Energy category: 1670 books
Nuclear Energy
An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Nuclear Energy is one of the most popular texts ever published on basic nuclear physics, systems, and applications of nuclear energy. This newest edition continues the tradition of offering a holistic treatment of everything the undergraduate engineering student needs to know in a clear and accessible...
The Doomsday Machine
The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Today, there are over one hundred nuclear reactors operating in our backyards, from Indian Point in New York to Diablo Canyon in California. Proponents claim that nuclear power is the only viable alternative to fossil fuels, and due to rising energy consumption and the looming threat of global warming,...
Waste to Energy
Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Solid waste management is currently a major issue worldwide with numerous areas reaching critical levels. Many developing countries and countries in transition still miss basic waste management infrastructure and awareness. It is here that many of the solid waste management problems and challenges...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
In this ready reference, top academic researchers, industry players and government officers join forces to develop commercial concepts for the transition from current nuclear or fossil fuel-based energy to renewable energy systems within a limited time span. They take into account the latest science...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
This book examines the key aspects that will define future sustainable energy systems: energy supply, energy storage, security and limited environmental impacts. It clearly explains the need for an integrated engineering approach to sustainable energies, based on mathematical, biogeophysical, and...
Environmental Risk Mitigation
Coaxing a Market in the Battery and Energy Supply and Storage Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
This book presents an extensive review of the context and an analysis of the market for clean energy technologies, with batteries as the primary case study. The focus of this book is on clean energy technology and in particular, on renewable energy and portable, mobile and stationary battery and energy...
Modeling the Renewable Energy Transition in Canada
Techno-economic Assessments for Energy Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
The work demonstrates a techno-economic model of power generation for the cost-effective integration of renewable energy sources, with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. The methodological approach outlined by the author is based on periodic simulation of price variations. The...
Methanol: The Basic Chemical and Energy Feedstock of the Future
Asinger's Vision Today
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Methanol - The Chemical and Energy Feedstock of the Future offers a visionary yet unbiased view of methanol technology. Based on the groundbreaking 1986 publication "Methanol" by Friedrich Asinger, this book includes contributions by more than 40 experts from industry and academia. The authors...
From Smart Grids to Smart Cities
New Challenges in Optimizing Energy Grids
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
This book addresses different algorithms and applications based on the theory of multiobjective goal attainment optimization. In detail the authors show as the optimal asset of the energy hubs network which (i) meets the loads, (ii) minimizes the energy costs and (iii) assures a robust and reliable...
Energy Efficiency in the Minerals Industry
Best Practices and Research Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
This book presents a state-of-the-art analysis of energy efficiency as applied to mining processes. From ground fragmentation to mineral processing and extractive metallurgy, experts discuss the current state of knowledge and the nagging questions that call for further research. It offers an excellent...
Energy Democracy
Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. It traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from the Power Rebels of Schönau to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shutdown...
by Zheng Li, Angelo Amorelli, Pei Liu
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
This book describes the scale and complexity of China’s energy system, using Sankey diagrams to visualize the energy flows across the economy and categorizing the differences between provinces. China’s provinces extend over a vast area and are at different stages of economic development. Regional...
Insecurity in the supply of electrical energy
an emerging threat to information and communication technologies?
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This monograph evaluates the consequences for ICT users of failures in the supply of electricity. As demand for electricity grows it is vital that the electricity generating industry expands its capacity. It is also vital that the networks (grids) that deliver that electricity are up to the task....
by Water Environment Federation, American Society of Civil Engineers/Environmental and Water Resources Institute
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Global climate change, volatile energy prices, and other potential forces of change, require water resource recovery facility designers to plan and design facilities that are sustainable—less costly to operate and maintain over a facility’s full life cycle and more resilient to near- and long-term...