Energy technology and engineering

This book contains papers of the 5th International Symposium on Experimental Mechanics (5-ISEM) and the 9th Symposium on Optics in Industry (9-SOI), whose general theme is Emerging Challenges for Experimental Mechanics in Energy and Environmental Applications.

This book includes the proceedings of the Responsible Engineering and Living 2022 Symposium and Industry Summit.

Evaluating building materials for environmental sustainability is a complex prospect.

The objective of this book is to help readers better understand the links between fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, and climate change in a clear, explanatory format.

This insightful volume shares design ideas to help builders, planners and architects create mass-produced affordable housing that pushes suburban development in more sustainable, liveable directions.

This book brings together important new contributions covering electric vehicle smart charging (EVSC) from a multidisciplinary group of global experts, providing a comprehensive look at EVSC and its role in meeting long-term goals for decarbonization of electricity generation and transportation.

This book discusses aspects of policy and techno-economic analysis of renewable energy in developing countries.

This book contains selected papers presented during the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2020 at the Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon.

This book covers theoretical and experimental findings at the interface between fluid mechanics, heat transfer and energy technologies.

This book answers questions such as: How do you market green electricity or bio-methane?

This book addresses the feasibility of CO2-EOR and sequestration in a mature Indian oil field, pursuing for the first time a cross-disciplinary approach that combines the results from reservoir modeling and flow simulation, rock physics modeling, geomechanics, and time-lapse (4D) seismic monitoring study.

This book broadens readers' understanding of the stratigraphic framework and structural styles for improved hydrocarbon prospectivity in the intermediate and deeper horizons of the eastern Coastal Swamp Depo-belt of Nigeria's Niger Delta Basin.

This book introduces the reader to the optical switching technology for its application to data centers.

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

This book gathers an in-depth collection of 45 selected papers presented at the Global Conference on Global Warming 2014 in Beijing, China, covering a broad variety of topics from the main principles of thermodynamics and their role in design, analysis, and the improvements in performance of energy systems to the potential impact of global warming on human health and wellbeing.

Why has so much of our recent attention been focused on AI while RI (Real Intelligence) is all but forgotten?

This book covers user experience methods and tools in designing user friendly products and servicesby encompassing widely utilized successful methods, including elicitation, analysis and establishment of requirements, collaborative idea generation with design teams and intended users, prototype testing and evaluation of the user experience through empirical and non empirical means.

This book shares the learnings and perspectives of two pioneer women who waded the many challenges posed by multiculturalism and gender in one of the corporate environments more rigid and traditional in the business world: the energy sector in the Middle East.

This book documents the advantages and limitations of various electricity generation methods.

This book builds on the cutting edge research presented in the previous edition that was the first of its kind to present the technology behind an emerging power systems management tool still in the early stages of commercial roll-out.

This book covers planning and maintenance of digital power line carrier (DPLC) channels along high voltage 35-750 kV alternate current power lines, providing readers with an introduction to the relevant industry standards, structure, and construction of DPLC equipment.

Against the backdrop of rapid advances in the energy sector, this book provides a concise overview of the complex challenges in the energy paradigm today, which revolve around the seemingly unsolvable energy equation.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the nanocrystalline Al based alloys as prepared using high-energy ball milling (HEBM).

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to techniques for quantitative subsidence analysis and visualization with example applications.

This book provides a detailed review of millimeter-wave power amplifiers, discussing design issues and performance limitations commonly encountered in light of the latest research.

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

This edited book explores the most promising and reliable technological developments expected to impact on the next generation of desalination systems.

This book focuses on the complex topic of "e;Energy Transition with Economic Justice"e; and highlights research presented during the American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Conference (ASES SOLAR 2022) held at the University of New Mexico.

This book discusses innovations in the field of hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) and covers the durability, practicality, cost-effectiveness, and utility of a HESS.

The reliance on fossil fuels for energy is unsustainable and has released an unprecedentedamount of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.

This book reports on the design, synthesis and characterization of new small molecule electron acceptors for polymer solar cells.

This study guide is designed for students taking courses in DC electric machines, principles of electromechanical energy conversion, and magnetic circuit analysis.

Sensors and Instrumentation, Aircraft/Aerospace and Energy Harvesting, Volume 7:  Proceedings of the 39th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2021, the seventh volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book provides pathways and strategies for mud engineers and drilling students in the future drilling industry.

This book covers the present and future of bioethanol biorefinery technologies.

This book addresses the concept and applications of Finite Time Thermodynamics to various thermal energy conversion systems including heat engines, heat pumps, and refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.

This book consists of the research, design and implementation, from sizing to layout with parasitic extraction and yield estimation, of a low-power, low-noise amplifier for biomedical and healthcare applications of bio-potential signals, particularly focusing on the electromyography and electrooculography.

This book reviews and characterises promising single-compound solvents, solvent blends and advanced solvent systems suitable for CO2 capture applications using gas-liquid absorption.

This textbook explores reactive power control and voltage stability and explains how they relate to different forms of power generation and transmission.

In recent decades, the way human beings interact with technology has been significantly transformed.

This book presents the proceedings of the INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI cEntury - INCREaSE 2017, which was held in Faro, Portugal, from October 11 to 13, 2017.

This Guide is based on several decades of author's research and practical experience in the areas of process optimization, ventilation and energy conservation in welding shops of auto manufacturing and maintenance facilities.

This book discusses the design and scheduling of residential, industrial, and commercial energy hubs, and their integration into energy storage technologies and renewable energy sources.

This book focuses on the operating conditions of wind, photovoltaic and off-grid power systems.

This is the first book dedicated to solar gas turbines, providing fundamental knowledge and state-of-the-art developments in the field.

This book addresses electrocatalysis based on chalcogenides, particularly in the nanoscale domain.

This book showcases how EcoMechatronics can increase sustainability within engineering and manufacturing.

This book charts the path toward high performance sustainable buildings and the smart dwellings of the future.

The book presents latest developments in the field of high-speed railway, Hyperloop transportation technologies and Maglev system.

This book focuses on numerical modeling of deep hydrothermal and petrothermal systems in fractured georeservoirs for utilization in Geothermal Energy applications.