Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes

Editor/Author Da Rosa, Aldo Vieira
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

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ISBN: 978-0-12-397219-4
Image Count: 358
Book Status: Available
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Advances in the renewable energy sphere are proceeding with an unprecedented speed, and in order for the world's alarming energy challenges to be solved, solid, up-to-date resources addressing the technical aspects of renewables are essential.

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Table of Contents

  • Foreword to the Third Edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Generalites
  • Part I Heat Engines
  • Chapter 2 A Minimum of Thermodynamics and of the Kinetic Theory of Gases
  • Chapter 3 Mechanical Heat Engines
  • Chapter 4 Ocean Thermal Energy Converters
  • Chapter 5 Thermoelectricity
  • Chapter 6 Thermionics
  • Chapter 7 AMTEC†
  • Chapter 8 Radio-Noise Generators
  • Part II The World of Hydrogen
  • Chapter 9 Fuel Cells
  • Chapter 10 Hydrogen Production
  • Chapter 11 Hydrogen Storage
  • Part III Energy from the Sun
  • Chapter 12 Solar Radiation
  • Chapter 13 Biomass
  • Chapter 14 Photovoltaic Converters
  • Part IV Wind and Water
  • Chapter 15 Wind Energy
  • Chapter 16 Ocean Engines
  • Chapter 17 Nuclear Energy
  • Chapter 18 Storage of Energy