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"This comprehensive dictionary comprises over 1300 definitions and brief articles to provide an extremely useful ready-reference work on solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels. It includes information on the scenes of production of many fuels, such as major coal reserves and large oil and gas fields. The dictionary addresses economics with entries on all major indices for oil, coal, and natural gas pricing. It examines the political perspective, covering the oil-producing countries and OPEC; environmental issues also feature, as do entries on chemical compounds, trade names, industrial processes and much more. Users of the Dictionary will gain an appreciation of the development of fuel and energy technology and sense the continuity or, in some cases, revival of ideas. ""The Dictionary of Energy and Fuels"" is a reliable reference work on fuel and energy which will remain of great usefulness."

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9781420061949

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In my opinion, this book will serve as a useful reference for those involved in the field of fuels. Gary F. Bennett, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, in Journal of Hazardous Materials, July 2007 This comprehensive new dictionary comprises well over 1300 definitions and brief articles to provide an extremely useful reference on solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels. The Dictionary of Energy and Fuels contains information on production sites such as major coal reserves and large oil and gas fields. This easy-to-use resource provides entries on chemical compounds, trade names, industrial processes, and current topics such as enhanced oil recovery. It addresses economics, including entries on all the major indices for oil, coal, and natural gas pricing. The book also examines geopolitical views, covering OPEC and environmental issues, and the history of fuel usage and industry developments.

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University of Aberdeen, UK University of Sheffield, UK

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