Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

Integrated Wastewater Management and Valorization using Algal Cultures provides a holistic view on coupled wastewater treatment and biomass production for energy and value-added products using algal cultures.

This book covers recent developments in process systems engineering (PSE) for efficient resource use in biomass conversion systems.

The eleventh edition of the European Energy Markets Observatory covers the full year 2008 and the winter 2008/2009.

Science for Responsible Citizenship helps the reader to understand how science works and how science can help us develop reasonable and logical solutions to worldwide problems.

This book focuses on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) techniques and the recent developments and research works in energy applications.

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This user-friendly book introduces biochar to potential users in the professional sphere.

This book provides the connection between the growing body of literature on sustainability and the topics of energy and ICT.

Commercial development of energy from renewables and nuclear is critical to long-term industry and environmental goals.

This book clarifies the challenges and outcomes of the Sunshine Project, a national project in Japan for developing new energy that was launched about 40 years ago at the time of the first oil crisis in the early 1970s and ended, as planned, in the early 2000s.

The world is on the verge of an unprecedented increase in the production and use of biofuels for transport.

Solar Receivers for Thermal Power Generation: Fundamentals and Advanced Concepts looks at different Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems, their varying components, and the modeling and optimization of solar receivers.

Das vorliegende Buch behandelt die Berechnung von Tragwerken unter dynamischen Lasten.

This book presents a broad compendium of biodegradation research and discussions on the most up-to-date bioremediation strategies.

This four-volume set, edited by a leading expert in the field, brings together in one collection a series of papers that have been fundamental to the development of renewable energy as a defined discipline.

In this valuable volume, new and original research on various topics on chemical engineering and technology is presented on modeling and simulation, material synthesis, wastewater treatment, analytical techniques, and microreactors.

This book focuses on understanding biomimetic architecture and its role as a sustainable design tool.

This book analyzes the entire spectrum of energy, from conventional sources to various alternative sources.

Significantly revised and updated since its first publication in 1996, Absorption Chillers and Heat Pumps, Second Edition discusses the fundamental physics and major applications of absorption chillers.

Because of the major opportunities and risks associated with it, and the complexity of the subject, bioenergy policy has in a short time become a challenging political task for regulators and planners - a task that can only be accomplished through worldwide cooperation and the creation of an international framework.

As power systems develop to incorporate renewable energy sources, the delivery systems may be disrupted by the changes involved.

How does one tell the story of energy production, use, or conservation in a manner sufficiently convincing to influence policy, behavior, and design?

This book explains how social psychological concepts can be closely integrated with sociotechnical perspectives of energy transitions.

This book discusses topics such as solar energy, heat transfer, solar cell and photovoltaic module, greenhouse-integrated semi-transparent photovoltaic thermal (GiSPVT) system for agriculture and aquaculture, GiSPVT solar dryer, and PVT water and air collector for water heating, air heating, biogas heating and swimming pool heating, etc.

The ability of renewable energy sources to supply global energy needs - if not completely then to a significant degree - has been amply demonstrated.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the thermal issues in photovoltaics.

Photovoltaics (PV), the solar power, which was nothing a few years ago, is the world leader in clean and sustainable energy today.

Following the success of its predecessor, this second edition of The Future of Energy Use provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts.

Distributed Optimal Control of Large-Scale Wind Farm Clusters: Optimal Active and Reactive Power Control, and Fault Ride Through, a new volume in the Elsevier Wind Energy Engineering series, explores the latest advances in distributed optimal control of large-scale wind farm clusters, also describing distributed optimal control techniques for high voltage ride through (HVRT).

This book provides an updated and detailed overview on the recent developments of bioethanol technology.

An In-Depth Introduction to Geothermal EnergyAddressing significant changes in the energy markets since the first edition, Geothermal Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment, Second Edition expounds on the geothermal industry, exploring the expansion, growth, and development of geothermal systems.

This book presents the latest progress in energy materials, energy storage, batteries, and supercapacitors.

This will be a comprehensive multi-contributed reference work, with the Editors being highly regarded alternative fuels experts from India and Switzerland.

This book compiles the fundamentals of biohydrogen production technology.

Mathematical Modelling of Fluid Dynamics and Nanofluids serves as a comprehensive resource for various aspects of fluid dynamics simulations, nanofluid preparation, and numerical techniques.

The Global COE is setting out a zero-emission technology roadmap and is promoting socioeconomic studies of energy, studies of new technologies for renewable energies, and research for advanced nuclear energy.

Sustainable Biorefining of Woody Biomass to Biofuels and Biochemicals explores various technologies and pathways for the valorization of woody biomass to produce sustainable biofuels and bioproducts.

This book provides comprehensive and simplified coverage of fundamentals of biogas such as production, purification, storage, methods of improving yield and utilization, types, construction, design and operation of biogas plants.

This book delves into the realm of sustainable energy and presents a comprehensive analysis of novel nanomaterials with potential applications in this field.

This book comprises of selected and peer-reviewed papers presented at the 2024 7th International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE 2024), in Seoul, South Korea during July 4-6, 2024.

Apart from being termed as a pollution source, agriculture and kitchen waste is also a rich source of carbohydrates, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins, and can be utilized to develop value-added products and for energy production, which is the main theme of this book.

This book provides important insights into the combustion behavior of novel energy crops and agricultural fuels.

Generally, sources for power generation are broken down into two categories: thermal and non-thermal.

Despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent, two thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa still lack access to electricity, a vital pre-cursor to economic development and poverty reduction.

This book reviews the structure and electronic, magnetic, and other properties of various MoS2 (Molybdenum disulfide) nanostructures, with coverage of synthesis, Valley polarization, spin physics, and other topics.

Dieses Lehrbuch vermittelt die technischen Grundlagen sowie wichtige Auslegungs- und Sicherheitskriterien für konventionelle, nukleare und regenerative Energiesysteme.

This book, divided in two volumes, originates from Techno-Societal 2018: the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Societal Applications, Maharashtra, India, that brings together faculty members of various engineering colleges to solve Indian regional relevant problems under the guidance of eminent researchers from various reputed organizations.