Emissions of CO2 have come to be regarded as the main factor in climate change in recent years, and how to control them has become a pressing issue. The problem cannot simply be labeled a technological one, however, because it is deeply involved with social and economic issues. Since 2008, the Global Center of Excellence (COE) program titled “Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming—Toward a CO2 Zero-Emission Energy System” has been held at Kyoto University, Japan. The program aims to establish an international education and research platform to foster educators, researchers, and policy makers who can develop technologies and propose policies toward a zero-emission society by the year 2100. Setting out a zero-emission technology roadmap, Global COE promotes socioeconomic studies of energy, the study of new technologies for renewable energies, and research in advanced nuclear energy. A compilation of the lectures and presentations from the first symposium of Global COE held at Kyoto University, this book is intended to provide the impetus for the establishment of low carbon energy science to bring about harmony between mankind and the environment.
Author(s): Richard J. Cogdell, Katsunori Nakagawa, Masaharu Kondo, Mamoru Nango, Hideki Hashimoto (auth.), Takeshi Yao (eds.)
Series: Green Energy and Technology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 390
Tags: Renewable and Green Energy; Climate Change; Atmospheric Sciences; Environmental Physics; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Renewable and Green Energy
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
What Can We Learn from Photosynthesis About How to Convert Solar Energy into Fuels?....Pages 1-9
Renaissance of Nuclear Energy in the USA: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Research Needs....Pages 10-19
Eco-Friendly Production of Biodiesel by Utilizing Solid Base Catalysis of Calcium Oxide for Reaction to Convert Vegetable Oil into Its Methyl Esters....Pages 20-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
γ-Ferric Oxide / Carbon Composite Synthesized by Aqueous Solution Method as a Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries....Pages 31-38
Morphology Control of TiO 2 -Based Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Applications....Pages 39-45
New Material Processing and Evaluation for TiO 2 by Microwave and Mid-Infrared Light Techniques....Pages 46-52
Construction of the Functional Biomolecules with the Ribonucleopeptide Complexes....Pages 53-57
High-Pr Heat Transfer in Viscoelastic Drag-Reducing Turbulent Channel Flow....Pages 58-64
Current Status of Accelerator-Driven System with High-Energy Protons in Kyoto University Critical Assembly....Pages 65-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Toward Education for Collaboration Between Different Fields: An Experiment of Facilitation Viewpoints Utilization for Reflecting Group Discussion....Pages 75-78
The Impact of Wind Power Generation on Wholesale Electricity Price at Peak Time Demand in Korea....Pages 79-84
An Analysis of Eco-Efficiency in Korean Fossil-Fueled Power Plants Using DEA....Pages 85-89
An Analysis of Energy Efficiency Using DEA: A Comparison of Korean and Japanese Economic Regions....Pages 90-95
The Role of Nuclear Power in Energy Security and Climate Change in Vietnam....Pages 96-101
Opportunities and Challenges of Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Promotion for Rural Electrification in Indonesia....Pages 102-107
Wind Power Generation’s Impact on Peak Time Demand and on Future Power Mix....Pages 108-112
Development of LiPb–SiC High Temperature Blanket....Pages 113-119
Lipid-Domain-Selective Assembly of Photosynthetic Membrane Proteins into Solid-Supported Membranes....Pages 121-128
Light-Induced Transmembrane Electron Transfer Catalyzed by Phospholipid-Linked Zn Chlorophyll Derivatives on Electrodes....Pages 129-134
Raman Spectroscopic Studies on Silicon Electrodeposition in a Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid....Pages 135-140
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
DC Connected Hybrid Offshore-Wind and Tidal Turbine Generation System....Pages 141-150
Primary Pyrolysis and Secondary Reaction Behaviors as Compared Between Japanese Cedar and Japanese Beech Wood in an Ampoule Reactor....Pages 151-155
Some Low-Temperature Phenomena of Cellulose Pyrolysis....Pages 156-160
Rotational Temperature Measurementsin a Molecular Beam with High-Order Harmonic Generation....Pages 161-165
Chemical Conversion of Lignocellulosics as Treated by Two-Step Hot-Compressed Water....Pages 166-170
Method for Improving Oxidation Stability of Biodiesel....Pages 171-175
Construction of the Artificial Enzyme for Using Solar Energy....Pages 176-180
Development of Fluorescent Ribonucleopeptide-Based Sensors for Biologically Active Amines....Pages 181-185
Light Energy Induced Fluorescence Switching Based on Novel Photochromic Nucleosides....Pages 186-190
Development of Nanocrystalline Co–Cu Alloys for Energy Applications....Pages 191-194
Investigation of SI-CI Combustion with Low Octane Number Fuels and Hydrogen using a Rapid Compression/Expansion Machine....Pages 195-201
Comparison Between the Hexaboride Materials as Thermionic Cathode in the RF Guns for a Compact MIR-FEL Driver....Pages 202-210
Indicators for Evaluating Phase Stability During Mechanical Milling....Pages 211-215
The Study of CO 2 Fixation in Spent Oil Sand Under the Different Temperature and Pressure....Pages 216-221
The Study on Characteristics Upgraded Low Rank Coal (Lignite-IBC) by Changed Temperature and Particle Size....Pages 222-228
Energy Efficiency of Combined Heat and Power Systems....Pages 229-233
Behavior of a Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode in Molten Chlorides Containing Oxide Ion....Pages 234-239
An Algorithm for Automatic Generation of Fault Tree from MFM Model....Pages 243-247
A Method of Generating GO-Flow Models from MFM Models....Pages 248-253
Functional Modeling of Perspectives on the Example of Electric Energy Systems....Pages 254-260
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of SiC/SiC Composites Fabricated for Erosion Component....Pages 261-265
Diffusion Bonding of Tungsten to Reduced Activation Ferritic/Martensitic Steel F82H Using a Titanium Interlayer....Pages 266-273
The Simulation of Corium Dispersion in Direct Containment Heating Accidents....Pages 274-278
Study on Three-Dimensional Thermal Hydraulic Simulation of Reactor Core Based on THEATRe Code....Pages 279-285
Study on Turbine System of Nuclear Power Plant Based on RELAP5/MOD3.4 Code....Pages 286-291
Analysis of Instability in Narrow Annular Multi-channel System Based on RELAP5 Code....Pages 292-299
Development of Ultrafast Pulse X-ray Source in Ambient Pressure with a Millijoule High Repetition Rate Femtosecond Laser....Pages 300-305
Development of Small Specimen Technique to Evaluate Ductile–Brittle Transition Behavior of a Welded Reactor Pressure Vessel Steel....Pages 306-309
Research on Distributed Monitoring and Prediction System for Nuclear Power Plant....Pages 310-314
Multiple Scale Nonlinear Phenomena in Nature: From High Confinement in Fusion Plasma to Climate Anomalies....Pages 315-319
The Electric Properties of InSb Crystals for Radiation Detector....Pages 320-323
Kinetic Transport Simulation of ICRF Heating in Tokamak Plasmas....Pages 324-329
Electrochemical Study of Neodymium Ions in Molten Chlorides....Pages 330-333
A New Numerical Approach of Kinetic Simulation for Complex Plasma Dynamics: Application to Fusion and Astrophysical Plasmas....Pages 334-338
Relationship Between Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Transient Liquid Phase Bonded ODS Steel....Pages 339-345
Nondestructive Testing of NITE-SiC Ceramics for Fusion Reactor Application....Pages 346-353
Numerical Simulation on Subcooled Pool Boiling....Pages 354-359
Framework of a Risk Monitor System for Nuclear Power Plant....Pages 360-363
Dynamic Reliability Analysis by GO-FLOW for ECCS System of PWR Nuclear Power Plant....Pages 364-368
Prior Evaluation Method of User Interface Design....Pages 369-372
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Consideration of Alumina Coating Fabricated by Sol–Gel Method for PbLi Flow....Pages 373-379
Feasibility Study on Introducing Building Integrated Photovoltaic System in China and Analysis of the Promotion Policies....Pages 380-384
Back Matter....Pages 385-392
