Power Resources category: 2047 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
As the need for proficient power resources continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important to implement new strategies and technologies in energy distribution to meet consumption needs. The employment of smart grid networks assists in the efficient allocation of energy resources. Smart Grid...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
This book presents recent science and engineering research in the field of conventional and renewable energy, energy efficiency and optimization, discussing problems such as availability, peak load and reliability of sustainable supply for power to consumers. Such research is imperative since efficient...
by Mohammed M. Islam
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
The only book that covers fundamental shipboard design and verification concepts from individual devices to the system level
Shipboard electrical system design and development requirements are fundamentally different from utility-based power generation and distribution requirements. Electrical...
Power System Planning Technologies and Applications
Concepts, Solutions and Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Planning is an important function of the management of any business, providing knowledge of future prospects and enabling prudent and appropriate decision-making. Planning is especially critical for power systems, since electricity is a fundamental part of modern societies and many conventional electrical...
Energy Harvesting
Solar, Wind, and Ocean Energy Conversion Systems
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Also called energy scavenging, energy harvesting captures, stores, and uses "clean" energy sources by employing interfaces, storage devices, and other units. Unlike conventional electric power generation systems, renewable energy harvesting does not use fossil fuels and the generation units...
Power Grid Operation in a Market Environment
Economic Efficiency and Risk Mitigation
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Covers the latest practices, challenges and theoretical advancements in the domain of balancing economic efficiency and operation risk mitigation
This book examines both system operation and market operation perspectives, focusing on the interaction between the two. It incorporates up-to-date...
Transient Analysis of Power Systems
Solution Techniques, Tools and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
The simulation of electromagnetic transients is a mature field that plays an important role in the design of modern power systems. Since the first steps in this field to date, a significant effort has been dedicated to the development of new techniques and more powerful software tools. Sophisticated...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
This report provides an analysis of the geothermal energy sites on public lands that represent the best opportunities for near-term development. This report's objective is to present an analysis requested by the Geothermal Program of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to quickly provide information...
Bottled Lightning
Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Lithium batteries may hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independent future. From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them when we need them, lithium—a metal half as dense...
by Jay Apt, Paulina Jaramillo
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge. This book provides a review and analysis of the technical and policy options available for managing variable energy resources such as wind and solar power. As well as being of value to government...
Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources Handbook
Evaluation and Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources Handbook: Evaluation and Development is a must-have, helpful handbook that brings a wealth of information to engineers and geoscientists. Bridging between subsurface and production, the handbook provides engineers and geoscientists with effective methodology to...
by Lacho Pop, MSE, Dimi Avram
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
The book “Top 40 Costly Mistakes Solar Newbies Make” is the new completely revised and improved 2016 edition of the bestselling “Top 30 Costly Mistakes Solar Newbies Make” book.
This new 2016 edition is a simple and practical guide that could save you a lot of money, headaches and time during...
Stand-Alone and Hybrid Wind Energy Systems
Technology, Energy Storage and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Wind power is fast becoming one of the leading renewable energy sources worldwide, not only from large scale wind farms but also from the increasing penetration of stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems. These systems are primarily of benefit in small-scale applications, especially where there...
Electrical Power Engineering
Current State, Problems and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
This book provides the short history, current state, main problems and historical perspective for the development of electrical power engineering. The focus of the textbook is on the two most important issues related to meeting of the growing needs of humanity in electricity: "Hunger for energy"...