Energy category: 1670 books
An Atomic Empire
A Technical History of the Rise and Fall of the British Atomic Energy Programme
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Britain was the first country to exploit atomic energy on a large scale, and at its peak in the mid-1960s, it had generated more electricity from nuclear power than the rest of the world combined.
The civil atomic energy programme grew out of the military programme which produced plutonium...
by Ewald F. Fuchs, Mohammad A.S. Masoum
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Power Conversion of Renewable Energy Systems presents an introduction to conventional energy conversion components and systems, as well as those related to renewable energy. This volume introduces systems first, and then in subsequent chapters describes the components of energy systems in detail....
Hybrid Energy Systems
Driving Reliable Renewable Sources of Energy Storage
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2017
This book discusses innovations in the field of hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) and covers the durability, practicality, cost-effectiveness, and utility of a HESS. It demonstrates how the coupling of two or more energy storage technologies can interact with and support renewable energy power...
Nuclear Waste Management, Nuclear Power, and Energy Choices
Public Preferences, Perceptions, and Trust
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Hundreds of studies have investigated public perceptions and preferences about nuclear power, waste management, and technology. However there is clear lack of uniformity in the style, aims and methods applied. Consequently, the body of results is inconsistent and it is difficult to isolate relevant...
by Salah El-Haggar
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
The urgency of exploring alternative energy sources, especially in regions so detrimentally affected by current energy practices on environmental, humanitarian and political levels warrants a crucial effort in raising awareness and activism about renewable energy and sustainable development. Sustainable...
Thorium Energy for the World
Proceedings of the ThEC13 Conference, CERN, Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland, October 27-31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The Thorium Energy Conference (ThEC13) gathered some of the world’s leading experts on thorium technologies to review the possibility of destroying nuclear waste in the short term, and replacing the uranium fuel cycle in nuclear systems with the thorium fuel cycle in the long term. The latter would...
Algae Energy
Algae as a New Source of Biodiesel
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2010
Algae Energy covers the production of algae culture and the usage of algal biomass conversion products. It also reviews modern biomass-based transportation fuels, including biodiesel, bio-oil, biomethane and biohydrogen.
Each chapter opens with fundamental explanations suitable for those with...
by Paul Breeze
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Power System Energy Storage Technologies provides a comprehensive analysis of the various technologies used to store electrical energy on both a small and large scale. Although expensive to implement, energy storage plants can offer significant benefits for the generation, distribution and use of...
Our Energy Future
Introduction to Renewable Energy and Biofuels
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Our Energy Future is an introductory textbook for the study of energy production, alternative and renewable fuels, and ways to build a sustainable energy future. Jones and Mayfield explore the creation and history of fossil fuels, their impact on the environment, and how they have become critical...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
For decades, people have searched for ways to harvest energy from natural sources. Lately, a desire to address the issue of global warming and climate change has popularized solar or photovoltaic technology, while piezoelectric technology is being developed to power handheld devices without batteries,...
Energy Technology 2019
Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2019
This collection addresses the need for sustainable technologies with reduced energy consumption and pollutants and the development and application of alternative sustainable energy to maintain a green environment and energy supply. Contributions focus on energy-efficient technologies including innovative...
Power Engineering
Advances and Challenges Part B: Electrical Power
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Traditionally, power engineering has been a subfield of energy engineering and electrical engineering which deals with the generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electric power and the electrical devices connected to such systems including generators, motors and transformers. Implicitly...
Local Energy Autonomy
Spaces, Scales, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
In recent years, interest for local energy production, supply and consumption has increased in academic and public debates. In particular, contemporary energy transition discourses and strategies often emphasize the search for increased local energy autonomy, a phrase which can refer to a diverse...
Energy Transitions and Social Psychology
A Sociotechnical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
This book explains how social psychological concepts can be closely integrated with sociotechnical perspectives of energy transitions. It shows the value of actor-centred analysis that acknowledges the role of individual-level processes within their wider contexts of energy supply and use. In this...