Power Resources category: 2047 books
Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilization
A Possible Climate Change Solution for Energy Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is among the advanced energy technologies suggested to make the conventional fossil fuel sources environmentally sustainable. It is of particular importance to coal-based economies. This book deals at length with the various aspects of carbon dioxide capture, its...
Exergy
Production, Cost and Renewability
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Bridging the gap between concepts derived from Second Law of Thermodynamics and their application to Engineering practice, the property exergy and the exergy balance can be a tool for analyzing and improving the performance of energy conversion processes. With the exergy analysis it is possible to...
Renewable Energy Systems
The Earthscan Expert Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies for Home and Business
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book is the long awaited guide for anyone interested in renewables at home or work. It sweeps away scores of common misconceptions while clearly illustrating the best in renewable and energy efficiency technologies. A fully illustrated guide to renewable energy for the home and small business,...
The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production
Volume 1: Coal Production
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Coal is an important fossil fuel resource for many nations due to its large remaining resources, relatively low production and processing cost and potential high energy intensity. Certain issues surround its utilisation, however, including emissions of pollutants and growing concern about climate...
by Pedro Ponce, Arturo Molina, Omar Mata
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Smart grids are linked with smart homes and smart meters. These smart grids are the new topology for generating, distributing, and consuming energy. If these smart devices are not connected in a smart grid, then they cannot work properly; hence, the conventional power systems are swiftly changing...
Handbook of Electrical Power System Dynamics
Modeling, Stability, and Control
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
This book aims to provide insights on new trends in power systems operation and control and to present, in detail, analysis methods of the power system behavior (mainly its dynamics) as well as the mathematical models for the main components of power plants and the control systems implemented in dispatch...
Advances in Power Systems and Energy Management
ETAEERE-2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
This book is a collection of research articles and critical review articles, describing the overall approach to energy management. The book emphasizes the technical issues that drive energy efficiency in context of power systems. This book contains case studies with and without solutions on modelling,...
Electricity Distribution
Intelligent Solutions for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Networks
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This book introduces readers to novel, efficient and user-friendly software tools for power systems studies, to issues related to distributed and dispersed power generation, and to the correlation between renewable power generation and electricity demand. Discussing new methodologies for addressing...
by Jizhong Zhu
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Optimization of Power System Operation, 2nd Edition, offers a practical, hands-on guide to theoretical developments and to the application of advanced optimization methods to realistic electric power engineering problems. The book includes:
New chapter on Application of Renewable Energy, and...
by Xiangping Meng, Zhaoyu Pian
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Intelligent Coordinated Control of Complex Uncertain Systems for Power Distribution and Network Reliability discusses the important topics revolving around the control of complex uncertain systems using the intelligent coordination control mechanism, a topic that has become the research focus of current...
Inter-area Oscillations in Power Systems
A Nonlinear and Nonstationary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
The study of complex dynamic processes governed by nonlinear and nonstationary characteristics is a problem of great importance in the analysis and control of power system oscillatory behavior. Power system dynamic processes are highly random, nonlinear to some extent, and intrinsically nonstationary...
Microgrid
Advanced Control Methods and Renewable Energy System Integration
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Microgrids: Advanced Control Methods and Renewable Energy System Integration demonstrates the state-of-art of methods and applications of microgrid control, with eleven concise and comprehensive chapters. The first three chapters provide an overview of the control methods of microgrid systems that...
Multi-terminal Direct-Current Grids
Modeling, Analysis, and Control
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
A generic DC grid model that is compatible with the standard AC s****ystem stability model is presented and used to analyse the interaction between the DC grid and the host AC systems.
A multi-terminal DC (MTDC) grid interconnecting multiple AC systems and offshore energy sources (e.g. wind...
by Markus Lehner, Robert Tichler, Horst Steinmüller
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Increased production of energy from renewable sources leads to a need for both new and enhanced capacities for energy transmission and intermediate storage. The book first compares different available storage options and then introduces the power-to-gas concept in a comprehensive overview of the...