The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource

ISBN-13: 9781138774865 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str.

William J. Nuttall; Richard Clarke; Bartek Glowacki

Opis

The purpose of this book is to inform the reader as to the future for helium: a most unusual substance of significant high technology relevance and key natural resource. The frame of reference is international and not just American.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Richard H. Clarke, William J. Nuttall and Bartek A. Glowacki  2. A history of the helium industry Bo Sears  3. The US federal helium reserve Joseph B. Peterson  4. Helium in Algeria: pioneering helium extraction from LNG Benjamin Reinoehi  5. LNG: the global liquefied natural gas industry Andrew Flower  6. Helium in Russia Benjamin Hooker  7. India: haressing helium from the Earth's interior Nisith K. Das, Rakesh K. Bhandari and Shri C. Mallik  8. Helium from the air: the backstop Richard H. Clarke and Roger Clark  9. Helium demand: application, prices and substitution Zhiming Cai, Richard H. Clarke and William J. Nuttall  10. The dynamics of the helium market William J. Nuttall, Zhiming Cai, Bartek A. Glowacki, Nikolaos Kazantzis and Richard H. Clarke  11. Closed-cycle refrigeration: minimizing helium demand in cryogenic applications Thomas W. Bradshaw and Trevor Miller  12. Medical imaging: why helium prevails Adrian Thomas  13. Rising to the challenges of constrained helium supply in cryogenic systems for the research market John W. Burgoyne and Michael N. Cuthbert  14. Helium and nuclear fission energy Richard Stainsby  15. Helium and fusion energy Richard H. Clarke and Zhiming Cai  16. Substituting hydrogen for helium in cryogenic applications Bartek A. Glowacki  17. Is there a helium problem? Ways forward Ralph Scurlock and Art Francis  18. The future of helium: policy, molecules and machines William J. Nuttall, Richard H. Clarke and Bartek A. Glowacki