Power Resources category: 2047 books

Cover of Low Emission Power Generation Technologies and Energy Management
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013

This title is dedicated to energy storage, low emission technologies and energy management, with discussions on the future of nuclear energy, combined heat and power, using hydrogen as an energy vector and fuel cells, as well as chapters on energy saving and control of the demand for power.
Cover of Thermal Effects in Supercapacitors
by Guoping Xiong, Timothy S. Fisher, Arpan Kundu
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015

This Brief reviews contemporary research conducted in university and industry laboratories on thermal management in electrochemical energy storage systems (capacitors and batteries) that have been widely used as power sources in many practical applications, such as automobiles, hybrid transport, renewable...
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Smart Grid

Technology and Applications

by Nick Jenkins, Kithsiri Liyanage, Jianzhong Wu
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012

Electric power systems worldwide face radical transformation with the need to decarbonise electricity supply, replace ageing assets and harness new information and communication technologies (ICT). The Smart Grid uses advanced ICT to control next generation power systems reliably and efficiently....
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High Concentrator Photovoltaics

Fundamentals, Engineering and Power Plants

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Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015

The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and engineering of high concentrator photovoltaic (HCPV) technology and to elucidate how this complex and emerging technology is applied in power plants. It is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on HCPV technology...
Cover of Rechargeable Sensor Networks: Technology, Theory, and Application

Rechargeable Sensor Networks: Technology, Theory, and Application

Introducing Energy Harvesting to Sensor Networks

by Jiming Chen, Shibo He, Youxian Sun
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014

The harvesting of energy from ambient energy sources to power electronic devices has been recognized as a promising solution to the issue of powering the ever-growing number of mobile devices around us. Key technologies in the rapidly growing field of energy harvesting focus on developing solutions...
Cover of Influences of Electric Vehicles on Power System and Key Technologies of Vehicle-to-Grid
by Canbing Li, Yijia Cao, Yonghong Kuang
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2016

This book analyzes the influence of electric vehicles on microclimate and the indirect influence on power load from a unique perspective. It discusses different aspects of Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, including large and small-scale charging infrastructures, and describes the effect on electricity...
Cover of Emergy
by Olivier Le Corre
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016

Emergy presents the fundamentals of emergy, proposing the definition and representation of emergy diagrams and 'spreading.' Embodied energy is the energy consumed by all of the processes associated with the production of a building, from the mining and processing of natural resources to manufacturing,...
Cover of Innovative Testing and Measurement Solutions for Smart Grid
by Qi Huang, Shi Jing, Jianbo Yi
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015

Focuses on sensor applications and smart meters in the newly developing interconnected smart grid • Focuses on sensor applications and smart meters in the newly developing interconnected smart grid • Presents the most updated technological developments in the measurement and testing of...
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Geothermal Energy

An Alternative Resource for the 21st Century

by Harsh K. Gupta, Sukanta Roy
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006

More than 20 countries generate electricity from geothermal resources and about 60 countries make direct use of geothermal energy. A ten-fold increase in geothermal energy use is foreseeable at the current technology level. Geothermal Energy: An Alternative Resource for the 21st Century provides...
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Biofuels and Food Security

Biofuel Impact on Food Security in Brazil, Asia and Major Producing Countries

by Tatsuji Koizumi
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014

Examining the relationship between biofuels and food security, this book presents an economic analysis of the competition between biofuels and food. It covers the historical and current situation of biofuels and food security in Brazil, China, Japan, USA, EU, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,...
Cover of Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference
by David Thorpe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017

This handy pocket reference contains a wealth of information on a range of topics including the principles of passive solar building and passive house, a ten-step design and build strategy, calculating solar irradiance, factors affecting the choice of building materials, passive heating and cooling...
Cover of Institutional Design and Capacity to Enhance Effective Governance of Oil and Gas Wealth: The Case of Kurdistan Region
by Khazal Abdullah Auzer
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

This book presents a ‘critical reappraisal’ of the resource curse thesis and extends the analysis to consider political and social dimensions, and thus, the importance of structure in the petroleum sector’s governance model. It examines major challenges surrounding the governance of petroleum...
Cover of Physics and the Environment
by Kyle Forinash
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017

Physics and the Environment directly connects the physical world to environmental issues that the world is facing today and will face in the future. It shows how the first and second laws of thermodynamics limit the efficiencies of fossil fuel energy conversions to less than 100%, while also discussing...
Cover of Analytics and Optimization for Renewable Energy Integration
by Ning Zhang, Chongqing Kang, Ershun Du
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019

The scope of this book covers the modeling and forecast of renewable energy and operation and planning of power system with renewable energy integration.The first part presents mathematical theories of stochastic mathematics; the second presents modeling and analytic techniques for renewable energy...
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