Energy conversion / [edited by] D. Yogi Goswami and Frank Kreith.
Contributor(s): Goswami, D. Yogi [editor.]
| Kreith, Frank [editor.].
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BookSeries: Mechanical and aerospace engineering series.Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2017Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 1193 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315337562; 9781315374192.Subject(s): Buildings -- Power supply | Energy conversion | Industries -- Power supplyAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 621.042 Online resources: Click here to view. Includes bibliographical references.
chapter 1 Global Energy Systems / D. Yogi Goswami Frank Kreith -- chapter 2 Fossil Fuels / Robert Reuther Richard Bajura Philip C. Crouse -- chapter 3 Biomass Properties and Resources / Mark M. Wright Robert C. Brown -- chapter 4 Municipal Solid Waste / Shelly H. Schneider -- chapter 5 Nuclear Resources / James S. Tulenko -- chapter 6 Solar Energy Resources / D. Yogi Goswami -- chapter 7 Wind Energy Resource / Dale E. Berg -- chapter 8 Geothermal Energy / Joel L. Renner Marshall J. Reed -- section I Energy Resources -- chapter 9 Steam Power Plant / John Kern -- chapter 10 Gas Turbines / Richard H. Bunce -- chapter 11 Internal Combustion Engines / David E. Klett Elsayed M. Afify Kalyan K. Srinivasan Timothy J. Jacobs -- chapter 12 Hydraulic Turbines / Roger E.A. Arndt Leonardo P. Chamorro -- chapter 13 Advanced Fossil Fuel Power Systems / Seyfettin C. (John) Gülen -- chapter 14 Stirling Engines / Frank Kreith -- chapter 15 Nuclear Power Technologies through Year 2035 / Kenneth D. Kok Edwin A. Harvego -- chapter 16 Nuclear Fusion / François Waelbroeck -- chapter 17 Energy Storage Technologies * / Jeffrey P. Chamberlain Roel Hammerschlag Christopher P. Schaber -- chapter 18 Solar Thermal Energy Conversion / T. Agami Reddy Jeffrey H. Morehouse -- chapter 19 Concentrating Solar Thermal Power / Manuel Romero Jose Gonzalez-Aguilar Eduardo Zarza -- chapter 20 Photovoltaics Fundamentals, Technology and Application / Roger Messenger D. Yogi Goswami Hari M. Upadhyaya Senthilarasu Sundaram Aruna Ivaturi Stephan Buecheler Ayodhya N. Tiwari -- chapter 21 Wind Energy Conversion / Dale E. Berg -- chapter 22 Biomass Conversion Process for Energy Recovery / Mark M. Wright Robert C. Brown -- chapter 23 Geothermal Power Generation / Kevin Kitz -- chapter 24 Waste-to-Energy Combustion / Charles O. Velzy Leonard M. Grillo -- chapter 25 Fuel Cells / Xianguo Li -- chapter 26 Direct Energy Conversion / Mysore L. Ramalingam Jean-Pierre Fleurial George Nolas -- section II Energy Conversion.
"This handbook surveys the range of methods and fuel types used in generating energy for industry, transportation, and heating and cooling of buildings. Solar, wind, biomass, nuclear, geothermal, ocean and fossil fuels are discussed and compared, and the thermodynamics of energy conversion is explained. Appendices are provided with fully updated data. Thoroughly revised, this second edition surveys the latest advances in energy conversion from a wide variety of currently available energy sources. It 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 cycles, 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 power. "--Provided by publisher.
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