Energy Conversion

Discussing methods for maximizing available energy, "Energy Conversion" surveys the latest advances in energy conversion from a wide variety of currently available energy sources. The book describes energy sources such as fossil fuels, biomass including refuse-derived biomass fuels, nuclear, solar radiation, wind, geothermal, and ocean, then provides the terminology and units used for each energy resource and their equivalence. It includes an overview of the steam power cycle, gas turbines, internal combustion engines, hydraulic turbines, Stirling engines, advanced fossil fuel power systems, and combined-cycle power plants. It outlines the development, current use, and future of nuclear fission. The book also gives a comprehensive description of the direct energy conversion methods, including, Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Thermoelectric conversion, Thermionics and MHD.It briefly reviews the physics of PV electrical generation, discusses the PV system design process, presents several PV system examples, summarizes the latest developments in crystalline silicon PV, and explores some of the present challenges facing the large scale deployment of PV energy sources. The book discusses five energy storage categories: electrical, electromechanical, mechanical, direct thermal, and thermochemical and the storage media that can store and deliver energy. With contributions from researchers at the top of their fields and on the cutting edge of technologies, the book provides comprehensive coverage of end use efficiency of green technology. It includes in-depth discussions not only of better efficient energy management in buildings and industry, but also of how to plan and design for efficient use and management from the ground up.

ISBN 1420044311   Pages 936 ISBN13 9781420044317 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Weight (grammes) 1814 Imprint CRC Press Inc   Published in Bosa Roca Format Hardback   Series title Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series Publication date 03 Jul 2007   Height (mm) 254 Library of Congress TK2896   Width (mm) 178 DEWEY 530   Spine width (mm) 49 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1		Introduction by D. Yogi Goswami
2		Fossil fuels
3		Biomass energy by Ralph P. Overend and Lynn L. Wright
4		Nuclear resources by James S. Tulenko
5		Solar energy resources by D. Yogi Goswami
6		Wind energy resources by Dale E. Berg
7		Geothermal energy by Joel L. Renner and Marshall J. Reed
8		Steam power plant by John Kern
9		Gas turbines by Steven I. Freedman
10		Internal combustion engines by David E. Klett and Elsayed M. Afify
11		Hydraulic turbines by Roger E. A. Arndt
12		Stirling engines by William B. Stine
13		Advanced fossil fuel power systems by Anthony F. Armor
14		Combined-cycle power plants by Alex Lezuo
15		Energy storage technologies by Rod Hammerschlag and Christopher P. Schaber
16		Nuclear power technologies by Edwin A. Harvego and Kenneth D. Kok
17		Nuclear fusion by Thomas E. Shannon
18		Solar thermal energy conversion
19		Concentrating solar thermal power by Manuel Romero-Alvarez and Eduardo Zarza
20		Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology and application
21		Wind energy conversion by Dale E. Berg
22		Biomass conversion processes for energy recovery
23		Geothermal power generation by Kevin Kitz
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