Energy conversion / 
[edited by] D. Yogi Goswami and Frank Kreith. 
 - Second edition. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 1193 pages) 
 - Mechanical and aerospace engineering series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> chapter 1 Global Energy Systems /  chapter 2 Fossil Fuels /  chapter 3 Biomass Properties and Resources /  chapter 4 Municipal Solid Waste /  chapter 5 Nuclear Resources /  chapter 6 Solar Energy Resources /  chapter 7 Wind Energy Resource /  chapter 8 Geothermal Energy /  section I Energy Resources --   chapter 9 Steam Power Plant /  chapter 10 Gas Turbines /  chapter 11 Internal Combustion Engines /  chapter 12 Hydraulic Turbines /  chapter 13 Advanced Fossil Fuel Power Systems /  chapter 14 Stirling Engines /  chapter 15 Nuclear Power Technologies through Year 2035 /  chapter 16 Nuclear Fusion /  chapter 17 Energy Storage Technologies * /  chapter 18 Solar Thermal Energy Conversion /  chapter 19 Concentrating Solar Thermal Power /  chapter 20 Photovoltaics Fundamentals, Technology and Application /  chapter 21 Wind Energy Conversion /  chapter 22 Biomass Conversion Process for Energy Recovery /  chapter 23 Geothermal Power Generation /  chapter 24 Waste-to-Energy Combustion /  chapter 25 Fuel Cells /  chapter 26 Direct Energy Conversion /  section II Energy Conversion.   D. Yogi Goswami Frank Kreith --    Robert Reuther Richard Bajura Philip C. Crouse --    Mark M. Wright Robert C. Brown --    Shelly H. Schneider --    James S. Tulenko --    D. Yogi Goswami --    Dale E. Berg --    Joel L. Renner Marshall J. Reed --    John Kern --    Richard H. Bunce --    David E. Klett Elsayed M. Afify Kalyan K. Srinivasan Timothy J. Jacobs --    Roger E.A. Arndt Leonardo P. Chamorro --    Seyfettin C. (John) Gülen --    Frank Kreith --    Kenneth D. Kok Edwin A. Harvego --    François Waelbroeck --    Jeffrey P. Chamberlain Roel Hammerschlag Christopher P. Schaber --    T. Agami Reddy Jeffrey H. Morehouse --    Manuel Romero Jose Gonzalez-Aguilar Eduardo Zarza --    Roger Messenger D. Yogi Goswami Hari M. Upadhyaya Senthilarasu Sundaram Aruna Ivaturi Stephan Buecheler Ayodhya N. Tiwari --    Dale E. Berg --    Mark M. Wright Robert C. Brown --    Kevin Kitz --    Charles O. Velzy Leonard M. Grillo --    Xianguo Li --    Mysore L. Ramalingam Jean-Pierre Fleurial George Nolas --  
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781315337562 9781315374192 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1201/9781315374192   doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buildings--Power supply.<br/>Energy conversion.<br/>Industries--Power supply.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK2896  / .E485 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.042  / E567