Power Resources category: 2047 books
Hybrid-Renewable Energy Systems in Microgrids
Integration, Developments and Control
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2018
Hybrid-Renewable Energy Systems in Microgrids: Integration, Developments and Control presents the most up-to-date research and developments on hybrid-renewable energy systems (HRES) in a single, comprehensive resource. With an enriched collection of topics pertaining to the control and management...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
This collection highlights materials research and innovations for a wide breadth of energy systems and technologies. The volume includes papers organized into the following sections:
Energy and Environmental Issues in Materials Manufacturing and Processing
Materials in Clean Power
Materials...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
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.
It includes specific aspects of modeling, simulation and analysis, for example wide-area monitoring,...
by S. A. Saleh, M. Azizur Rahman
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
The introductory chapter briefly presents the fundamental topologies and operation of power inverters. The second chapter contains a description of wavelet basis functions and sampling theory with particular reference to the switching model of inverters. Chapter three outlines the connection between...
by George Eccleston
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
What is a Gasifier?
How does it work?
How do you build one?
What parts do you need?
What type of fan do you need?
What does the fan do?
Where does the fan go?
Building a gasifier seems to be one never ending stream of questions for the beginner. Wouldn't...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Thermal Hydraulics of Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors reviews flow and heat transfer phenomena in nuclear systems and examines the critical contribution of this analysis to nuclear technology development. With a strong focus on system thermal hydraulics (SYS TH), the book provides a detailed, yet approachable,...
Governing the Wind Energy Commons
Renewable Energy and Community Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Wind energy is often framed as a factor in rural economic development, an element of the emerging “green economy” destined to upset the dominant greenhouse- gas-emitting energy industry and deliver conscious capitalism to host communities. The bulk of wind energy firms, however, are subsidiaries...
Hydrogen Energy
Challenges and Solutions for a Cleaner Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2018
This book describes the challenges and solutions the energy sector faces by shifting towards a hydrogen based fuel economy. The most current and up-to-date efforts of countries and leaders in the automotive sector are reviewed as they strive to develop technology and find solutions to production,...
Smart Grid Control
Overview and Research Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
This book focuses on the role of systems and control. Focusing on the current and future development of smart grids in the generation and transmission of energy, it provides an overview of the smart grid control landscape, and the potential impact of the various investigations presented has for technical...
Transformers
Analysis, Design, and Measurement
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Recent catastrophic blackouts have exposed major vulnerabilities in the existing generation, transmission, and distribution systems of transformers widely used for energy transfer, measurement, protection, and signal coupling. As a result, the reliability of the entire power system is now uncertain,...
Managing the Transition
Renewable Energy and Innovation Policies in the UAE and Algeria
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
This book discusses renewable energy policy in oil and gas-wealthy Arab states and presents the reader with a well-informed overview of the national energy systems – both conventional and renewable. It also seeks to answer questions on the poor growth prospects by contextualizing the various national...
Challenges of a Rechargeable Magnesium Battery
A Guide to the Viability of this Post Lithium-Ion Battery
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
This expert volume addresses the practical challenges which have so far inhibited the commercial realization of a rechargeable magnesium battery, placing the discussion within the context of the already established lithium-ion battery. Lithium-ion batteries are becoming commonplace in most power applications,...
by Phoenix Xavier
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2018
This is a guide to designing, installing & maintaining the wind turbine elements of a home energy system. It is written in plain & simple English with the aim of equipping the reader with all the relevant knowledge to undertake any aspect of the design, installation or maintenance of any home...
Rethinking the Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy
Mitigation and management
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Renewable energy is important as a substitute for finite fossil fuels and inflexible nuclear power and could conceivably power the world. However, this is challenging as the world is currently 80% dependent on fossil fuels, and renewable sources produce only about 15% of total energy. Conversion technologies...