Energy primer : solar, water, wind, and biofuels.

Menlo Park, Calif. : Portola Institute, [1974]

200 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm

This is a comprehensive, fairly technical book about renewable forms of energy--solar, water, wind, and biofuels. The biofuels section covers biomass energy, agriculture, aquaculture, alcohol, methane, and wood. The focus is on small-scale systems which can be applied to the needs of the individual, small group, or community. More than one-fourth of the book is devoted to reviews of books and hardware sources. Hundreds of illustrations and a dozen original articles are used to describe the workings of solar water heaters, space heaters and dryers, waterwheels, windmills, wind generators, wood burning heaters, alcohol stills, and methane digesters. The final section of the book focuses on the need for energy conservation and some of the problems and potentials of integrated energy systems. (Author/BT).

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9780914774006

Power (Mechanics)
Renewable energy sources.
Power resources.
Renewable Energy
Energy-Generating Resources
Énergie mécanique.
Ressources énergétiques.
Énergies renouvelables.
energy resources.

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 250274
Cote: TJ808 .E54 1974
Statut: Disponible