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Chapter 9

Energy in the News

Automobile Emissions Controls

Changing the Fuel

The Newest Fuel: Nitrogen

Changing the Burning Process

Positive Crankcase Ventilation

Exhaust Gas Recirculation

Other Pollution Controls

Automobile Emissions Standards

Mass Transit

True Energy Use by Transportation

Reducing Pollution from Stationary Sources

Shifting the Pollution in Space

Shifting the Pollution in Time

Removing the Pollution

Power Plant Pollution Control

Fluidized Bed Combustion

Cleaning the Coal by Crushing and Settling

Cost of Pollution Controls

Physics of Waste Heat

Waste Heat and Water Use

Waste Heat from Power Plants

Dissolved Oxygen in Water vs T

Oxygen Consumption of Fish vs T

Fish: Response to Temperature

Temperature and Growth of Food Animals

Thermal Pollution from Power Plants

Natural Draft Cooling Tower

Mechanical Draft Cooling Tower

Air to Liquid Heat Exchanger

Recuperator: Also extracts heat

Uses of Waste Heat

Author: W

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