Energy category: 1670 books
by Stanislav Misak, Lukas Prokop
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
This book focuses on the operating conditions of wind, photovoltaic and off-grid power systems. It provides data collected from long-term measurements of actual industrial wind and solar farms, and offers detailed analyses of the results. This unique data is supported by a wealth of examples, tables,...
Angels Please! (Book 10)
Love Seeing Life: Actual Photos of Angels & Life Beyond Mankind!
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
These are REAL photos (+90 photos in each book) of Balls of Light, Pure Love, Angels, & more! Pics are from a +17,000-photo collection taken by the author. MORE: With Maison D’Être Publishing, Mike created this book and others, all interrelated. He brainstorms intuitively (a process called “Whisking”)...
by Rajeev Kumar Gupta, B. S. Murty, Nick Birbilis
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the nanocrystalline Al based alloys as prepared using high-energy ball milling (HEBM). It discusses the influence of HEBM parameters on grain refinement and examines methods for the consolidation of nanocrystalline Al powders; further, it reviews the...
CMOS Circuits for Electromagnetic Vibration Transducers
Interfaces for Ultra-Low Voltage Energy Harvesting
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Chip-integrated power management solutions are a must for ultra-low power systems. This enables not only the optimization of innovative sensor applications. It is also essential for integration and miniaturization of energy harvesting supply strategies of portable and autonomous monitoring systems.
The...
Sustainable Building for a Cleaner Environment
Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Network's Med Green Forum 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
This book contains selected papers presented during the bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network’s Med Green Forum aimed at the international community as well as Mediterranean countries. This forum highlights the importance of growing renewable energy applications in two main sectors: Electricity...
Introduction to Wind Energy Systems
Basics, Technology and Operation
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
The present book was written to address the needs of those readers interested in wind energy converters. The authors have tried to strike a balance between a short book chapter and a very detailed book for experts in the field. There were three prime reasons behind doing so: first, the field is highly...
by Cinzia Formighieri
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
This volume is focused on solar-to-fuel conversion using algae and cyanobacteria for advanced generation biofuels. Production of biofuels needs to rely on cheap and renewable resources, in order to be economically viable and environmentally sustainable in the long term. Solar energy is an abundant...
Grate-Fired Energy Crop Conversion
Experiences with Brassica Carinata and Populus sp.
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
This book provides important insights into the combustion behavior of novel energy crops and agricultural fuels. It describes a new experimental approach to combustion evaluation, involving fundamental, bench-scale and commercial-scale studies. The studies presented were conducted on two representative...
by Simona Bigerna, Paolo Polinori
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
The aim of this book is to analyze the relationship between renewable energy sources and citizens, focusing both on demand and supply. Today, the consequences regarding the use of fossil energy are seen from a different perspective because the issues related to climate change are evident worldwide....
Energy-Efficient HVAC Design
An Essential Guide for Sustainable Building
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
This book provides readers with essential knowledge enabling the successful design of today's new energy efficient HVAC systems. The author introduces important concepts such as Knowledge Categorization, Performance Based Design Standards, and Quantification of Uncertainty in Energy Modeling for Buildings....
Feed-in tariffs in the European Union
Renewable energy policy, the internal electricity market and economic expertise
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
This book is a sociological account of the historical trajectory of feed-in tariffs (FITs) as an instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Europe. Chapters analyse the emergence and transformations of feed-in tariffs as part of the policy arsenal developed to encourage the creation of markets...
by Jean-Marie Tarascon, Patrice Simon
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
The electrochemical storage of energy has become essential in assisting the development of electrical transport and use of renewable energies. French researchers have played a key role in this domain but Asia is currently the market leader. Not wanting to see history repeat itself, France created...
Biofuels in Brazil
Fundamental Aspects, Recent Developments, and Future Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
This book discusses the commercialization of biofuels and the Brazilian government policies for the promotion of renewable energy program in Brazil, which could be a learning module for several countries for implementing biofuels policy to improve their socioeconomic status and make them energy independent.
Researchers...
From Molecules to Materials
Pathways to Artificial Photosynthesis
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
This interdisciplinary book focuses on the various aspects transformation of the energy from sunlight into the chemical bonds of a fuel, known as the artificial photosynthesis, and addresses the emergent challenges connected with growing societal demands for clean and sustainable energy technologies....