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Alternative
Energy
Demystifi ed
Stan Gibilisco
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DOI: 10.1036/0071475540
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stan Gibilisco
is one of McGraw-Hill’s most prolifi c and popular authors. His
clear, reader-friendly writing style makes his books accessible to a wide audience,
and his experience as an electronics engineer, researcher, and mathematician makes
him an ideal editor for reference books and tutorials. Stan has authored several titles
for the McGraw-Hill
Demystifi ed
library of home-schooling and self-teaching
volumes, along with more than 30 other books and dozens of magazine articles. His
work has been published in several languages.
Booklist
named his
McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of Personal Computing
one of the “Best References of 1996,” and
named his
Encyclopedia of Electronics
one of the “Best References of the 1980s.”
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CONTENTS
Preface
xiii
CHAPTER 1
Heating with Wood, Corn, and Coal
1
Energy, Power, and Heat
1
The Wood Stove
3
Pellet Stoves and Furnaces
8
Corn Stoves and Furnaces
11
Coal Stoves
12
Quiz
16
CHAPTER 2
Heating with Oil and Gas
19
Forced-Air Heating
19
Boilers, Radiators, and Subfl ooring
22
Oilheat Technology
25
Methane (Natural Gas) Heating
28
Propane Heating
31
Quiz
33
CHAPTER 3
Heating and Cooling with Electricity
37
Temperature
37
Electric Resistance Heating
40
Principles of Cooling
47
Electric Heat Pumps
51
Quiz
56
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CHAPTER 4
Passive Solar Heating
59
Sunnyside Glass
59
Thermal Mass
62
Solar Water Heating
67
Sidehill Construction
70
Quiz
73
CHAPTER 5
Exotic Indoor Climate-Control Methods
77
Direct Wind-Powered Climate Control
77
Direct Hydroelectric Climate Control
80
Direct Photovoltaic Climate Control
83
Thermal-Mass Cooling
86
Evaporative Cooling
89
Subterranean Living
92
Quiz
94
CHAPTER 6
Conventional Propulsion
97
Gasoline Motor Vehicles
97
Petroleum Diesel Motor Vehicles
101
Conventional Jet Propulsion
104
Conventional Rocket Propulsion
107
Quiz
111
CHAPTER 7
Propulsion with Methane, Propane,
and Biofuels
115
Methane for Propulsion
115
Propane for Propulsion
117
Ethanol for Propulsion
120
Biodiesel for Propulsion
123
Quiz
127
CHAPTER 8
Propulsion with Electricity, Hydrogen,
and Fuel Cells
129
Electric Vehicles
129
Hybrid Electric Vehicles
135
Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles
139
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