Energy Engineering and Powering the Future

by Jonathan Nixon

Overview

As cities and populations grow, we need more and more energy to run and heat our homes and to power transportation. Readers will learn how energy engineers help make sure that our energy demands are met in a number of different ways. They discover new ways to convert natural resources into affordable and environmentally friendly forms of energy; they build and operate power stations for both renewable and non-renewable forms of energy; they manage electrical power networks; they also monitor how generating energy may harm the planet. Real-life examples and a design challenge help students understand key concepts related to the engineering process, and how energy engineers will play a vital role in our future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780778775430
Publisher:	Crabtree Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/25/2016
Series:	Engineering in Action
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

Table of Contents

What is energy engineering? 4

Working with energy 6

Finding a better way 8

Fossil and nuclear power 10

Engineering renewables 12

The history of energy engineering 14

Today's energy engineer 16

Meeting the challenge 18

Possible solutions 20

Testing, testing 22

Sharing solutions 24

Design challenge 26

A clean future 28

Learning more 30

Glossary 31

Index 32