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Main Title Development status and environmental hazards of several candidate advanced energy systems /
Author Penny, Morris M. ; Bourgeois., Sidney
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Author Title of a Work
Cain, William.
Bourgeois, Sidney V.
CORP Author Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc., Huntsville, Ala. Huntsville Research and Engineering Center.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Publisher Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-600/7-77-062; EPA-02-1331
Stock Number PB-272 759
OCLC Number 53457996
Subjects Envergy development--Environmental aspects ; Renewable energy sources--Environmental aspects ; Renewable energy sources--Research
Additional Subjects Energy conversion ; Electric power generation ; Technology assessment ; Magnetohydrodynamic generation ; Hydrogen fuel cells ; Fuel cells ; Ocean thermal energy conversion ; Wind power ; Turbines ; Windmills ; Thermionic conversion ; Thermoelectric converters ; Thermionic converters ; Electrohydrodynamics ; Potassium ; Thermal efficiency ; Benefit cost analysis ; Environmental impacts ; Forecasting ; Potassium vapor topping cycles ; Electrogasdynamics
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EJBD  EPA 600-7-77-062 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/23/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/7-77-062 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 11/21/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-77-062 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-7-77-062 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-272 759 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 99 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives a review of the development status of several advanced energy concepts and discusses the primary environmental hazards of each system. Systems reviewed include potential new sources of energy and improved energy conversion. Each system is evaluated with respect to its development status, and estimates made as to when each will begin to contribute significantly to U.S. energy needs. Appraisals were made of the environmental impact of each system including assessment of the adequacy of pollution control technology and potential gross ecological impact. Considering both the expected environmental impact and period of technology break through/commercialization, the following order of R&D priorities on the candidate energy systems has been developed: high temperature turbines, ocean thermal gradients, windmills, magnetohydrodynamics, metal vapor (potassium) Rankine topping cycles, hydrogen fuel cells, thermionics, electrogasdynamics, and thermoelectric conversion.
Notes
Project Officer: William Cain. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. "June 1977." Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98). "EPA-600/7-77-062."
Contents Notes
The report gives a review of the development status of several advanced energy concepts and discusses the primary environmental hazards of each system. Systems reviewed include potential new sources of energy and improved energy conversion. Each system is evaluated with respect to its development status, and estimates made as to when each will begin to contribute significantly to U.S. energy needs. Appraisals were made of the environmental impact of each system including assessment of the adequacy of pollution control technology and potential gross ecological impact. The overall conclusion is that each energy system has a negligible or mild direct environmental impact when compared with conventional fossil fuel and nuclear systems, but that indirect impacts for some of the energy systems could be severe and need further study to quantify their impacts. Considering both the expected environmental impact and period of technology break through/commercialization, the following order of R&D priorities on the candidate energy systems has been developed: high temperature turbines, ocean thermal gradients, windmills, magnetohydrodynamics, metal vapor (potassium) Rankine topping cycles, hydrogen fuel cells, thermionics, electrogasdynamics, and thermoelectric conversion.