Power Resources category: 2047 books
Repowering Communities
Small-Scale Solutions for Large-Scale Energy Problems
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Energy policy is at a crossroads. Attempts to meet targets for carbon emissions, energy security and affordable energy for vulnerable households are all on a trajectory to failure. Aggressive ambitions to roll out huge off-shore wind, nuclear and clean coal plants are proposed, but without any clear...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
This book offers a detailed examination of the latest work on the potential of polarized fuel to realize the vision of energy production by nuclear fusion. It brings together contributions from nuclear physicists and fusion physicists with the aims of fostering exchange of information between the...
by Fengge Gao, Benjamin Blunier, Abdellatif Miraoui
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
The fuel cell is a potential candidate for energy storage and conversion in our future energy mix. It is able to directly convert the chemical energy stored in fuel (e.g. hydrogen) into electricity, without undergoing different intermediary conversion steps. In the field of mobile and stationary applications,...
Reduced Modelling of Planar Fuel Cells
Spatial Smoothing and Asymptotic Reduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2016
This book focuses on novel reduced cell and stack models for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and planar solid oxide fuel cells (P-SOFCs) that serve to reduce the computational cost by two orders of magnitude or more with desired numerical accuracy, while capturing both the average properties...
Statistical Thermodynamics and Stochastic Kinetics
An Introduction for Engineers
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Presenting the key principles of thermodynamics from a microscopic point of view, this book provides engineers with the knowledge they need to apply thermodynamics and solve engineering challenges at the molecular level. It clearly explains the concepts of entropy and free energy, emphasizing key...
The Cultural Set Up of Comedy
Affective Politics in the United States Post 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
How do various forms of comedy – including stand up, satire and film and television – transform contemporary invocations of nationalism and citizenship in youth cultures? And how are attitudes about gender, race and sexuality transformed through comedic performances on social media? The Cultural...
Thin Film Metal-Oxides
Fundamentals and Applications in Electronics and Energy
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Thin Film Metal-Oxides provides a representative account of the fundamental structure-property relations in oxide thin films. Functional properties of thin film oxides are discussed in the context of applications in emerging electronics and renewable energy technologies. Readers will find a detailed...
Cost Optimal and Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEB)
Definitions, Calculation Principles and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Cost optimal and nearly zero energy performance levels are principles initiated by the European Union’s (EU) Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which was recast in 2010. These will be major drivers in the construction sector in the next few years, because all new buildings in the EU from...
Clean Coal/Dirty Air
or How the Clean Air Act Became a Multibillion-Dollar Bail-Out for High-Sulfur Coal Producers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
by Junjie Gu, Zhongxue Gan
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
Entransy in Phase-Change Systems summarizes recent developments in the area of entransy, especially on phase-change processes. This book covers new developments in the area including the great potential for energy saving for process industries, decreasing carbon dioxide emissions, reducing energy...
by Denis Kurle
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
The book presents an integrated planning concept for heat flows in production systems comprising various short term and long term related models. Detailed explanations about the modeling and implementation of all relevant system elements such as generic and specific machines types, technical building...
The Audience Experience
A Critical Analysis of Audiences in the Performing Arts
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
The Audience Experience identifies a momentous change in what it means to be part of an audience for a live arts performance. Together, new communication technologies and new kinds of audiences have transformed the expectations of performance, and The Audience Experience explores key trends in the...
Reverberations across Small-Scale British Theatre
Politics, Aesthetics and Forms
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Between 1960 and 2010, a new generation of British avant-garde theatre companies, directors, designers, and performers emerged. Some of these companies and individuals have endured to become part of theatre history while others have disappeared from the scene, mutated into new forms, or become part...
Sonic Multiplicities
Hong Kong Pop and the Global Circulation of Sound and Image
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
‘Sonic Multiplicities is a fascinating book, with essays rich in empirical detail and - captivatingly combining the personal and the theoretical - evocative of the complexities of experience, desire and politics in our perplexingly mobile and entangled world. The book’s focus on Hong Kong pop...