Renewable energy resources

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Renewable energy resources

John W. Twidell and Anthony D. Weir

E & FN Spon, 1986

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780419120001

Description

For the best use of new energy resources, we need to know how much is available, what the limitations are and how to make efficient devices which will harness the energy in a practical, cost-effective way. This book gives quantitative answers to these questions, using basic alternatives and specialized engineering treatises.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780419120100

Description

In the years between the first and this second edition, renewable energy has come of age; it makes good sense, good government and good business. This book considers the unchanging principles of renewable energy technologies alongside modern application and case studies. In this second edition, the presentation of the fundamentals has been improved throughout, and chapters on economics and institutional factors have been added. Likewise, sections on environmental impact have been added to each technology chapter. Renewable Energy Resources supports multi-disciplinary masters degrees in science and engineering, and also specialist modules in science and engineering first degrees, as well as being of use to practitioners. Each chapter begins with fundamental theory from a physical science perspective, then considers applied examples and developments, and finally concludes with a set of workable problems and their solutions.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of symbols. Part 1: Principles of renewable energy. Part 2: Essentials of fluid mechanics. Part 3: Heat transfer. Part 4: Solar radiation. Part 5: Solar water heating. Part 6: Other uses for solar heat. Part 7: Photovoltaic generation. Part 8: Hydro-power. Part 9: Power from the wind. Part 10: The photosynthetic process. Part 11: Biofuels. Part 12: Wave energy. Part 13: Tidal power. Part 14: Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). Part 15: Geothermal energy. Part 16: Energy storage and distribution. Appendices. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA19409206
  • ISBN
    • 0419120009
    • 0419120106
  • LCCN
    85010861
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 439 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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