Energy category: 1670 books
by Mrinmoy Majumder, Apu K. Saha
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This Brief highlights a novel model to find out the feasibility of any location to produce solar energy. The model utilizes the latest multi-criteria decision making techniques and artificial neural networks to predict the suitability of a location to maximize allocation of available energy for producing...
Smart Power Anniversary Edition
Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Few industries in the U.S. are as stuck in the past as our utilities are. In the face of growing challenges from climate change and the need for energy security, a system and a business model that each took more than a century to evolve must now be extensively retooled in the span of a few decades....
by Mario Pagliaro, Rosaria Ciriminna
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Featuring eminent speakers Ranjit Koodali (University of South Dakota), Michael Detty (University of New York at Buffalo), Francesco Meneguzzo (CNR), and Jesper Jacobsson (Uppsala University), the SuNEC 2014 Book of Abstract furthers demonstrate the impact of the advances in solar energy science and...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Transport systems are facing an impossible dilemma: satisfy an increasing demand for mobility of people and goods, while decreasing their fossil-energy requirements and preserving the environment. Additionally, transport has an opportunity to evolve in a changing world, with new services, technologies...
by Steven B. Krivit
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
Steven B. Krivit's Explorations in Nuclear Research three-book series (Hacking the Atom, Fusion Fiasco, Lost History) describes the emergence of a new field of science, one that bridges chemistry and physics. The books give readers an understanding of low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) research...
Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies
Volume 1: Solar and Wind Energies
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies: Volume 1: Solar and Wind Energies examines both the theoretical and practical elements of renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaics, solar, photothermal and wind energies. Yahyaoui and a team of expert contributors present the most up-to-date...
Fuel
A Speculative Dictionary
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Fuel is an idiosyncratic, speculative dictionary of fuels, real and imagined, historical and futuristic, hopeless and utopian. Drawing on literature, film, and scientific treatises—most produced long before “climate change” was in circulation—Fuel argues for a distinction between energy (a...
Nuclear Energy
Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Nuclear Energy provides an authoritative reference on all aspects of the nuclear industry from fundamental reactor physics calculations to reactor design, nuclear fuel resources, nuclear fuel cycle, radiation detection and protection, and nuclear power economics. Featuring 19 peer-reviewed entries...
Coal in the 21st Century
Energy Needs, Chemicals and Environmental Controls
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
The long-term future for coal looks bleak. The recent UN climate change conference in Paris called for an end to the use of fossil fuels. However, coal remains one of the world’s most important sources of energy, fuelling more than 40% of electricity generation worldwide, with many developing nations...
High-Energy Charged Particles
Their Chemistry and Use as Versatile Tools for Nanofabrication
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
This book features comprehensive explanations from the classical theory of high-energy particle interactions with matter to their use for a novel nanofabrication technique for various organic soft materials. Potential readers include scientists and engineers in both academia and industry, as well...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2006
Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Conversion covers a wide variety of materials and device types from inorganic materials to organic materials. This book deals with basic semiconductor physics, modelling of nanostructured solar cell, nanostructure of conventional solar cells such as silicon,...
Inorganic Two-dimensional Nanomaterials
Fundamental Understanding, Characterizations and Energy Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Inorganic 2D nanomaterials, or inorganic graphene analogues, are gaining great attention due to their unique properties and potential energy applications. They contain ultrathin nanosheet morphology with one-dimensional confinement, but unlike pure carbon graphene, inorganic two-dimensional nanomaterials...
Nanoenergy
Nanotechnology Applied for Energy Production
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Low dimensional systems have revolutionized the science and technology in several areas. However, their understanding is still a great challenge for the scientific community. Solar energy conversion devices based on nanostructured materials have shown exceptional gains in efficiency and stability....
by Mrinmoy Majumder, Soumya Ghosh
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
The present study has attempted to apply the advantage of neuro-genetic algorithms for optimal decision making in maximum utilization of natural resources. Hydro-power is one of the inexpensive, but a reliable source of alternative energy which is foreseen as the possible answer to the present crisis...