The more than 90 refereed papers in this volume continue a series of biannual benchmarks for technologies that maximize energy conversion while minimizing undesirable emissions.
In this comprehensive guide for practicing engineers and students, Ertugrul explains the field of renewable energy and distributed generation technologies and describes the transformation occurring in power grids due to the rise of renewable energy sources and emerging technologies.
Efficient Energy Utilization and Emission Reduction Strategies in Plant Operations summarizes technological advancements in effective energy utilization in plant operations.
Lead-Acid Battery Technologies: Fundamentals, Materials, and Applications offers a systematic and state-of-the-art overview of the materials, system design, and related issues for the development of lead-acid rechargeable battery technologies.
While strides are being made in the research and development of environmentally acceptable and more sustainable alternative fuels-including efforts to reduce emissions of air pollutants associated with combustion processes from electric power generation and vehicular transportation-fossil fuel resources are limited and may soon be on the verge of d
In the current push to convert to renewable sources of energy, many issues raised years ago on the economics and the difficulties of siting energy storage are once again being raised today.
Battery-Integrated Residential Energy Systems introduces battery energy storage systems (BESS) of residential systems and offers insight into modeling, managing, and controlling them.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the contemporary international petrochemicals business and explains related managerial complexities, business challenges, and opportunities to enhance competitiveness.
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering: Part 2 is the essential text for all second-year undergraduate students as well as those studying foundation degrees and Higher National Diplomas.
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering: Part 2 is the essential text for all second-year undergraduate students as well as those studying foundation degrees and Higher National Diplomas.
The purification of hydrogen is necessary to fulfill purity standards of a wide variety of prospective uses, and it is also a key concern regarding the efficient supply of hydrogen.
Diesel Engine Operations with Alternative Fuels presents the results of a study that analyzes selected parameters of the combustion process in a diesel engine when fueled with alternative fuels.
Proceedings of a workshop organized by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General for Energy, Berlin, Germany, 19-20 October 1987.
Kinetic Theory, Volume I: The Nature of Gases and of Heat covers the developments in area of kinetic theory, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics.
The book begins with an introduction to the general problems of making measurements in high temperature and a presentation of chemically reacting flow systems.
From Methane to Hydrogen-Making the Switch to a Cleaner Fuel Source The world's overdependence on fossil fuels has created environmental problems, such as air pollution and global warming, as well as political and economic unrest.
Introduction to Renewable Energy, Third Edition covers the fundamentals of renewable energy and serves as a resource to undergraduates in renewable energy courses, nonspecialists within the energy industries, or anyone working to support the successful implementation of renewable energy.
Reflecting the developments in gas turbine combustion technology that have occurred in the last decade, Gas Turbine Combustion: Alternative Fuels and Emissions, Third Edition provides an up-to-date design manual and research reference on the design, manufacture, and operation of gas turbine combustors in applications ranging from aeronautical to po
It is hoped that this book will promote an appreciation of the environmental problems, energy demand and resources, the economics and risks involved that are essential to define the role of waste-to-energy systems in the future.
This text describes how the design, analyzing capacity, and optimization criteria of mechatronics systems can be improved using numerical, experimental, and computational approaches, and how it helps in data sensing, fault detection, and diagnosis.
Digital Sustainability: Navigating Entrepreneurship in the Information Age explores the intersection of technology and sustainability, offering a panoramic view of innovative strategies and solutions for building a more environmentally conscious and socially responsible future.
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have received significant attention in academia and industry due to their low cost and high-power conversion efficiency (PCE).
There continues to be widespread interest in the applications of hydrogen as a clean fuel and its potential for local electricity production and use in transport.
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.
This book analyses the role of liquified natural gas in a decarbonising world and presents the most significant energy-transition options and implications for the liquified natural gas industry.
This book addresses the increasing energy demand and costs associated with the global refrigeration industry, primarily driven by the need for cooling.
This book explores the issue of a sustainable energy transition in Africa, including the current energy landscape and exploration of various scenarios for achieving net zero emissions.
The small punch test (SPT) is useful to calculate changes in the tensile and fracture properties of structural materials during the service life of the materials of plant components.
An Insightful Guide to Avoiding Offshore Oil- and Gas-Industry Disaster Designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining offshore oil and gas industry equipment and systems can sometimes result in accidents, injuries, and other serious problems.
This unique single-source reference-the first book of its kind to address systematically the problems involved in the field-offers comprehensive coverage of hydraulic system troubleshooting and encourages change in the trial-and-error methods common in rectifying problems and restoring system downtime, furnishing a new paradigm for troubleshooting
