Energy

1976 - 2025

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Volume 4, issue 6, 1979

Cogeneration—An energy alternative for the U.S.? pp. 1023-1031

Gary S. Was and Michael W. Golay

Strategies for scheduling power plants producing both heat and electric energy pp. 1033-1051

Steven B. Goldman and Michael W. Golay

Nuclear energy for the United States pp. 1053-1062

W.Kenneth Davis

On the use of energy elasticities pp. 1063-1067

T. Sonnino

Energy in Egypt: Resources, uses, and outlook to 2000 pp. 1069-1077

Said M.A. Ibrahim

A hybrid approach to the estimation of undiscovered oil resources in the United States pp. 1079-1085

N.D. Uri

The levels and determinants of household insulation activity pp. 1087-1098

Robert Smiley

On the economic assessment and optimization of energy storage systems pp. 1099-1105

H. Davitian and R.W. Leigh

l012: A check on the earth-carrying capacity for man pp. 1107-1117

C. Marchetti

Under ground thermal storage in the operation of solar ponds pp. 1119-1125

A. Akbarzadeh and G. Ahmadi

Solar enhanced oil recovery; An assessment of economic feasibility pp. 1127-1137

Kenneth D. Bergeron

Hydrogen and oxygen from water—II pp. 1139-1150

Richard B. Diver and Edward A. Fletcher

Measures of energy effectiveness of interacting resource processing systems pp. 1151-1160

Robert H. Edgerton

Prospects for the near-term commercialization of shale oil in the United States pp. 1161-1174

Gregg Marland

The potential for energy conservation in U.K. industry pp. 1175-1184

Christopher W. Lewis

Nuclear Reactor Safety pp. 1185-1186

L. Icerman

Solar energy policy pp. 1186-1187

L. Icerman

Open-loop chemical heat pipes pp. 1187-1188

L. Icerman

Volume 4, issue 5, 1979

Foreword pp. i-i

James M. Hester

Exploring alternative energy strategies pp. 711-722

Wilfrid Bach and William H. Matthews

Can alternative energy resources be brought into large-scale use in the united states by the year 2000? pp. 723-731

Harrison Brown

Global options for short-range alternative energy strategies pp. 733-744

José Goldemberg

Global perspectives and options for long-range energy strategies pp. 745-760

Wolf Haefele

Solar possibilities pp. 761-768

Denis Hayes

Status and prospects of local solar heating and cooling systems pp. 769-774

V.M. Puri

Global aspects of sunlight as a major energy source pp. 775-798

Jerome M. Weingart

Impacts of Satellite Power System technology pp. 799-809

Harry Moses

An analysis of the potential of Wind Energy Conversion Systems pp. 811-822

Jack W. Reed

Waves, currents, tides—problems and prospects pp. 823-831

Alfred Voss

Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC): Social and environmental issues pp. 833-840

Abrahim Lavi and Gay Heit Lavi

The application potential of hydro power pp. 841-849

Eric J. Jeffs

Petroleum plantations and synthetic chloroplasts pp. 851-869

Melvin Calvin

Prospects of future geothermal energy development pp. 871-879

Junji Suyama

Growth in global energy demand and contribution of alternative supply systems pp. 881-890

Ralph M. Rotty

Impacts of new energy technologies as measured against reference energy systems pp. 891-909

Morris Beller, Andres Doernberg, Alan Hermelee and Kenneth C. Hoffman

Challenges in the implementation of energy conservation pp. 911-918

S.S. Penner

Comparative risk assessment of energy systems pp. 919-931

Stephen H. Schneider

Climatic impact of alternative energy sources pp. 933-939

Jill Williams

Are the alternative energy strategies achievable? pp. 941-951

Alvin M. Weinberg

Dimensions of the “people problem” in energy research and “the” factual basis of dispersed energy futures pp. 953-967

Laura Nader and Norman Milleron

Energy sources for rural development pp. 969-987

Roger Revelle

Renewable energy options: What could developing countries expect from them? pp. 989-994

Jyoti K. Parikh

Rapporteur reports pp. 995-1004

S.S. Penner

Comments of Conference participants pp. 1005-1009

John W. Shupe

United nations university activities in the field of renewable energy sources pp. 1019-1021

Maurice Levy

Volume 4, issue 4, 1979

Mathematical models and simulation in solar energy research for buildings pp. iii-iii

A.V. Sebald

Computers in the design of solar energy systems pp. 483-501

S.A. Klein, J.W. Mitchell, J.A. Duffie and W.A. Beckman

On the performance of air-based solar heating systems utilizing phase-change energy storage pp. 503-522

J.J. Jurinak and S.I. Abdel-Khalik

Insolation modeling overview pp. 523-529

Eldon C. Boes

Validation of computer models for predicting radiation levels on tilted surfaces pp. 531-536

Loren J. Lantz and C.Byron Winn

Solar cooling performance predictions via stochastic weather algorithms pp. 537-548

D.K. Anand and I.N. Deif

Validation methodology for solar heating and cooling systems pp. 549-560

D.K. Anand, W.J. Kennish, T.M. Knasel and A.C. Stolarz

Instrumentation principles for performance measurement of solar heating systems pp. 561-573

Noam Lior

A microeconomic approach to passive solar design: Performance, cost, optimal sizing and comfort analysis pp. 575-591

Scott Noll and William O. Wray

Optimal insulation of solar heating system pipes and tanks pp. 593-621

Gerard F. Jones and Noam Lior

Passive and active residential solar heating: A comparative economic analysis of select designs pp. 623-644

Fred Roach, Scott Noll and Shaul Ben-David

The marginal cost of electricity used as backup for solar hot water systems: A case study pp. 645-661

Robert Bright and Harry Davitian

Determination of the optimal solar investment decision criterion pp. 663-683

Michael R. Sedmak and Ernest M. Zampelli

A high performance porous flat-plate solar collector pp. 685-694

F.L. Lansing, V. Clarke and R. Reynolds

Modeling of a thermal wall panel using phase change materials pp. 695-699

S.i̇ Güçeri and S.f Faunce

Design criteria in PCM wall thermal storage pp. 701-709

A.D. Solomon

Volume 4, issue 3, 1979

Cost study of superheating geothermal steam pp. 365-371

James M. Hensler and Robert C. Axtmann

Considerations related to the effusional separation of equilibrium components of high temperature water—the separation of helium-argon mixtures pp. 373-381

Edward A. Fletcher and Robert C. Yu

Reducing institutional barriers to solar energy through the use of cooperatively-owned solar energy systems pp. 383-392

Michael B. Packer

An assessment of thermal energy storage in conjunction with heat pumps for residential heating and cooling pp. 393-399

Michael B. Packer and Leon R. Glicksman

Energy impact of modifications of a river freight transport system: The upper Mississippi pp. 401-413

Larry Icerman, John K. Gohagan and David Culler

Universal economic optimization paths for solar hot water systems in commercial buildings pp. 415-427

G.Thomas Sav

Energy taxes: A method for financing national health insurance pp. 429-438

John Kraft and Ronald Vogel

Salinity power production in mechanochemical engines pp. 439-449

Allan Emrén

U.S. interindustry cost structure of the energy sectors, 1958, 1967, and 1968 pp. 451-456

Kern O. Kymn and Walter P. Page

The efficiency of electric powered machinery, especially fans pp. 457-461

A. Beerbower

Hydroelectric power generation and mineral recovery in the Qattara Depression of Egypt pp. 463-468

James J. Murray

New hybrid 1971 energy intensities available pp. 469-473

P.S. Penner, R.A. Herendeen and T. Milke

Energy consumption since 1973 and the hierarchic elasticity of nations pp. 475-479

A.J. Appleby and A. LeMéhauté

Volume 4, issue 2, 1979

Foreword pp. 135-136

James P. Hartnett

Integral measurements in a simulated fast breeder reactor blanket pp. 137-146

R.H. Johnson, R.C. Borg, F.M. Clikeman, G.A. Harms, K.O. Ott, J.H. Paczolt and M.P. Sohn

Performance characteristics of the high power density, flux-conserving Tokamak (FCT) reactor pp. 147-155

S.K. Borowski and Terry Kammash

Advanced-fuel pellet approaches to inertial fusion pp. 157-162

Chan K. Choi, Thomas E. Blue and George H. Miley

A possible route to small, flexible fusion units pp. 163-170

G.H. Miley and J.G. Gilligan

Energy exchange between earth-sheltered structures and the surrounding ground pp. 171-181

E.R.G. Eckert, T.P. Bligh and E. Pfender

Effects on thermal storage efficiencies of modifying heat-transport properties of indigenous sandstones pp. 183-192

R.M. Abdel-Wahed, P.F. Emerson, P.L. Blackshear and M. Riaz

Energy conservation via heat transfer enhancement pp. 193-200

A.E. Bergles, R.L. Webb and G.H. Junkan

Design of optimum compressed air energy-storage systems pp. 201-216

Anand Sharma, H.H. Chiu, F.W. Ahrens, R.K. Ahluwalia and K.M. Ragsdell

Superconductive magnetic energy storage pp. 217-223

R.W. Boom and S.W. Van Sciver

Electrogenerative chemical reactors pp. 225-233

Stanley H. Langer, Stephen J. Pietsch and George P. Sakellaropoulos

Small scale gasification of biomass: The case of corn cob gasifiers pp. 235-248

Otto C. Doering, Timothy J. O'Hare and Robert M. Peart

Farm-scale generation of bio-gas pp. 249-261

Philip R. Goodrich, Robert J. Gustafson, Kenneth L. Hauer and Verlo Larson

Fuels and chemicals from biomass pp. 263-275

M.R. Ladisch, M.C. Flickinger and G.T. Tsao

Heat transfer analysis of a domestic, wood-burning, “heat-circulating” fireplace pp. 277-285

A.Murty Kanury

The distributed flow, below atmospheric pressure solar collector pp. 287-297

Donald L. Spencer and Theodore F. Smith

An investigative study of a wave-energy device pp. 299-306

Dennis A. Guenther, Dedger Jones and David G. Brown

Polyelectrolyte electrets for electrical energy storage pp. 307-313

Irving F. Miller

Combustion of coal particles in wall-burning swirl combustors pp. 315-327

Paul M. Chung and R.Scott Smith

Combustion characteristics of droplets of coal/oil and coal/oil/water mixtures pp. 329-339

C.K. Law, H.K. Law and C.H. Lee

Combustion of single coal particles in a jet pp. 341-348

Kenneth W. Ragland and Craig A. Weiss

Heat transfer between a fluidized bed and an immersed vertical U-tube pp. 349-356

S.C. Saxena and A. Chatterjee

A steam process for coal gasification pp. 357-364

S.L. Soo and R.T. Gibbs

Volume 4, issue 1, 1979

Fenestration devices for energy conservation—I. Energy savings during the cooling season pp. 1-25

M.R. Brambley and S.S. Penner

Fenestration devices for energy conservation—II. Fenestration performance during the heating season pp. 27-31

M.R. Brambley and S.S. Penner

Critical observations on the U.S. National Energy Plan (NEP) pp. 33-46

S.S. Penner

Power generation in South Africa to the year 2000 pp. 47-59

G.Z. Ben-Yaacov

Solar energy storage as hydrogen and bromine from hydrogen bromide pp. 61-66

Edward A. Fletcher

Geothermal energy in imperial county, California: Environmental, socio-economic, demographic, and public opinion research conclusions and policy recommendations pp. 67-80

Martin J. Pasqualetti, James B. Pick and Edgar W. Butler

The environmental and public health consequences of replacement electricity supply pp. 81-86

Richard Wilson

The effect of price on the residential demand for electricity: A statistical study pp. 87-99

Lawrence S. Mayer and Cynthia E. Horowitz

Industrial cogeneration: Problems and promise pp. 101-117

L. Icerman and D.M. Staples

Cost-effectiveness of the vortex-augmented wind turbine pp. 119-130

Ozer Igra

Energy and development pp. 131-131

L. Icerman

Energy from humid air pp. 132-133

L. Icerman

Nuclear waste disposal pp. 132-132

L. Icerman

Accidents and fossil-fuel energy technologies pp. 133-134

L. Icerman