Energy

This book provides a general overview of virtual power plants (VPP) as a key technology in future energy communities and active distribution and transmission networks for managing distributed energy resources, providing local and global services, and facilitating market participation of small-scale managing distributed energy resources and prosumers.

This book focuses on designing, implementing, and verifying the performance of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) projects in relevant industries from a practitioner's perspective.

Introduces readers to micro and local power markets and their use for local initiatives, grid integration, and future applications This book provides the basis for understanding micro power markets, emphasizing its application for local initiatives, the grid integration of renewable-based generation, and facilitating the decarbonization of the future electrical networks.

This book examines the fire-resistant design of fixed offshore platforms.

The global warming problem is becoming critical year by year, causing climate disaster all over the world, where it has been believed that the CO2 gas emitted from the factories and the burning of fossil fuels may be one of the reasons of global warming.

From the discovery of fire to that of the atom, the development of human societies has largely been based on the conquest of energy.

Advances in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development focuses on cutting-edge research areas including renewable energy and sustainable development.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and materials used in electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices, including lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries, supercapacitors and conversion materials for solar and fuel cells.

This book covers all facets involving the production and use of ethanol.

This book is a unique introduction to the economic costs of nuclear power.

Electric Power Systems Analysis is one of the most challenging courses in the Electric Power Engineering major which is taught to junior students.

The comprehensive guide to engineering alternative and renewable energy systems and applications updated for the latest trends and technologies This book was designed tohelp engineers develop new solutions for the current energy economy.

This book focuses on issues related to a suite of technologies known as "e;Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS),"e; which can be used to capture and store underground large amounts of industrial CO2 emissions.

Automated vehicles are set to transform the world.

For 200 years industrial civilization has relied on the combustion of abundant and cheap carbon fuels.

A solution to the climate and energy crisisThe reversible fuel cell (RFC) described in this volume stores solar energy and thereby makes it continuously available.

Better Understand the Relationship between Powertrain System Design and Its Control IntegrationWhile powertrain system design and its control integration are traditionally divided into two different functional groups, a growing trend introduces the integration of more electronics (sensors, actuators, and controls) into the powertrain system.

This book provides the latest research & developments and future trends in photoenergy and thin film materials two important areas that have the potential to spearhead the future of the industry.

Hydrogen offers a promising alternative for supplying clean and sustainable energy to meet increasing demands worldwide.

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge.

This new volume discusses new and well-known electrochemical energy harvesting, conversion, and storage techniques.

The need for exploration, conservation, and sustainable utilization of bioresources is undeniable for the survival and growth of mankind.

Electrochemical Polymer Electrolyte Membranes covers PEMs from fundamentals to applications, describing their structure, properties, characterization, synthesis, and use in electrochemical energy storage and solar energy conversion technologies.

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering serves as an accompanying study guide for a complete, introductory single-semester course in nuclear engineering.

Rising oil costs have stimulated significant interest in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) as a method for producing a synthetic petroleum substitute.

An air conditioning system consists of components and equipment arranged in sequential order to control and maintain an indoor environment.

Includes full-color isopach and richness maps for each organic-rich and organic-lean oil shale interval within the upper Green River Formation.

The Handbook of Thin Film Process Technology is a practical handbook for the thin film scientist, engineer and technician.

Power and Energy Engineering are important and pressing topics globally, covering issues such as shifting paradigms of energy generation and consumption, intelligent grids, green energy and environmental protection.

This book explores the myriad issues that play out in the upstream petroleum industry of Ghana from a legal perspective.

Power Shift traces recent social and cultural shifts in how we understand and imagine energy, the environment, and the challenges of global warming.

This unique book investigates the synthesis, kinetics, and thermal decomposition properties and processing of energy-producing materials used in propellants, explosives, pyrotechnic, and gas-generating compositions.

A must-read for any practicing engineer or student in this area There is a renaissance that is occurring in chemical and process engineering, and it is crucial for today's scientists, engineers, technicians, and operators to stay current.

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.

This book details the use of conducting polymers and their composites in supercapacitors, batteries, photovoltaics, and fuel cells, nearly covering the entire spectrum of energy area under one title.

The petrochemical industry is a scientific and engineering field that encompasses the production of a wide range of chemicals and polymers.

The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundation of their economies.

The book investigates various MPPT algorithms, and the optimization of solar energy using machine learning and deep learning.

The book will highlight major trends and developments in the field of microbial fuels, with contributions from a number of highly experienced researchers.

Recently developed organic photovoltaics (OPVs) show distinct advantages over their inorganic counterparts due to their lighter weight, flexible shape, versatile materials synthesis and device fabrication schemes, and low cost in large-scale industrial production.

The advancement of methods and technologies in the oil and gas industries calls for new insight into the corrosion problems these industries face daily.

With the ever-increasing demand for energy worldwide, nations are looking for suitable options to solve the energy crisis, a matter of serious global concern.

This book highlights the challenges of using hydrogen as a fuel for sustainable transportation including introduction of various hydrogen storage technologies, storage requirement for fuel cell vehicles, compressed hydrogen storage system, and refueling analysis with thermal management.

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Over recent years, many new technologies have been introduced to drive the digital transformation in the building maintenance industry.

Advanced Controls for Wind Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generators discusses the most advanced control algorithms used for enhancing the dynamics of a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) operating at fixed and variable speeds, and which are used for different utilization purposes (standalone and grid connection).

Birdwatching in Britain has grown increasingly dependent on burning fossil fuels.

This book provides up-to-date information on the application of nano-sized materials in energy devices.

Advances in Petrochemical Engineering and Green Development is a compilation of selected papers from the 3rd International Conference on Petrochemical Engineering and Green Development (ICPEGD 2022) and focuses on the research of petrochemical engineering.