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ENERGY FUTURES
Definition of Symbols in Table 1
(Energy Technologies) |
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A. Fossil fuel technologies
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F-1 offshore and
mainland oil and gas exploration .
F-2 increased coal
production.
F-3 construction
of the Alaskan pipe line
F-4 construction
of plants to recover more oil from Canadian tar sands by
conventional methods.
F-5 development of
in situ technology for oil recovery from tar sands and oil shale.
F-6 recovery of
from oil shale by retorting.
F-7 construction
of coal-gasification units.
F-8 construction
of coal-liquefication units.
F-9 deep ocean oil
and gas exploration.
F-10
magnetohydrodynamic power conversion.
F-11 large-scale
generation of H2 using electrolysis or low temperature
reaction schemes (e.g. direct photolysis).
F-12
implementation of a hydrogeneconomy with large-scale distribution
and utilization of H2.
B. Hydroelectric, geothermal and wind
technologies
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H-1 expansion of
hydroelectric power-generation facilities.
H-2 construction
of hydrothermal power-generation stations.
H-3 development of
generating capacity using selected tidal basins.
H-4 wind-driven
power generators.
H-5 geothermal
developments using the hot earth mantle.
C.
Nuclear-reactor development
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N-1 construction
of light-water nuclear reactors.
N-2 construction
of high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors.
N-3 construction
of liquid-metal-fast –breeder reactors.
N-4 construction
of gas-cooled breeder reactors.
N-5 construction
of fusion reactors.
D. Solar energy developments
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S-1 implementation
of solar-water heaters.
S-2 implementation
of solar space heaters.
S-3 power
generation using solar-sea stations.
S-4 development of
land-based solar generating plants.
E. Basic studies
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B-1 photovoltaic
power conversion.
B-2 fuel-cell
development.
B-3 thermoelectric
power generation.
B-4 thermionic
power conversion.
B-5 application
development of H2 technology.
B-6 H2
-distribution networks.
B-7
superconducting power lines.
B-8
extraterrestrial solar energy collectors with transmission to
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