Energy category: 1670 books
Biomechanical Microsystems
Design, Processing and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book presents the most important aspects of analysis of dynamical processes taking place on the human body surface. It provides an overview of the major devices that act as a prevention measure to boost a person‘s motivation for physical activity. A short overview of the most popular MEMS...
Minimization of Climatic Vulnerabilities on Mini-hydro Power Plants
Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy ANP Techniques and Neuro-Genetic Model Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
This Brief presents the multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques like Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (ANP) to find out the importance of the influencing factors to develop the Climatic Vulnerability Index (CVI) that will represent the vulnerability...
Impact of Climate Change on Hydro-Energy Potential
A MCDM and Neural Network Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
This Brief presents the impact of climatic abnormalities on hydropower potential of different regions of the World. In this regard, multi-criteria decision making and neural network are used to predict the impact of the change cognitively by an index. The results from the study show that the hydro-energy...
Pore Scale Phenomena
Frontiers in Energy and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
The field of pore scale phenomena is now emerging as one of the frontiers of science and many engineering disciplines. Transport phenomena in the subsurface of the earth play key roles in the energy and environmental domains. For example, the shale gas and oil boom is revolutionizing the world's energy...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
Molten Salt Reactors is a comprehensive reference on the status of molten salt reactor (MSR) research and thorium fuel utilization.
There is growing awareness that nuclear energy is needed to complement intermittent energy sources and to avoid pollution from fossil fuels. Light water reactors...
Solar Cooling
The Earthscan Expert Guide to Solar Cooling Systems
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Cooling buildings is a major global energy consumer and the energy requirement is growing year by year. This guide to solar cooling technology explains all you need to know about how solar energy can be converted into cooling energy. It outlines the difference between heat-driven and photovoltaic-driven...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
This book will provide assistance to the broad range of readers involved in the crude oil import and production; renewable energy production; biomass analysis and bioconversion; greenhouse gas emissions; techno-economic analysis and government policies for implementing biofuels in India. This book...
Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems
Proceedings of ICPERES 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
The book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented in the Proceedings of International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems (ICPERES 2014) held at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India. These research papers provide the latest developments...
Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 1
Analysis and Modeling
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
This expansive reference on clean energy technologies focuses on tools for system modelling and analysis, and their role in optimizing designs to achieve greater efficiency, minimize environmental impacts and support sustainable development. Key topics ranging from predicting impacts of on-grid energy...
GIS to Support Cost-effective Decisions on Renewable Sources
Applications for low temperature geothermal energy
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Through the results of a developed case study of information system for low temperature geothermal energy, GIS to Support Cost-effective Decisions on Renewable Sources addresses the issue of the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in evaluating cost-effectiveness of renewable resource exploitation...
by Michael E. McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This volume will prove of vital interest to those studying the use of renewable resources. It presents physical and mathematical descriptions of the nine generic wave energy conversion techniques, along with their uses and performance characteristics, plus several electro-mechanical energy conversion techniques and worked examples. 1981 edition.
Progress in Sustainable Energy Technologies Vol II
Creating Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
This multi-disciplinary volume presents information on the state-of-the-art in the sustainable development technologies and tactics. Its unique amalgamation of the latest technical information, research findings and examples of successfully applied new developments in the area of sustainable development...
Tracking Solar Concentrators
A Low Budget Solution
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Harnessing a multitude of complementary green energy sources is the only plausible way to satisfy the energy demands of a greedy global economy. The potential of solar energy (being the most abundant) in fulfilling part of the energy requirements of mankind is immense and constitutes the focal point...
Fuels From Biomass: An Interdisciplinary Approach
A collection of papers presented at the Winter School 2011 of the North Rhine Westphalia Research School "Fuel production based on renewable resources" associated with the Cluster of Excellence "Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass", Aachen, Germany, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
The book reports on the results of the BrenaRo Winterschool 2011, held on November 21-22 in Aachen, Germany. The different chapters cover a number of aspects of the topic of energy generation, with a particular focus on energy generation from biomass. They presents new findings concerning engine development,...