Sustainable Design for Renewable Processes: Principles and Case Studies covers the basic technologies to collect and process renewable resources and raw materials and transform them into useful products.
Energy is directly related to the most critical economic and social issues which affect sustainable development such as mobility, food production, environmental quality, regional and global security issues.
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Technologies discusses this innovative power generation technology that combines modern coal gasification technology with both gas turbine and steam turbine power generation, an important emerging technology which has the potential to significantly improve the efficiencies and emissions of coal power plants.
The creation of a flexible, efficient, digitized, dependable and resilient power grid may well be the best route to increasing energy efficiency & security, as well as boosting the potential of renewable & distributed power sources.
Current changes to the energy market, as well as an ambition to achieve decarbonation and highly energy efficient systems, will lead to a fundamental change in the way in which energy systems are designed and managed.
Fundamentals and Applications of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (SCO2) Based Power Cycles aims to provide engineers and researchers with an authoritative overview of research and technology in this area.
A hydrogen economy, in which this one gas provides the source of all energy needs, is often touted as the long-term solution to the environmental and security problems associated with fossil fuels.
This book deals with exergy and its applications to various energy systems and applications as a potential tool for design, analysis and optimization, and its role in minimizing and/or eliminating environmental impacts and providing sustainable development.
In fuel cell research, the gap between fundamental electrochemical processes and the engineering of fuel cell systems is bridged by the physical modelling of fuel cells.
PEM Fuel Cell Testing and Diagnosis covers the recent advances in PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell systems, focusing on instruments and techniques for testing and diagnosis, and the application of diagnostic techniques in practical tests and operation.
Master the principles and applications of today's renewable energy sources and systemsWritten by a team of recognized experts and educators, this authoritative textbook offers comprehensive coverage of all major renewable energy sources.
As part of the growing sustainable and renewable energy movement, the design, manufacture and use of photovoltaic devices is increasing in pace and frequency.
Advances in Bioenergy, Volume Eight highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Chemical synthesis of platform chemical from lignocellulosic biomass for fuels and polymers application, Current technologies and applications of CO2 utilization into bio-products, Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from renewable resources, Biocomposite, Production and application of biochar, Conversion of biomass to functional materials, MSW characterization and preprocessing for biofuels and bioproducts, and Thermal chemical conversion of municipal solid waste to fuels and chemicals.
Ihre individuelle EnergiewendeDer Austausch einer alten, ineffizienten Heizungsanlage ist wichtiger denn je und bietet zahlreiche Vorteile: geringere Verbrauchskosten durch effizienteres Heizen, größere Versorgungssicherheit durch die Nutzung erneuerbarer Energien, mehr Unabhängigkeit von den Preissprüngen bei fossilen Brennstoffen und weniger CO2-Ausstoß durch klimafreundliches Heizen.
Advances in Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production Systems focuses on general topics such as novel pretreatment strategies, lignocellulosic biomass as a suitable feedstock for biofuels, lifecycle assessment and integrated biorefineries.
Renewable Energy - Volume 1: Solar, Wind, and Hydropower: Definitions, Developments, Applications, Case Studies, and Modelling and Simulation is a comprehensive resource for those wanting an authoritative volume on the significant aspects of these rapidly growing renewable technologies.
Advances in Bioenergy, Volume Eight highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Chemical synthesis of platform chemical from lignocellulosic biomass for fuels and polymers application, Current technologies and applications of CO2 utilization into bio-products, Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from renewable resources, Biocomposite, Production and application of biochar, Conversion of biomass to functional materials, MSW characterization and preprocessing for biofuels and bioproducts, and Thermal chemical conversion of municipal solid waste to fuels and chemicals.
Renewable Energy - Volume 1: Solar, Wind, and Hydropower: Definitions, Developments, Applications, Case Studies, and Modelling and Simulation is a comprehensive resource for those wanting an authoritative volume on the significant aspects of these rapidly growing renewable technologies.
Advances in Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production Systems focuses on general topics such as novel pretreatment strategies, lignocellulosic biomass as a suitable feedstock for biofuels, lifecycle assessment and integrated biorefineries.
Advances in Yeast Biotechnology for Biofuels and Sustainability: Value-Added Products and Environmental Remediation Applications showcases the uses for engineered yeast in environmental applications, especially as an innovative source of biofuels.
Advances in Yeast Biotechnology for Biofuels and Sustainability: Value-Added Products and Environmental Remediation Applications showcases the uses for engineered yeast in environmental applications, especially as an innovative source of biofuels.
Advanced Biofuels: Applications, Technologies, and Environmental Sustainability presents recent developments and applications of biofuels in the field of internal combustion engines, with a primary focus on the recent approaches of biodiesel applications, low emission alternative fuels, and environmental sustainability.
Hydrogen and Bioenergy: Integration Pathways for Renewable Energy Applications focuses on the nexus between hydrogen and carbon compounds as energy carriers, with a particular focus on renewable energy solutions.
Fuel Cells: Current Technology Challenges and Future Research Needs is a one-of-a-kind, definitive reference source for technical students, researchers, government policymakers, and business leaders.
As the governments and peoples of the world come to face the global impact of the technological revolution, it is appropriate to consider the future of world energy supplies.
There has been an enormous infusion of new ideas in the field of solar cells over the last 15 years; discourse on energy transfer has gotten much richer, and nanostructures and nanomaterials have revolutionized the possibilities for new technological developments.
La Ruta del Viento será conocida como la Huella Sustentable por medio de la cual se sellarán las venas abiertas de Latinoamérica, trascendiendo a todo y a todos, respetando límites, pero sin fronteras.
El Departamento de Derecho Minero-Energetico de la Universidad Externado de Colombia y su grupo de investigacion presentan el numero trece de su ya habitual Coleccion de Regulacion Minera y Energetica, en esta oportunidad con una edicion dedicada a la publicacion de trabajos de investigacion en materia de mineria, hidrocarburos y energia electrica.
La cantidad de energía que una sociedad consume y la eficiencia con la que la transforma y utiliza constituyen hoy en día criterios que permiten diagnosticar su grado de desarrollo.
Los sistemas digitales y, en particular, los microcontroladores están sustituyendo día a día la mayor parte de las funciones reservadas tradicionalmente a la electrónica analógica.
Este libro está orientado a todos aquellos que deseen iniciarse en la elaboración de los proyectos técnicos requeridos para la instalación de sistemas de energía solar térmica para la obtención de agua caliente sanitaria en edificios de viviendas.
Con la aparicion del esperado Real Decreto 235/2013, por el que se aprueba el proceso basico para la certificacion de la eficiencia energetica de los edificios, en el que se aprueba que cuando se construyan, vendan o alquilen edificios o unidades de estos, deberan disponer de certificado de eficiencia energetica.
A pesar que el coste del kWp instalado, sigue siendo muy elevado, disfrutan de una serie de ventajas los hace muy atractivos: Su eficiencia es practicamente independiente de la potencia instalada.
La energia solar termica es una opcion muy interesante para abastecer de energia a millones de hogares, puesto que permite, por un lado, disminuir nuestra dependencia de los combustibles fosiles y, por otro, reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero responsables del cambio climatico.
Hoy en día, el uso de los biocombustibles es tema de debate entre los científicos del mundo, toda vez que no hay un consenso sobre sus implicaciones ambientales y sociales.
