Energy technology and engineering

This book provides a collection of recent research works, related to structural stability and durability, service life, reinforced concrete structures, recycled materials, and sustainability with endogenic materials.

This book presents essential information for the development of a comprehensive sustainable energy policy.

This book discusses the physics of the dynamics of ions in various ionically conducting materials, and applications including electrical energy generation and storage.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research, innovations, and practical applications in the field of sustainability, with a focus on construction materials and their use in building and civil engineering structures.

This book addresses eco-design, a major tool for reducing the environmental impacts of products, services and systems in the context of sustainable development.

This book provides an overview of contemporary trends and challenges in maritime energy management (MEM).

This far-reaching resource covers a full spectrum of multi-faceted considerations critical for energy generation decision makers considering the adoption or expansion of wind power facilities.

Initially considered as a sub-class of ionic liquids, eutectic mixtures are formed by mixtures of low cost, often biodegradable Lewis or Bronsted acids and bases.

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

This Brief presents a review of new eco-friendly processes, design and applications for novel cellulose-based materials, including regenerated materials, composites, nanocellulose and cellulose derivatives.

This book addresses different aspects of green biocomposite manufacture from natural fibres and bioplastics, including the manufacturing procedures and the physical, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of green biocomposites.

This volume consists of revised selected papers presented at the 3rd and 4th International Conference on Smart Energy Research, SmartER Europe 2016 and 2017, held in Essen, Germany, in February 2016 and 2017.

This book contains high-quality and original research on computational intelligence for green smart cities research.

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system.

The book presents an integrated planning concept for heat flows in production systems comprising various short term and long term related models.

The main aim of this book is to provide a state of the art of the Levelized Cost of Energy calculation for energy communities from both a theoretical, defining a systematic analysis approach, and a practical point of view, providing results for three representative real case studies.

This book presents a thermodynamic and economic analysis of gas-gas systems in power plants, including combined heat and power systems, combined cooling, heat and power systems, hydrogen production facilities and compressed energy storage system.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the XVI Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology (CIT 2021), held in Quito, Ecuador, on 14-18 June 2021, proudly organized by Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE in collaboration with GDEON.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of wind engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering (IN-VENTO 2018), held in Naples, Italy on September 9-12, 2018.

As a flexible, cost-effective energy alternative to large scale nuclear power reactors, this book examines the potential future use of small modular reactors for the generation of electricity in different regions.

This book provides a thorough overview of the concept of whole energy systems and the role of vector-coupling technologies (VCTs) in meeting long-term decarbonization strategies.

The book reports on advanced theories and methods in two related engineering fields: electrical and electronic engineering, and communications engineering and computing.

Addressing the challenge of improving battery quality while reducing high costs and environmental impacts of the production, this book presents a multiscale simulation approach for battery production systems along with a software environment and an application procedure.

This book presents a holistic solution for Smart Grids that includes the electricity: producers, electricity storages, grids, market and customer plants.

This textbook provides a detailed description of operation problems in power systems, including power system modeling, power system steady-state operations, power system state estimation, and electricity markets.

This contributed volume sheds new light on waste management and the production of biofuels.

This book presents novel techniques, current trends, and cutting-edge technologies in energy and biochemical processes.

This book presents a diverse set of decision-making methodologies to solve some of the most important decisions that most organizations face today.

This book discusses building-integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV) and provides solutions for solving problems related to designing, sizing and monitoring a BIPV that has been used to replace conventional building materials in parts of the building envelope such as the roof, skylights or facades.

This book introduces the methods for predicting the future behavior of a system's health and the remaining useful life to determine an appropriate maintenance schedule.

This book presents and facilitates new research and development results with hot topics in the thermoelectric generators (TEGs) field.

Towards Net Zero in the Building Industry looks at the contributions that the building and construction industry can (and must) make to help achieve net zero carbon emissions.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 5.

This textbook is about economically competitive renewable energy sources (RES), including onshore and offshore wind, solar and small-hydro plants, and focusing on the electricity production from these sources.

This book delivers a concise and carefully structured introduction to probability and random variables.

This book is for all those who are looking for a non-conventional mathematical model of electrical network systems.

The main body of this book is devoted to statistical physics, whereas much less emphasis is given to thermodynamics.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of engineering nanostructures mediated by functional polymers in combination with optimal synthesis and processing techniques.

This important book lays bare the dangers of global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions stemming from fossil fuel use, and proposes pathways toward mitigation.

From the content: Introduction Mathematical modelling Measurement Scientific explanation Context of discovery Context of justification Uncertainty of scientific knowledge Morality and moral philosophy System ofvalues associated with science General principles of moral decision-making Researchethics Methodological and ethical issues related to experimentation Methodological and ethical issues to researchinformation Methodological and ethical issuesrelated to legal protection of intellectual property

A unique feature of this book is its focus on nanotechnological solutions for the production of bioenergy and biofuels.

This volume focuses on the prospects of the conversion of biomass into biofuels including ethanol, butanol, biogas, biohydrogen, biodiesel, syn-gas and other useful products.

This edited volume examines strategies to make future cities more sustainable.

This book covers modeling, control and stability aspects of hybrid AC/DC power networks.

This book examines the characteristics and opportunities for farm energy in the northeast quadrant of the United States, with attention to energy use, strategic energy management, and energy production by solar, wind, biomass, and other means.

This book brings together successful stories of deployment of synchrophasor technology in managing the power grid.

This book proposes the formulation of an efficient methodology that estimates energy system uncertainty and predicts Remaining Useful Life (RUL) accurately with significantly reduced RUL prediction uncertainty.

This book consolidates some of the most promising advanced smart grid functionalities and provides a comprehensive set of guidelines for their implementation/evaluation using DIgSILENT Power Factory.

The book summarizes the current state of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology in power generation applications.