Clean Energy.

Clean Energy -- Contents -- Abbreviations, Symbols and Units Used in Text -- Glossary of Terms -- Chapter 1 Energy Production and Use -- 1.1 A Brief History of Energy Technology -- Coal -- Petroleum -- Electricity -- Natural Gas -- 1.2 World Energy Supply - The Present Scene -- 1.3 World Energy Supply - Projections to 2020 -- 1.4 Fossil Fuel Reserves -- Oil and Gas -- Tar Sands, Asphalts, Oil Shales and Bitumen -- Coal -- 1.5 The Overall Energy - Environment Problem -- 1.6 Prospects for Renewable Energy -- 1.7 References -- Chapter 2 Clean Fuels -- 2.1 Clean-burning fuels -- Natural Gas -- Liquefied Petroleum Gas -- 2.2 Developments in Petroleum Technology -- Exhaust Catalyst Technology -- 2.3 Clean Coal Technologies -- Coal Gasification -- Ultra-clean Coal -- Coal Liquefaction -- 2.4 Alcohols and Bio-fuels -- Methanol -- Ethanol -- Bio-diesel -- 2.5 Hydrogen - The Ultimate Fuel -- 2.6 Electricity - A Clean Secondary Fuel -- 2.7 References -- Chapter 3 Electricity Generation -- 3.1 Electricity Generation Statistics -- 3.2 Coal-fired Electricity Plant -- 3.3 Oil-fired and Gas-fired Electricity Plant -- 3.4 Combined Heat and Power (Co-generation) -- 3.5 Nuclear Power -- Reactor Physics -- Reactor Design -- Water-cooled Reactors -- High-temperature Reactors -- Fuel Reprocessing and Fast-breeder Reactors -- The Future of Nuclear Energy -- 3.6 Nuclear Fusion -- 3.7 Distributed Generation -- 3.8 Renewables and Energy Storage -- 3.9 De-regulation of Electricity Markets -- 3.10 References -- Chapter 4 Renewable Energy - Thermal -- 4.1 Biomass: Agricultural and Forestry Wastes -- Straw -- Poultry Litter -- Forestry Wastes -- Wet Agricultural Wastes -- 4.2 Biomass: Energy Crops -- Ligno-cellulosic Crops -- Wood -- Grasses -- Sugar and Starch Crops -- Oil Crops -- 4.3 Biomass: Municipal Solid Waste -- Combustion, Gasification and Pyrolysis -- Bio-digestion.