Energy category: 1670 books
by Xiaobo Chen, Yi Cui
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The transformation of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanomaterials from white to black using disorder engineering has meant a dramatic increase in their performance in photocatalytic experiments. The efficiency with which black TiO2 nanomaterials can use sunlight to split water molecules for the production...
by Mihaela Girtan
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book addresses electronics and the rise of photonics, and asks what the future holds in store for this technology. It highlights the latest research on all types of solar cells and photonic devices, and a new approach combining photonics and electronics. Beyond simply explaining the existing...
Applied Photochemistry
When Light Meets Molecules
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
This monograph features what happens when light meets molecules. This edited volume contains contributions from an international array of contributors, and it is divided into sections representing a selection of carefully focussed and connected photochemistry topics: energy, technology, medicine,...
Marine Renewable Energies
Prospective Foresight Study for 2030
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009
The ocean is a huge reservoir of renewable energy sources, such as wind, currents, tides, waves, marine biomass, thermal energy, osmotic power, and so on. Like other maritime nations in Europe, France enjoys significant potential to develop these energy sources, especially overseas. In March 2007,...
by Nailiang Yang
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
This book mainly focuses on the solar energy conversion with the nanomaterials. It describes the applications on two dimensional carbon nanomaterials: graphene and graphdiyne. Also, works on conductive polymer and bio-inspired material is included. The work described here is the first few reports...
Integrated Absorption Refrigeration Systems
Comparative Energy and Exergy Analyses
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
This book provides a detailed analysis of absorption refrigeration systems, covering single effect to multi-effect systems and their applications. Both the first and second laws of thermodynamics are discussed in relation to refrigeration systems to show how system performance differs from one law...
Introduction to Wind Energy Systems
Basics, Technology and Operation
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
Authors have tried to strike a balance between a short book chapter and a very detailed book for subject experts. There were three prime reasons behind doing so: first, the field is quite interdisciplinary and requires simplified presentation for a person from non-parent discipline. Second reason...
by Paul Breeze
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
This revised third edition of Power Generation Technologies explores even more renewable technologies in detail, from traditional fossil fuels and the more established alternatives such as wind and solar power, to emerging renewables such as biomass and geothermal energy. The book also features new...
Power Electronic Converters
Dynamics and Control in Conventional and Renewable Energy Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Filling the need for a reference that explains the behavior of power electronic converters, this book provides information currently unavailable in similar texts on power electronics.
Clearly organized into four parts, the first treats the dynamics and control of conventional converters, while...
Advanced Solar-Distillation Systems
Basic Principles, Thermal Modeling, and Its Application
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2017
This book is primarily intended to serve as a textbook and reference work for graduate and professional training coursework on solar desalination of water. The book begins with an introduction to the increasing demand for potable water, various types of water pollution and its impacts on human health,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
This book presents selected contributions to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Carbon Nanomaterials in Clean Energy Hydrogen Systems” held in June 2010. These original papers reflect recent progress in response to the modern-day requirements in chemistry of carbon nanomaterials and metal-hydrogen...
by Ravi Patel, Dipankar Deb, Rajeeb Dey
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
This book addresses a range of solutions and effective control techniques for Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), intended as a response to the increased energy consumption and wastewater production stemming from globalization. It describes the fundamentals of MFCs and control-oriented mathematical models,...
Power Engineering
Advances and Challenges, Part A: Thermal, Hydro and Nuclear Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Faced with the climate change phenomena, humanity has had to now contend with numerous changes, including our attitude environment protection, and also with depletion of classical energy resources. These have had consequences in the power production sector, which was already struggling with negative...
Big Data for Urban Sustainability
A Human-Centered Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
This book presents a practical framework for the application of big data, cloud, and pervasive and complex systems to sustainable solutions for urban environmental challenges. It covers the technologies, potential, and possible and impact of big data on energy efficiency and the urban environment.
The...