Net Energy Analysis and the Energy Requirements of Energy Systems

by Daniel T. Spreng

Overview

With rising energy costs and the threat of diminishing resources affecting all international economies, the computation of energy required to extract and refine a resource—net energy analysis—has become an important component of energy analysis. This volume fills a major gap in the energy development literature by providing a full-length scholarly treatment of the subject. Written for energy researchers and managers in industries and utilities, Net Energy Analysis thoroughly explains the theoretical principles underlyiing net energy analysis, offers examples of how these principles are applied, and provides an impartial critique of current methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275927967
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/03/1988
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

DANIEL T. SPRENG is associated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, where he teaches and conducts research in energy analysis.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alvin M. Weinberg
Part I: Energy Systems
Introduction
Man's Use of Energy
Locations and Concentrations of Energy
Energy—When and at What Rate?
The Energy Services
Part II: Valuations of Energy
National and International Energy Statistics
The Physicist's Approach
Valuation of Energy in Engineering
The Role of Energy in Economics
The View of the Conservationist
Part III: Methods of Cumulative Energy Accounting
A Short History of Energy Accounting
Useful Questions in Energy Accounting
Problems in Applying Net-Energy Analysis
Process Analysis and the Input-Output Method
Schools of Net-Energy Analysis
Indexes of Systems' Performance and Sankey Diagrams
Part IV: Energy Accounting of Energy Carriers
Electricity-Producing Systems
Fuel-Producing Systems
Part V: Energy Accounting of Energy Services
Direct and Indirect Energy Requirements of Transport Systems
Process Heat and Mechanical Drive
Warm Water and Space Heat
Part VI: Concluding Remarks
Purpose and Method
Answers and Partial Answers to Some Policy Questions