geothermal engineering

Discusses splitting atoms, understanding radiation, nuclear waste and more.

Explores geothermal energy and the uses for it.

Defines geothermal energy and explains where and how it originates, its electric and non-electric uses, the process that changes earth heat into electricity, and the future of this source of energy.

Covers residential geothermal heating and cooling, including various system options and installation configurations, costs and payback issues, performance standards, and contractors, and examines how energy-efficient, non-polluting geothermal heat pumps work and how to integrate solar energy.

Explores how geothermal energy may be used in the future to provide the world with an alternate source of energy that is both renewable and better for the environment.

Examines how geothermal energy, the force underlying hot springs, geysers, and mudpots, is being used as an alternative energy source in various parts of the world.

A survey of geothermal energy-its sources, present uses, and potential.

Provides an introduction to geothermal power.

Discusses the uses of heat and energy from volcanoes, geysers, fumaroles, and hot springs.