Energy category: 1670 books
Sellafield Stories
Life In Britain's First Nuclear Plant
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Sellafield Stories is the largest Oral History Project conducted in the UK. It was started by Jenni Lister, of Cumbria Record Office & Local Studies Library, and was funded by the BNFL.
Through the personal life stories of 30 people who lived, worked and built the complex SELLAFIELDS STORIES...
Nonlinear Power Flow Control Design
Utilizing Exergy, Entropy, Static and Dynamic Stability, and Lyapunov Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
This book presents an innovative control system design process motivated by renewable energy electric grid integration problems. The concepts developed result from the convergence of research and development goals which have important concepts in common: exergy flow, limit cycles, and balance between...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
This is the first in a series of three proceedings of the 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC). This volume covers the topics of Safety and Security, Public Acceptance and Nuclear Education, as well as Economics and Reducing Cost. As one in the most important and influential conference...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
The book encompasses novel CFD techniques to compute offshore wind and tidal applications.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques are regarded as the main design tool to explore the new engineering challenges presented by offshore wind and tidal turbines for energy generation. The difficulty...
by Nana Yaw Addo-Korie
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Scientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Energy Sciences, grade: A, Coventry University, course: MSc Oil & Gas Management, language: English, abstract: The LNG industry is experiencing strong growth in its current market- posting an impressive 297.63 bcm in LNG imports during 2010(BP...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
This book is a complete update of the classic 1981 FAST BREEDER REACTORS textbook authored by Alan E. Waltar and Albert B. Reynolds, which , along with the Russian translation, served as a major reference book for fast reactors systems. Major updates include transmutation physics (a key technology...
Process Intensification Technologies for Biodiesel Production
Reactive Separation Processes
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
This book is among the first to address the novel process intensification technologies for biodiesel production, in particular the integrated reactive separations. It provides a comprehensive overview illustrated with many industrially relevant examples of novel reactive separation processes used...
Radionuclide Behaviour in the Natural Environment
Science, Implications and Lessons for the Nuclear industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Understanding radionuclide behaviour in the natural environment is essential to the sustainable development of the nuclear industry and key to assessing potential environmental risks reliably. Minimising those risks is essential to enhancing public confidence in nuclear technology. Scientific knowledge...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Conversion of biomass into chemicals and biofuels is an active research and development area as trends move to replace traditional fossil fuels with renewable resources. By integrating processing methods with microwave and ultrasound irradiation into biorefineries, the time-scale of many operations...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2010
Fossil-fuel power plants account for the majority of worldwide power generation. Increasing global energy demands, coupled with issues of ageing and inefficient power plants, have led to new power plant construction programmes. As cheaper fossil fuel resources are exhausted and emissions criteria...
Biomass and Biofuels from Microalgae
Advances in Engineering and Biology
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2015
This comprehensive book details the most recent advances in the microalgae biological sciences and engineering technologies for biomass and biofuel production in order to meet the ongoing need for new and affordable sources of food, chemicals and energy for future generations. The chapters explore...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Designed as a text not only for students and researchers, but anyone interested in green technology, Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts offers the reader a vast overview of the state-of-the-art in renewable energies. The typical chapter sets out to explain the fundamentals of a new technology as well...
Sustainable Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Value Added Engineering Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2011
Sustainable Bioenergy and Bioproducts considers the recent technological innovations and emerging concepts in biobased energy production and coproducts utilization. Each chapter in this book has been carefully selected and contributed by experts in the field to provide a good understanding of the...
Algal Biorefineries
Volume 1: Cultivation of Cells and Products
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This book reviews efforts to produce chemicals and fuels from forest and plant products, agricultural residues and more. Algae can potentially capture solar energy and atmospheric CO2; the book details needed research and legislative initiatives.