Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
Released August 2013
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9781466556973

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Book description

Completely revised and updated, Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition presents broad-based coverage of sustainable energy sources and systems. The book is designed as a text for undergraduate seniors and first-year graduate students. It focuses on renewable energy technologies, but also treats current trends such as the expanding use of natural gas from fracking and development of nuclear power. It covers the economics of sustainable energy, both from a traditional monetary as well as from an energy return on energy invested (EROI) perspective.

The book provides complete and up-to-date coverage of all renewable technologies, including solar and wind power, biological processes such as anaerobic digestion and geothermal energy. The new edition also examines social issues such as food, water, population, global warming, and public policies of engineering concern. It discusses energy transition—the process by which renewable energy forms can effectively be introduced into existing energy systems to replace fossil fuels.

See What’s New in the Second Edition:

  • Extended treatment of the energy and social issues related to sustainable energy
  • Analytic models of all energy systems in the current and future economy
  • Thoroughly updated chapters on biomass, wind, transportation, and all types of solar power
  • Treatment of energy return on energy invested (EROI) as a tool for understanding the sustainability of different types of resource conversion and efficiency projects
  • Introduction of the System Advisor Model (SAM) software program, available from National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), with examples and homework problems
  • Coverage of current issues in transition engineering providing analytic tools that can reduce the risk of unsustainable fossil resource use
  • Updates to all chapters on renewable energy technology engineering, in particular the chapters dealing with transportation, passive design, energy storage, ocean energy, and bioconversion

Written by Frank Kreith and Susan Krumdieck, this updated version of a successful textbook takes a balanced approach that looks not only at sustainable energy sources, but also provides examples of energy storage, industrial process heat, and modern transportation. The authors take an analytical systems approach to energy engineering, rather than the more general and descriptive approach usually found in textbooks on this topic.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover (1/2)
  2. Front Cover (2/2)
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents (1/2)
  5. Contents (2/2)
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Contributors
  10. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (1/16)
  11. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (2/16)
  12. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (3/16)
  13. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (4/16)
  14. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (5/16)
  15. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (6/16)
  16. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (7/16)
  17. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (8/16)
  18. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (9/16)
  19. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (10/16)
  20. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (11/16)
  21. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (12/16)
  22. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (13/16)
  23. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (14/16)
  24. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (15/16)
  25. Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy (16/16)
  26. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (1/11)
  27. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (2/11)
  28. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (3/11)
  29. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (4/11)
  30. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (5/11)
  31. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (6/11)
  32. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (7/11)
  33. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (8/11)
  34. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (9/11)
  35. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (10/11)
  36. Chapter 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems (11/11)
  37. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (1/13)
  38. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (2/13)
  39. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (3/13)
  40. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (4/13)
  41. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (5/13)
  42. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (6/13)
  43. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (7/13)
  44. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (8/13)
  45. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (9/13)
  46. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (10/13)
  47. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (11/13)
  48. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (12/13)
  49. Chapter 3. Wind Energy (13/13)
  50. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (1/9)
  51. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (2/9)
  52. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (3/9)
  53. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (4/9)
  54. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (5/9)
  55. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (6/9)
  56. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (7/9)
  57. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (8/9)
  58. Chapter 4. Capturing Solar Energy through Biomass (9/9)
  59. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (1/12)
  60. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (2/12)
  61. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (3/12)
  62. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (4/12)
  63. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (5/12)
  64. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (6/12)
  65. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (7/12)
  66. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (8/12)
  67. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (9/12)
  68. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (10/12)
  69. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (11/12)
  70. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation (12/12)
  71. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (1/10)
  72. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (2/10)
  73. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (3/10)
  74. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (4/10)
  75. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (5/10)
  76. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (6/10)
  77. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (7/10)
  78. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (8/10)
  79. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (9/10)
  80. Chapter 6. Photovoltaics (10/10)
  81. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (1/18)
  82. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (2/18)
  83. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (3/18)
  84. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (4/18)
  85. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (5/18)
  86. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (6/18)
  87. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (7/18)
  88. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (8/18)
  89. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (9/18)
  90. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (10/18)
  91. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (11/18)
  92. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (12/18)
  93. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (13/18)
  94. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (14/18)
  95. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (15/18)
  96. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (16/18)
  97. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (17/18)
  98. Chapter 7. Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (18/18)
  99. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (1/16)
  100. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (2/16)
  101. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (3/16)
  102. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (4/16)
  103. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (5/16)
  104. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (6/16)
  105. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (7/16)
  106. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (8/16)
  107. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (9/16)
  108. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (10/16)
  109. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (11/16)
  110. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (12/16)
  111. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (13/16)
  112. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (14/16)
  113. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (15/16)
  114. Chapter 8. Solar Process Heat and Thermal Power (16/16)
  115. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (1/13)
  116. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (2/13)
  117. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (3/13)
  118. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (4/13)
  119. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (5/13)
  120. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (6/13)
  121. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (7/13)
  122. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (8/13)
  123. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (9/13)
  124. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (10/13)
  125. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (11/13)
  126. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (12/13)
  127. Chapter 9. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting (13/13)
  128. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (1/11)
  129. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (2/11)
  130. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (3/11)
  131. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (4/11)
  132. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (5/11)
  133. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (6/11)
  134. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (7/11)
  135. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (8/11)
  136. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (9/11)
  137. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (10/11)
  138. Chapter 10. Energy Storage (11/11)
  139. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (1/8)
  140. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (2/8)
  141. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (3/8)
  142. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (4/8)
  143. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (5/8)
  144. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (6/8)
  145. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (7/8)
  146. Chapter 11. Ocean Energy Conversion (8/8)
  147. Chapter 12. Transportation (1/5)
  148. Chapter 12. Transportation (2/5)
  149. Chapter 12. Transportation (3/5)
  150. Chapter 12. Transportation (4/5)
  151. Chapter 12. Transportation (5/5)
  152. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (1/9)
  153. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (2/9)
  154. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (3/9)
  155. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (4/9)
  156. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (5/9)
  157. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (6/9)
  158. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (7/9)
  159. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (8/9)
  160. Chapter 13. Transition Engineering (9/9)

Product information

  • Title: Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
  • Release date: August 2013
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9781466556973