Interesting Links: MAE 118a

MAE 118B – Interesting Links

Prof. G.R. Tynan

Page last updated 8 January 2008

Transitioning the World’s Energy Economy to Sustainable Energy Sources

www.princeton.edu/~cmi Princeton University Carbon Mitigation Initiative Website - Looking at ways to reduce C emissions in a way that is consistent with human energy needs.

http://www.interacademycouncil.net/CMS/Reports/11840.aspx Comprehensive report by multiple national science academies attempting to identify a scientfific consensus framework for directing sustainable global energy development.

Basic Research Needs for Emerging Energy Technologies - A set of reports outlining the key research needs to enable the development and implementation of emerging 21^st century energy technologies. Authored by various US Department of Energy-sponsored Science & Technology Workshops

General Links

www.ucsusa.org The Union of Concerned Scientists

www.energy.gov The U.S. Dept. of Energy

www.nrel.gov The National Renewable Energy Laboratory

www.energy.ca.gov The California Energy Commission

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html The DOE Energy Information Agency brief for the U.S. (other countries are also available) - this is a gold mine!

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/contents.html DOE Annual Energy Review for the U.S.

http://www.bp.com/genericsection.do?categoryId=92&contentId=7005893 BP Statistical Review of World Energy

Newspaper. Periodical Articles & Series on Energy

NY Times Archives - 2006 -2007 Articles on Energy

Physics Today - 2002 Special Issue on Energy

Science Magazine Special Issues on Energy (access from UCSD IP addresses only)

BBC Website Special Pages on Climate Change

Topical Links

Thermodynamics

http://www.feexam.ou.edu/ A great primer on thermodynamics!

http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/advanced/thermo/thermocalc.html Fun enthalpy calculator!

http://www.gaseq.co.uk/ The GasEq chemical equilibrium calculator program

Power plants and Fuels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_intensity Ideas about carbon intensity, links

http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/altfuel/fuel_comp.html Compare specific fuels, including properties, economics

http://www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/apbf/progs/search1.cgi Fuel properties for specific petroleum-based fuels and alternatives

http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/pdfs/fueltable.pdf Transportation fuel properties

How a coal-fired power plant works(From Canadian Clean Power Initiative)

http://www.eas.asu.edu/~holbert/eee463/coal.htmlA cool flash animation of how a coal-fired power plant works

http://www.tva.gov/power/coalart.htmThe TVA uses the same pictures as the flash animation (hmmm) to describe coal fired plant operation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_power_plantA nice summary of power plant operation, different types

Air pollution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution A nice set of links

http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/ From the regulators themselves, a bit about criteria air pollutants

http://www.epa.gov/air/particlepollution/index.html Details about particulate matter as a pollutant

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/aaqs/pm/pm.htm More about particles from the California Air Resources Board (CARB)

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/health/health.htm Health effects of air pollution from CARB

http://www.jstor.org/view/00368075/ap993259/99a00090/0 A famous article from Science (1982) about particles from coal fired power plants. The authors noted that low-NOx operation seemed to reduce the number of fine particles. Very easy to read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_oxide#NOx A good introduction to NOx and NOx control

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO2 See the bottom portion of the page for SO₂ emissions and control

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PM2.5 A good start on particles in the atmosphere, nice set of links

Peak Oil

http://www.hubbertpeak.com/ An opinion about world fuel supply and coming shortage

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ Another about the global peak in petroleum

Global Warming and Climate Change

http://www.pewclimate.org/Recommendations and implications. A great set of short links on right with issues that you need to understand

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ The U.S. Government's party line

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming A very nice summary of global warming and the potential for climate change

http://aip.org/history/climate/ A summary of climate change science from the American Institute of Physic

http://www.ipcc.ch Official website of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Hydrogen economy

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hydrogen-economy.htm Nice site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_economy Lots of links