This textbook provides an introduction to energy analysis for those students who want to specialise in this challenging field.
In comparison to other textbooks, this book provides a balanced treatment of complete energy systems, covering the demand side, the supply side, and the energy markets that connect these. The emphasis is very much on presenting a range of tools and methodologies that will help students find their way in analysing real world problems in energy systems. This new edition has been updated throughout and contains additional content on energy transitions and improvements in the treatment of several energy systems analysis approaches.
Featuring learning objectives, further readings and practical exercises in each chapter, Introduction to Energy Analysis will be essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students with a background in the natural sciences and engineering. This book may also be useful for professionals dealing with energy issues, as a first introduction into the field.
Author(s): Kornelis Blok, Evert Nieuwlaar
Edition: 3
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 380
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Endorsement Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Illustration credits
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Energy and society
1.1 A brief history of energy use
1.2 Energy and human development
1.3 Environmental impacts of energy use
1.4 Security of energy supply
1.5 Energy and sustainable development
Notes
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 2 What is energy?
2.1 Energy in energy systems
2.2 Units of energy
2.3 Power
2.4 What are energy carriers?
2.5 The energy content of energy carriers
2.6 Higher and lower heating value of fuels
2.7 Energy use or energy consumption?
2.8 Final energy use
2.9 Calculating primary energy use from final energy use
2.10 Energy balances and energy statistics
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 3 Energy services and energy demand
3.1 Energy functions/energy services
3.2 Energy use in buildings
3.3 Energy use in transport
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 4 Energy use in industry, analysis and management of energy use
4.1 Energy use in the manufacturing industry
4.2 Energy analysis of energy users
4.3 Energy management
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 5 Energy extraction and conversion
5.1 Non-renewable energy sources
5.2 Reserves and resources
5.3 Renewable energy sources and conversion
5.4 Electricity production: conventional power plants
5.5 Combined generation of heat and power
5.6 Transmission and distribution of electricity and natural gas
5.7 Oil refineries
5.8 Carbon capture and storage
Note
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 6 Energy markets
6.1 Energy demand and price elasticities
6.2 Oil markets
6.3 Coal markets
6.4 Natural gas markets
6.5 Bio-energy markets
6.6 Electricity markets
6.7 Carbon markets
Notes
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 7 Exergy analysis
7.1 The second law of thermodynamics
7.2 Exergy
7.3 Exergy analysis
7.4 Pinch analysis
Further reading
Reference
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 8 Analysis of energy chains
8.1 General approach to energy chain analysis
8.2 Accuracy of primary energy use
8.3 Related concepts and applications of energy chain analysis
8.4 Average and marginal approaches in the electricity sector
8.5 Allocation in multi-output processes
8.6 Emission factors
Notes
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 9 Life-cycle energy analysis
9.1 The systematic approach in environmental life-cycle assessment
9.2 Process energy analysis
9.3 Input-output energy analysis
9.4 Hybrid method of process and input-output analysis
9.5 Related concepts and applications
Notes
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 10 Energy efficiency
10.1 What is energy efficiency?
10.2 Energy efficiency improvement
10.3 A taxonomy of energy efficiency improvement options
10.4 Technical energy efficiency
10.5 The energy efficiency index
10.6 Monetary energy intensity
10.7 The rebound effect
10.8 New business models for energy efficiency
Notes
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 11 Economic analysis of energy technologies
11.1 General approach to the analysis of energy technologies
11.2 Technology characterisation
11.3 Principles of cost-benefit analysis: the basics
11.4 Cost-benefit analysis: the private perspective
11.5 Cost-benefit analysis: the social perspective
11.6 Scale laws and learning curves
Further reading
References
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Exercises
Chapter 12 Potentials and marginal abatement cost curves
12.1 Different types of potentials
12.2 What is the reference?
12.3 Methods to determine potentials
12.4 Techno-economic analysis
12.5 Marginal abatement cost curves
12.6 Problems with the potential concept and marginal abatement cost curves
Further reading
References
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Exercises
Chapter 13 Volume, structure and energy efficiency
13.1 Volume, structure, and energy efficiency
13.2 Decomposition of volume, structure, and energy efficiency
13.3 Econometric analysis
Further reading
References
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Exercises
Chapter 14 Energy policies and policy evaluation
14.1 Why energy policies?
14.2 Policy instruments in the area of energy
14.3 Energy policy evaluation
Further reading
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Exercises
Chapter 15 Energy models and energy scenarios
15.1 The scenario approach
15.2 Energy system models
15.3 Modelling energy demand
15.4 Modelling energy conversion and supply: how models make choices
15.5 Partial and general equilibrium modelling
15.6 An overview of some models and scenarios
15.7 Pitfalls of modelling and scenario construction
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Chapter 16 Climate-neutral energy systems
16.1 The need for a climate-neutral energy system
16.2 The changing energy system
16.3 Power systems with large shares of intermittent renewables
16.4 Outlook
Notes
Further reading
References
Final achievement levels
Exercises
Appendix 1: Unit conversion factors
Appendix 2: Energy Balances EU28, US, China and India
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