Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes
Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes
Editor/Author
Da Rosa, Aldo Vieira
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
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$144.00

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$216.00
ISBN: 978-0-12-397219-4
Image Count:
358
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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