Raw materials for future energy supply. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Friedrich-W. Wellmer [and six others] ; with contribution from Gerhard Angerer, Berit Erlach, Tobias Kracke ; with support of Marie-Christin Hèolne.
• Authors: Wellmer, Friedrich-Wilhelm; Buchholz, Peter; Gutzmer, Jens; Hagelüken, Christian; Littke, Ralf; Thauer, Rudolf K
• Other Names: Herzig, Petere author
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations and Units; Units; Chemical Element Symbols and Empirical Formulae; Summary; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Will Raw Materials Ever Be Depleted?; 1.2 Objectivity in the Discussion; 1.3 Social Acceptance: A Condition for the Exploitation of Natural Resources; References; 2 Fundamentals; 2.1 Conventional Classification of Natural Resources and Definitions; 2.2 Reserves, Resources and Geopotential; 2.3 Critical Raw Materials and Raw Materials of Strategic Economic Importance 2.4 Availability of Raw Materials: The Feedback Control Cycle of Raw Materials Supply and Commodity Studies2.4.1 The Feedback Control Cycle of Raw Material Supply; 2.4.2 Studies on Raw Materials Criticality; References; 3 Supply of Raw Materials and Effects of the Global Economy; 3.1 Primary Exploitation of Raw Materials and Forecasts of Future Availability; 3.1.1 Production Peak Instead of Static Life Time of Reserves and Resources?; 3.1.2 Energy and Water Requirements; 3.2 Price Setting and Market Mechanisms; 3.3 The Demand-Side; 3.3.1 General Trends 3.3.2 Technological Developments in the Demand-Side3.4 The Supply-Side; 3.4.1 The Impacts of Geology and Mining Economics on the Supply of Primary Raw Materials; 3.4.2 Political and Social Impacts on the Supply of Primary Raw Materials; 3.4.3 Technologies for Exploration and Exploitation of Mineral Resources; 3.4.4 The Availability of Secondary Resources; 3.4.5 Development of Technologies for the Recycling of Secondary Materials; 3.4.6 The Influence of Substitution and Increased Material Efficiency on the Supply of Natural Resources; References 4 Current Status of Natural Resources-An Overview4.1 Supply Situation of Mineral Natural Resources; 4.1.1 Founding of a German Natural Resource Company?; 4.1.2 Avoidance Strategies for a Reliable Supply; 4.1.3 Secondary Resources Increase the Reliability of Supply; 4.2 Supply Situation of Fossil Energy Fuels; 4.3 Supply Situation for Biomass; 4.3.1 Proportion of Bioenergy in Primary Energy Consumption; 4.3.2 The Balance Sheet for Plant Biomass Production in the Countryside; 4.3.3 Biomass from Forests and Woodlands; 4.3.4 Biomass from the Agricultural Industry; 4.3.5 Lignocellulose 4.3.6 Land, Soils, Water, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium4.3.7 Economic Aspects of the Utilization of Biomass; References; 5 The Raw Material Requirements for Energy Systems; 5.1 Demand-Driven Competition of Critical Raw Materials for Energy Technologies; 5.2 Response Capacity of the Global Raw Material System; 5.3 Critical Raw Materials for the Energy Transition; 5.3.1 Raw Material Criticality Studies: Comparison of Meta-studies; 5.3.2 Comparison of Analyses of Critical Raw Materials Required for the Energy Transition; 5.4 Author's Assessment of Criticality
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.79; Earth sciences; Power resources -- Forecasting; Power resources; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General; Power resources; Science -- Energy; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Materials science; Biogeography; Geology, economic; Renewable energy sources; Materials science; Force and energy; Economic geology; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319912295; 3319912291
• Related ISBNs: 3319912283; 9783319912288
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2018).
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