Power Resources category: 2047 books
by Falah Alobaid
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
The book provides highly specialized researchers and practitioners with a major contribution to mathematical models’ developments for energy systems. First, dynamic process simulation models based on mixture flow and two-fluid models are developed for combined-cycle power plants, pulverised coal-fired...
by Amit Kumar Singh
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
This thesis proposes new power converter topologies suitable for aircraft systems. It also proposes both AC-DC and DC-DC types of converters for different electrical loads to improve the performance these systems. To increase fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impacts, less efficient non-electrical...
by Hossein Seifi, Hamed Delkhosh
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
This book examines the role of model validation of power system planning and operation to optimize its performance in terms of frequency control. It presents the detailed model validation for the Iranian Power Grid system, where the frequency performance was analysed and improved using existing and...
by Andrew Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2019
Modern Aspects of Power System Frequency Stability and Control describes recently-developed tools, analyses, developments and new approaches in power system frequency, stability and control, filling a gap that, until the last few years, has been unavailable to power system engineers.
Deals with...
The Great Texas Wind Rush
How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
In the late 1990s, West Texas was full of rundown towns and pumpjacks, aging reminders of the oil rush of an earlier era. Today, the towns are thriving as 300-foot-tall wind turbines tower above those pumpjacks. Wind energy has become Texas’s latest boom, with the Lone Star State now leading the nation....
Renewable
The World-Changing Power of Alternative Energy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Where does the energy we use come from? It's absolutely vital to every single thing we do every day, but for most people, it is utterly invisible. Flick a switch and the lights go on. It might as well be magic.
Science writer Jeremy Shere shows us in Renewable: The World-Changing Power of Alternative...
by Niels I. Meyer, Peter Hjuler Jensen, Niels Gylling Mortensen
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Prepared and peer-reviewed by some of the foremost experts in the field, this easy-to-use pocket reference offers a wealth of information relating to wind energy and wind energy technologies.
Topics covered range from wind resources to wind turbines, covering offshore and onshore power, both...
The Brilliance of Bioenergy
In Business and In Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The time for modern biomass has come. It has long been overshadowed by other, more widely-publicized renewable energy technologies such as wind, solar and hydro, and still retains an outmoded image in comparison to its apparently more attractive cousins. The potential for biomass to act as a store...
by Bruce G. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Concern over the effects of airborne pollution, green house gases, and the impact of global warming has become a worldwide issue that transcends international boundaries, politics, and social responsibility. The 2nd Edition of Coal Energy Systems: Clean Coal Technology describes a new generation of...
by Philip Wolfe
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
This is the first and probably the only book devoted to utility-scale solar power – perhaps the fastest-growing sector of the global energy market.
Philip Wolfe’s book describes the development and operation of large-scale solar power stations, and will interest all those who want to understand...
Renewable Energy Integration
Practical Management of Variability, Uncertainty, and Flexibility in Power Grids
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Renewable Energy Integration: Practical Management of Variability, Uncertainty, and Flexibility in Power Grids, Second Edition, offers a distilled examination of the intricacies of integrating renewables into power grids and electricity markets. It offers informed perspectives from internationally...
The Power of Design
Product Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
The Power of Design offers an introduction and a practical guide to product innovation, integrating the key topics that are necessary for the design of sustainable and energy-efficient products using sustainable energy technologies.
Product innovation in sustainable energy technologies is an...
by Jan Kleissl
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Solar Energy Forecasting and Resource Assessment is a vital text for solar energy professionals, addressing a critical gap in the core literature of the field. As major barriers to solar energy implementation, such as materials cost and low conversion efficiency, continue to fall, issues of intermittency...
Renewable Motor Fuels
The Past, the Present and the Uncertain Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Considering the ever-rising costs of traditional fuel paired with the increasing scarcity of its resources, it’s easy to see why exploring renewable fuels has become an increasingly critical goal for engineers, researchers, and end-users alike. However, due to the great diversity of technologies,...