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Title
Future fire forms : heat, work and thermodynamics / Cornel Stan.
ISBN
9783031120817 (electronic bk.)
3031120817 (electronic bk.)
9783031120800
3031120809
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 288 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-12081-7 doi
Call Number
QD516
Dewey Decimal Classification
541/.361
Summary
Keep on running by clever burning! This book reports how humans created materials, machines and power plants with the help of fire and which fuels, with their advantages and disadvantages, they have used so far. "Climate rescuers" of all stripes, whether qualified for such challenge or not, want to eliminate the fire completely and replace it with electricity from photovoltaics and wind power. The book contains facts and evidence as to why solar panels and windmills cannot be sufficient to ensure all the world's energy needs. Neither combustion nor thermal engines are responsible for the environmental hazard till now, but the fuels they have received in the past. Let's feed the fire with nature-compatible fuels and let it unfold properly in very effective machines and systems! The book describes systematically and comprehensibly for everyone, thermodynamic laws and methods for the design of very efficient machines and drives, as well as regenerative, climate-neutral fuels. This lecture is highly recommended when seating in front of a fireplace or sitting beside a campfire. The author Professor Cornel Stan studied aerospace engineering. He teaches in many Universities worldwide on energy conversion and application in technical systems, as well as on alternative propulsion systems for automobiles. His research areas include thermodynamic processes, combustion, alternative propulsion, biofuels, energy management. Cornel Stan is the author of numerous books and scientific papers, published in several languages. Professor Stan is Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International).
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 22, 2022).
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Print version: 9783031120800
Part I - Combustion in the modern world: The Fire
Fire for heat
Fire for work
Climate-neutral fuels
Fire causes emissions Part II - Thermodynamics of fire: Heat and work change states
Work from heat
Working fluid as carriers of heat and work
The irreversibility of natural processes
Ways from heat to work
Heat transfer Part III - The Taming of Fire: Pouring oil on the fire
Fire use with the best possible and climate-friendly effect
Second-hand Fire
Heat and work without fire. .
