-driven numerical results, the ... Read more

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  • Transport in British Fiction

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    Transport in British Fiction is the first essay collection devoted to transport and its various types horse, train, tram, cab, omnibus, bicycle, ship, car, air and space as represented in British fiction across a century of unprecedented technological change that was as destabilizing as it was progressive. ... Read more

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  • Amorphous Silicon / Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

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  • European Energy and Climate Security

    Public Policies, Energy Sources, and Eastern Partners

    Edited by Rossella Bardazzi, Maria Grazia Pazienza, Alberto Tonini ...
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  • Transnational Film Culture in New Zealand

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    In this innovative work of cultural history, Simon Sigley tells the story of film culture in New Zealand from the establishment of the Auckland Film Society in the 1920s to the present day.Rather than focusing on the work of individual filmmakers, Sigley approaches cinema as a form of social practice. He examines the reception of international film theories and discourses and shows how these ideas ... Read more

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  • Energy Efficiency and the Future of Real Estate

    Edited by N. Edward Coulson, Yongsheng Wang, Clifford A. Lipscomb ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book explores how energy efficiency is a major component in the development of sustainable real estate. Efficiency is one of the most frequently-mentioned aspects of government policies for green building design in the United States and around the world. There has been a significant amount of effort devoted to the creation of green practices in real estate, including building construction, ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the Engineering of Fast Nuclear Reactors

    by Anthony M. Judd ...
    An invaluable resource for both graduate-level engineering students and practising nuclear engineers who want to expand their knowledge of fast nuclear reactors, the reactors of the future. This book is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to all aspects of fast reactor engineering. It covers topics including neutron physics; neutron flux spectra; flux distribution; Doppler and coolant ... Read more

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  • Study on Fabrication and Performance of Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

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    This book highlights the development of novel metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFCs). It describes the metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFCs) that consist of a microporous stainless steel support, nanoporous electrode composites and a thin ceramic electrolyte using the “tape casting-sintering-infiltrating” method. Further, it investigates the reaction kinetics of the fuel ... Read more

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  • Advanced Biomass Gasification

    New Concepts for Efficiency Increase and Product Flexibility

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  • Biohydrogen Production: Sustainability of Current Technology and Future Perspective

    Edited by Anoop Singh, Dheeraj Rathore ...
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    Increase in green, renewable and sustainable energy demand due to higher environmental impacts (e.g. Greenhouse gases emissions, climate change, etc.) on consumption of fossil fuel resource put down an extra pressure on government, researchers and industrialists. Among several available biofuel options, biohydrogen is considered as one of the best environmentally clean fuel and a strong candidate ... Read more

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