Energy category: 1670 books
Waste-to-Energy
Advanced Cycles and New Design Concepts for Efficient Power Plants
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art technologies for energy conversion from waste, as well as a much-needed guide to new and advanced strategies to increase Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant efficiency. Beginning with an overview of municipal solid waste production and disposal, basic concepts...
by Vijay Vittal, Raja Ayyanar
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Grid Integration and Dynamic Impact of Wind Energy details the integration of wind energy resources to the electric grid worldwide. Authors Vijay Vittal and Raja Ayyanar include detailed coverage of the power converters and control used in interfacing electric machines and power converters used in...
by Alexander Zahnd
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014
This thesis documents almost twenty years of the author’s work on the development and implementation of a new approach to holistic community development in remote and disadvantaged villages in Nepal. It describes the theoretical basis of the work, the main research activities, and the practical...
Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West
Tilting at Windmills?
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
This book poses the question of whether identifiable individual-level attributes (e.g., values, interests, knowledge, demographic characteristics) lead to support for or opposition to the development and implementation of alternative energy technologies. In recent years, attempts to site alternative...
Integration of Large-Scale Renewable Energy into Bulk Power Systems
From Planning to Operation
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2017
This book outlines the challenges that increasing amounts of renewable and distributed energy represent when integrated into established electricity grid infrastructures, offering a range of potential solutions that will support engineers, grid operators, system planners, utilities, and policymakers...
by João M. Lemos, Rui Neves-Silva, José M. Igreja
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This book describes methods for adaptive control of distributed-collector solar fields: plants that collect solar energy and deliver it in thermal form. Controller design methods are presented that can overcome difficulties found in these type of plants:
they are distributed-parameter systems,...
Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies
Volume 2: Biomass, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Energies, and Smart Grids
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies Volume 2: Biomass, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Energies, and Smart Grids examines both the theoretical and practical elements of renewable energy sources, covering biomass, fuel cells, geothermal energy, RES, distributed energy, smart grids, and converter...
African Energy News - volume 1
African Energy News, #1
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
African Energy News is written by Dr Paul Sagala PhD, and focuses on energy inovations and developments with a focus on Africa.
by Shiv Prasad
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
With growing concerns about environmental changes, the global community is seeking sustainable technologies to combat these issues, especially pollution and climate change. One of the most vulnerable and life sustaining activities at the risk of climate is change is agriculture. The book explores...
by Zhu Liu
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
This study analyzes the spatial-temporal pattern and processes of China’s energy-related carbon emissions. Based on extensive quantitative analysis, it outlines the character and trajectory of China’s energy-related carbon emissions during the period 1995-2010, examining the distribution pattern...
by Lewis M. Fraas
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This book describes recent breakthroughs that promise major cost reductions in solar energy production in a clear and highly accessible manner. The author addresses the three key areas that have commonly resulted in criticism of solar energy in the past: cost, availability, and variability. Coverage...
Critical Reflections on Nuclear and Renewable Energy
Environmental Protection and Safety in the Wake of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
The Fukushima nuclear incident made people ponder and question nuclear safety again, resulting in decisions by certain countries to phase out nuclear power completely. Is this the right decision? Are there better ways to deal with this important issue of the 21th century?
The book analyses...
by Akshay Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Master's Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Engineering - Power Engineering, grade: 7.8, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, course: M.Tech, language: English, abstract: Wind generation has become the most important alternate energy source and has experienced increased progress in India during...
Nuclear Reactions
Documenting American Encounters with Nuclear Energy
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Nuclear Reactions explores the nuclear consensus that emerged in post�World War II America, characterized by widespread support for a diplomatic and military strategy based on nuclear weapons and a vision of economic growth that welcomed nuclear energy both for the generation of electricity and...