This book presents novel concepts in the development of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) devices and discusses the technologies involved in producing efficient and economically feasible energy technologies around the world.
Materials Science and Fuel Technologies of Uranium and Plutonium Mixed Oxide offers a deep understanding of MOX properties for nuclear fuels that will be useful for performance evaluation.
Recent advances in technology and manufacturing have made it possible to create small, powerful, energy-efficient, cost-effective sensor nodes for specialized telecommunication applications-nodes "e;smart"e; enough to be capable of adaptation, self-awareness, and self-organization.
Continuum Physics, Volume II: Continuum Mechanics of Single-Substance Bodies discusses the continuum mechanics of bodies constituted by a single substance, providing a thorough and precise presentation of exact theories that have evolved during the past years.
Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector takes a fresh look at key terms and concepts around which energy research and policy are organised.
Advances in processing methods are not only improving the quality and yield of lubricant base stocks, they are also reducing the dependence on more expensive crude oil starting materials.
Plasma Diagnostics, Volume 1: Discharge Parameters and Chemistry covers seven chapters on the important diagnostic techniques for plasmas and details their use in particular applications.
In the post-9/11 world, the possibility of energy infrastructure-terrorism-the use of weapons to cause devastating damage to the energy industrial sector and cause cascading effects-is very real.
Beginning with a review of the current need for identification of buried and surface unexplored ordnance such as mines, shells, bombs, this book then explains existing techniques for electromagnetic detection of such targets.
Philosophy of Power System Protection and Security, Computer-Aided Design and Analysis provides an excellent focus on the advanced topics of power system protection and gives exciting analysis methods and covers the important applications in the power systems relaying.
Following the publication of the author's first book, Boilers for Power and Process by CRC Press in 2009, several requests were made for a reference with even quicker access to information.
This book examines the key aspects that will define future sustainable energy systems: energy supply, energy storage, security and limited environmental impacts.
Reissuing works originally published between 1961 and 1990, this set of 12 books offers a selection of scholarship on the history of natural resources.
Energy conversion techniques are key in power electronics and even more so in renewable energy source systems, which require a large number of converters.
This compendium includes a wide range of topics, from energy science and technology, development and utilization of resources to sustainable ecological development.
This book explains the electrical power systems for non-electrical engineers and includes topics like electrical energy systems, electrical power systems structure, single-phase AC circuit fundamentals and three-phase systems, power system modeling, power system representation, power system operation, power flow analysis, economic operation of power systems, power system fault analysis, power system protection fundamentals, and so forth.
A Comprehensive Review of Developing Environmentally Friendly LubricantsA push from environmentally savvy consumers along with recent changes in governmental regulations have paved the way for a marketplace of products with high levels of environmental performance.
The book discusses the materials, devices, and methodologies that can be used for energy harvesting including advanced materials, devices, and systems.
OPEC and the World's Energy Future offers a complete account of OPEC's past, present, and possible future in relation to economic, political, and technological changes.
In the post-9/11 world, the possibility of energy infrastructure-terrorism-the use of weapons to cause devastating damage to the energy industrial sector and cause cascading effects-is very real.
Corrosion Protection for the Oil and Gas Industry: Pipelines, Subsea Equipment, and Structures summarizes the main causes of corrosion and requirements for materials protection, selection of corrosion-resistant materials and coating materials commonly used for corrosion protection, and the limitations to their use, application, and repair.
The objective of this practical oil and gas piping handbook is to facilitate project management teams of oil and gas piping related construction projects to understand the key requirements of the discipline and to equip them with the necessary knowledge and protocol.
Physics of Thin Films: Advances in Research and Development, Volume 6 reviews the rapid progress that has been made in research and development concerning the physics of thin films, with emphasis on metallic films.
Applied Second Law Analysis of Heat Engine Cycles offers a concise, practical approach to one of the two building blocks of classical thermodynamics and demonstrates how it can be a powerful tool in the analysis of heat engine cycles.
Focusing on fundamentals of biofuel production from renewable energy sources and biohydrogen production, this book offers a complete understanding of the bioconversion processes.
Providing innovative efficient, clean, and safe solutions and research for interfacing internet technology with energy power grids for smart cities and smart transportation, this new volume discusses the use and automation of electricity infrastructures for energy producers and manufacturers, integrating the implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology for distributed energy systems in order to optimize energy efficiency and wastage.
IEMERA is a three-day International Conference specially designed with cluster of scientific and technological sessions, providing a common platform for the researchers, academicians, industry delegates across the globe to share and exchange their knowledge and contribution.
When the Nuclear Safety Commission in Japan reviewed safety-design guidelines for nuclear plants in 1990, the regulatory agency explicitly ruled out the need to consider prolonged AC power loss.
Provides practical guidance on the latest quality assurance and accelerated stress test methods for improved long-term performance prediction of PV modules This book has been written from a historical perspective to guide readers through how the PV industry learned what the failure and degradation modes of PV modules were, how accelerated tests were developed to cause the same failures and degradations in the laboratory, and then how these tests were used as tools to guide the design and fabrication of reliable and long-life modules.
This book is a comprehensive overview of methods of characterizing the mechanical properties of engineering materials using specimen sizes in the micro-scale regime (0.
This book provides comprehensive knowledge on the mechanisms of microbial fuel cells and their in-depth application in the field of bio-remediation and electricity production.
