Book description
With energy sustainability and security at the forefront of public discourse worldwide, there is a pressing need to foster an understanding of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa’s highly respected and comprehensive resource fulfills this need; it has provided thousands of engineers, scientists, students and professionals alike with a thorough grounding in the scientific principles underlying the complex world of renewable energy technologies. This new third edition of the classic text highlights advances in this vital area, which are proceeding at an unprecedented pace, allowing everyone interested in this burgeoning field to keep up with the latest developments in diverse topics from solar cooling to renewable energy storage.- Illuminates the basic principles behind all key renewable power sources- solar, wind, biomass, hydropower & fuel cells
- Connects scientific theory with practical implementation through physical examples; end-of-chapter questions help readers apply their knowledge
- Written by one of the world’s foremost experts in renewable energy, drawing from his decades of experience in academia and industry
NEW TO THIS EDITION: -All new chapter on pivotal renewable energy storage technologies -Now includes discussion of power grid and transmission issues -Expanded coverage of Hydropower and advances in PV cells -New and improved figures and additional end-of-chapter problems
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Acknowledgements
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Chapetr 1. Generalites
- 1.1 Units and Constants
- 1.2 Energy and Utility
- 1.3 Conservation of Energy
- 1.4 Planetary Energy Balance
- 1.5 The Energy Utilization Rate
- 1.6 The Population Explosion
- 1.7 The Market Penetration Function
- 1.8 Planetary Energy Resources
- 1.9 Energy Utilization
- 1.10 The Efficiency Question
- 1.11 The Ecology Question
- 1.12 Financing
- 1.13 The Cost of Electricity
- PROBLEMS
- References
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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
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Chapter 5. Thermoelectricity
- 5.1 Experimental Observations
- 5.2 Thermoelectric Thermometers
- 5.3 The Thermoelectric Generator
- 5.4 Figure of Merit of a Material
- 5.5 The Wiedemann-Franz-Lorenz Law
- 5.6 Thermal Conductivity in Solids
- 5.7 Seebeck Coefficient of Semiconductors
- 5.8 Performance of Thermoelectric Materials
- 5.9 Some Applications of Thermoelectric Generators
- 5.10 Design of a Thermoelectric Generator
- 5.11 Thermoelectric Refrigerators and Heat Pumps
- 5.12 Temperature Dependence
- 5.13 Battery Architecture
- 5.14 The Physics of Thermoelectricity
- 5.15 Directions and Signs
- 5.16 Appendix
- PROBLEMS
- References
- Chapter 6. Thermionics
- Chapter 7. AMTEC
- Chapter 8. Radio-Noise Generators
- Part II: The World of Hydrogen
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Part III: Energy from the Sun
- Chapter 12. Solar Radiation
- Chapter 13. Biomass
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Chapter 14. Photovoltaic Converters
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Theoretical Efficiency
- 14.3 Carrier Multiplication
- 14.4 Spectrally Selective Beam Splitting
- 14.5 Thermo-photovoltaic Cells
- 14.6 The Ideal and the Practical
- 14.7 Solid-State Junction Photodiode
- 14.8 The Reverse Saturation Current
- 14.9 Practical Efficiency
- 14.10 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC)
- 14.11 Organic Photovoltaic Cells (OPC)
- 14.12 Solar-Power Satellite
- 14.13 Solar Energy to DC Conversion
- 14.14 Microwave Generation
- 14.15 Radiation System
- 14.16 Receiving Array
- 14.17 Attitude and Orbital Control
- 14.18 Space Transportation and Space Construction
- 14.19 Future of Space Solar Power Projects
- Appendix A: Values of two definite integrals used in the calculation of photodiode performance
- PROBLEMS
- References
- Part IV: Wind and Water
- Index
Product information
- Title: Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2012
- Publisher(s): Academic Press
- ISBN: 9780123978257
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