Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology

Innovative and Hybrid Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Recycling investigates the biological and non-biological features of the treatment process for wastewater and emphasizes the benefits that these aspects bring for sustainable engineering.

Sustainable Management of Urban Plastic Waste Through Circular Economic Approaches covers the technologies and methods essential to overcome single-use plastic processing waste.

Die erste Hälfte des Buches bietet weitestgehend näherungsfrei abgeleitete physikalische Theorien für einzelne Dünnschichten und komplette Solarzellen sowie entsprechende optoelektrische Analyseverfahren.

Biofuels and bioenergy have emerged as an alternative option based on their sustainability, concomitant waste treatment, and site-specific flexibility.

This book offers an introduction to the meteorological boundary conditions for power generation from wind - both onshore and offshore, and provides meteorological information for the planning and running of this important renewable energy source.

Biological Fuel Cells: Fundamental to Applications offers a comprehensive update on the latest microbial fuel cells technologies and their systems development and implementation.

Nanotechnology in Green Energy Generation provides a comprehensive review of modelling, processing, and applications of all major categories of green energy generation materials.

Millions of lives and businesses have either been lost or significantly impacted by COVID-19.

This book describes recent breakthroughs that promise major cost reductions in solar energy production in a clear and highly accessible manner.

AIEST is a leading conference focused on providing a platform to researchers, scholars, engineers, scientists and industrial professionals to gather knowledge and bridge the gap between academia and its industrial aspects, around the world.

Currently, anthropogenic activities have caused unprecedented destruction of the environment at alarming rates, leading to undesirable alterations in air, land, and water.

Thermal Engineering of Nuclear Power Stations: Balance-of-Plant Systems serves as a ready reference to better analyze common engineering challenges in the areas of turbine cycle analysis, thermodynamics, and heat transfer.

Reflecting the success of the first workshop of the Cyprus Institute entitled Climate Change and Energy Pathways for the Mediterranean held in Cyprus in 2005, these proceedings present an overview of the implications of climate change for the eastern Mediterranean and the impact of climate change response on regional economic activity, particularly in the hydrocarbon industry.

Environmental and political concerns are generating a growing interest in alternative engine fuels such as biodiesel.

This book presents a very useful and readable collection of chapters in nanotechnologies for energy conversion, storage, and utilization, offering new results which are sure to be of interest to researchers, students, and engineers in the field of nanotechnologies and energy.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the nature of manifestation and general aspects of thermal springs of Odisha.

Safety and Reliability - Theory and Applications contains the contributions presented at the 27th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2017, Portoroz, Slovenia, June 18-22, 2017).

Emphasizing new technologies that produce clean water and energy from the wastewater treatment process, this book presents recent advancements in wastewater treatment by various technologies such as chemical methods, biochemical methods, membrane separation techniques, and nanotechnology.

Less than a decade ago, lead halide perovskite semiconductors caused a sensation: Solar cells exhibiting astonishingly high levels of efficiency.

This edited volume focuses on comprehensive state-of-the-art information about the practical aspects of cultivation, harvesting, biomass processing and biofuel production from algae.

Climate change is a reality that cannot now be disputed and solutions exist, whether technological or societal.

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers presents a comprehensive introduction to the latest resources and technologies used in high performance and net zero energy buildings, with a practical focus on the design and integration of these systems.

This textbook provides students with an introduction to the fundamentals and applications of solar photovoltaic systems, connecting the theory of solar photovoltaics and the practical applications of this very important source of energy.

Officially, the use of biomass for energy meets only 10-13% of the total global energy demand of 140 000 TWh per year.

This book focuses on solar energy conversion systems that can be implemented in the built environment, at building or at community level.

"e;The efficient utilization of energy, sustainable use of natural resources, and large-scale adoption of sustainable technologies is the key to a sustainable future.

70 per cent of the planet is covered by water, and 90 per cent of global economic trade is transported by sea.

This book provides an up-to-date analysis of state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) generation.

Future Directions in Energy Engineering: Challenges, Opportunities, and Sustainability presents new advances and research results in theoretical, experimental, and practical sustainable energy engineering.

This book explores sustainable innovation by delving into advanced materials science and technology.

Hitting the Wall examines the combination of two intractable energy problems of our age: the peaking of global oil production and the overloading of the atmosphere with greenhouse gases.

The book contains select proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Grid Energy Systems and Control (SGESC 2021).

Corporate Governance and the Nuclear Industry explores the UK nuclear Legacy - governance issues associated with the decommissioning of a range of early-generation civil nuclear facilities.

Energy Science and Applied Technology includes contributions on a wide range of topics:- Technologies in geology, mining, oil and gas exploration and exploitation of deposits- Energy transfer and conversion, materials and chemical technologies- Environmental engineering and sustainable development- Electrical and electronic technology, power system

Pyrolysis of Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals provides a thorough overview of thermochemical conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals via the pyrolysis platform.

Tidal Energy Systems: Design, Optimization and Control provides a comprehensive overview of concepts, technologies, management and the control of tidal energy systems and tidal power plants.

The book is a comprehensive exploration of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC), addressing key aspects from its definition and historical relevance to its practical applications and environmental considerations.

Standalone Photovoltaic (PV) Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas explores the increased demand for energy, including clean energy alternatives and the ways that solar energy is fast becoming a vital source for meeting peak demand, a solution for energy demand in disaster and remote areas, and a viable source to meet emerging energy security needs.

Green Energy: Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact defines the future of the world's electricity supply system, exploring the key issues associated with global warming, and which energy systems are best suited to reducing it.

This book provides an innovative, realistic and reliable solution to the common problem of Indian water and energy sector due to the onset of the Impact of Climate Change and Large-Scale Urbanization.

This book indicates the most optimal solutions for the growing civilization problem related to climate change that takes place more and more rapidly on our planet.

This book focuses on solar energy and its applications in Iraq and its neighboring countries.

Biomass is the most widely used non-fossil fuel in the world.

Hollow Fiber Membrane-Based Evaporative Cooling Systems covers the principles, applications, and optimization strategies of the evaporative cooling method.

Reset Control Systems addresses the analysis for reset control treating both its basic form, and some useful variations of the reset action and reset condition.