Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in 2D MoS2 materials synthesis, properties, and mimics of various applications.

This textbook offers a comprehensive guideline for integrated data and energy transfer, from theoretical fundamentals to practical implementations and applications.

Introduction to Renewable Energy, Second Edition covers the fundamentals of renewable energy and serves as a resource to undergraduates in renewable energy courses, non-specialists within the energy industries, or anyone working to support the successful implementation of renewable energy.

Renewable Hydrogen: Opportunities and Challenges in Commercial Success presents fundamental principles and the latest research and technological advances in renewable hydrogen commercialization.

This book is a contribution by the presenters of the 2020 International Conference on the Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies can remove greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

This book provides an overview of research on the production of bioethanol fuels from waste feedstocks such as second-generation residual sugar and starch feedstocks, food waste, industrial waste, urban waste, forestry waste, and lignocellulosic biomass at large with 17 chapters.

The increase of renewable electricity production and the resulting surplus lead us to ask: how to improve energy efficiency through the use of hydrogen?

PEM Fuel Cells: Fundamentals, Advanced Technologies, and Practical Application provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of PEM fuel cell, their working condition and application, and the latest breakthroughs and challenges for fuel cell technology.

The utilization of sensors, communications, and computer technologies to create greater efficiency in the generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption of electricity will enable better management of the electric power system.

This book presents the select proceedings the 2nd International Conference on Mechanical and Energy Technologies (ICMET 2021).

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuel is materially obstructed by the compositional and chemical complexity of biomaterials, resulting in a challenge in using these as raw materials for the biofuel production process.

While continuous processes have found widespread application within chemical production, members of the research and development communities have historically favored the centuries old technique of iterative batch reactions.

This book is a collection and compilation of various principles of renewable energy technologies and explores how we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal, tidal and water resources to generate energy in a more sustainable form.

This book addresses the societal aspects of harnessing geothermal resources for different uses, such as power production, heating and cooling.

The wind power business has grown from a niche sector within the energy industry to a global industry that attracts substantial investment.

This book is designed to summarize and synthesize Professor Chen Weirong's many years of research and related technical progress in the field.

This book presents an overview of state-of-the art approaches to determine thermal safety margins in nuclear reactors.

Living with Energy Poverty: Perspectives from the Global North and South expands our collective understanding of energy poverty and deepens our recognition of the phenomenon by engaging with the lived experiences of energy-poor households across different contexts.

This edited volume seeks to identify the sustainability issues currently affecting the energy business and finance.

Microalgae are an invaluable biomass source with potential uses that could lead to environmental and economic benefits for society.

Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies Volume 2: Biomass, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Energies, and Smart Grids examines both the theoretical and practical elements of renewable energy sources, covering biomass, fuel cells, geothermal energy, RES, distributed energy, smart grids, and converter control.

This book studies the extent to which nuclear safety issues have contributed towards the stagnation of nuclear power development around the world, and accounts for differences in safety regulations in different countries.

Solar energy is considered one of the most important forms of renewable energy.

This handbook provides a comprehensive summary on the energy systems used in green buildings, with a particular focus on solar energy - the most common renewable energy source applied in this field.

Focuses on the application of membrane technologies in removing toxic metals\metalloids from water.

As an emerging material platform, multifunctional coordination materials offer many advantages such as remarkable porosity, structural flexibility, crystallinity, and modifiable functionalities that render them highly suited to generate and store green energy.

This book examines the visions, fantasies, frames, discourses, imaginaries, and expectations associated with six state-of-the-art energy systems-nuclear power, hydrogen fuel cells, shale gas, clean coal, smart meters, and electric vehicles-playing a key role in current deliberations about low-carbon energy supply and use.

Both the number and percentage of people living in urban areas is growing rapidly.

This handbook provides a computational perspective on green computing and blockchain technologies.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to "e;green"e; or environmentally friendly polymer composites developed using renewable polymers of natural origin such as starch, lignin, cellulose acetate, poly-lactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxylalkanoates (PHA), polyhydroxylbutyrate (PHB), etc.

The concept of cities as potential photovoltaic power plants is rapidly gaining prominence, but until now there has been no large scale study of the impacts of such development on urban fabric and infrastructure, or on inhabitants.

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) operate at high temperatures allowing more fuel flexibility and also useful heat output and so increase total efficiency, but does give some interesting engineering challenges.

There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities.

Futuristic Sustainable Energy and Technology provides a structured overview of the concept of Futuristic Sustainable Energy and Technology.

Sustainable Bioenergy and Bioproducts considers the recent technological innovations and emerging concepts in biobased energy production and coproducts utilization.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the technology behind the pico-solar revolution and offers guidance on how to test and choose quality products.

This book presents the design and operation of DC wind systems and their integration into power grids.

This book serves as a thorough reference for students, researchers, and professionals in nuclear engineering and reactor physics, offering a detailed exploration of the core principles behind nuclear reactor theory, neutron transport, neutronic analysis, and reactor core design and calculations.

Sustainable Aviation Fuels discusses the transfer process of aviation to carbon-neutral flights, including how to manage the transition period.

Fuel Cell Modeling and Simulation: From Micro-Scale to Macro-Scale provides a comprehensive guide to the numerical model and simulation of fuel cell systems and related devices, with easy-to-follow instructions to help optimize analysis, design and control.

This book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains.

This book compiles the best selected research papers presented during the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Computing Techniques for Smart Energy Systems (ICTSES 2023), held at Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

This book discusses the needs of future energy systems with a focus on the electricity and transportation sectors.

This handbook explores smart cities of the future, provides an understanding of their development and management systems, and discusses the technology challenges.

Rigorous exploration of the Trump administration''s pro-fossil fuel policy and its lasting impact on public health, the economy, and the environment.

This book investigates innovative solutions to increase the share of renewable engery in the global power mix, with a particular focus on improved and sustainable biomass conversion technologies.