Power Resources category: 2047 books
Solar Energy
The State of the Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
It is rare that a book draws together the knowledge and experience of scientists, each a world leader in his or her discipline, to create a work that presents the state of the art in a field as rich and diverse as solar energy. In Solar Energy - the State of the Art this aim has been achieved. The...
Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis
Practical Design and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
This book offers comprehensive coverage of the design, analysis, and operational aspects of biomass gasification, the key technology enabling the production of biofuels from all viable sources--some examples being sugar cane and switchgrass. This versatile resource not only explains the basic principles...
Oil and Gas Corrosion Prevention
From Surface Facilities to Refineries
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
According to NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), the total annual cost of corrosion in petroleum refining takes up $3.7 billion in the US alone. Corrosion control is always a challenge for the downstream industry, but as the quality of feedstock is declining due to refineries accepting...
Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities
Strategies and Technologies toward Achieving Sustainability in Energy Generation and Supply
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Energy is directly related to the most critical economic and social issues which affect sustainable development such as mobility, food production, environmental quality, regional and global security issues. Two-thirds of the new demand will come from developing nations, with China accounting for 30%....
by Vikash Babu, Ashish Thapliyal, Girijesh Kumar Patel
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
The search for alternative sources of energy to offset diminishing resources of easy and cost-effective fossil fuels has become a global initiative, and fuel generated from biomass is a leading competitor in this arena. Large-scale introduction of biofuels into the energy mix could contribute to environmentally...
The Risk City
Cities Countering Climate Change: Emerging Planning Theories and Practices around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Contemporary cities face phenomenal risks, and they face particularly high levels of mounting social and environmental risks, including social polarization, urban conflicts, riots, terror, and climate change threats. This book suggests that climate change and its resulting uncertainties challenge...
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Assessment of the Energy Sector
Enhancing Social Sustainability of Energy Development in Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In Nepal, deeply embedded structural conditions determined by gender, caste or ethnicity, religion, language, and even geography have made access to and benefits from energy resources highly uneven. Women, the poor, and excluded groups experience energy poverty more severely. To address this imbalance,...
Smart Rules for Smart Cities
Managing Efficient Cities in Euro-Mediterranean Countries
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
This book explores the new rules and codes that are required in order to foster the implementation of smart city technologies with a view to meeting the environmental and energy challenges posed by dynamic contemporary cities with increasing populations. In particular, it proposes a methodological...
Electricity from Wave and Tide
An Introduction to Marine Energy
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
A concise yet technically authoritative overview of modern marine energy devices with the goal of sustainable electricity generation
With 165 full-colour illustrations and photographs of devices at an advanced stage, the book provides inspiring case studies of today’s most promising marine...
Fuels From Biomass: An Interdisciplinary Approach
A collection of papers presented at the Winter School 2011 of the North Rhine Westphalia Research School "Fuel production based on renewable resources" associated with the Cluster of Excellence "Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass", Aachen, Germany, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
The book reports on the results of the BrenaRo Winterschool 2011, held on November 21-22 in Aachen, Germany. The different chapters cover a number of aspects of the topic of energy generation, with a particular focus on energy generation from biomass. They presents new findings concerning engine development,...
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Functional Design for Effective Traffic Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Intelligent Transportation Systems: Functional Design for Economical and Efficient Traffic Management provides practical guidance on the efficient use of resources in the design of ITS. The author explains how functional design alternatives can meet project objectives and requirements with optimal...
Bioenergy
Biomass to Biofuels
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Depleting fossil fuel reserves and adverse effects of fluctuating oil prices have renewed interest in alternative and sustainable sources of energy. Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels takes on this topic and examines current and emerging feedstocks and advanced processes and technologies enabling the...
Uncommon Goods
Global Dimensions of the Readymade
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Since Marcel Duchamp created his “readymades” a century ago—most famously christening a urinal as a fountain— the practice of incorporating commodity objects into art has become ever more pervasive.Uncommon Goods traces one particularly important aspect of that progression: the shift in artistic...
Integrated Resource Management
Agroforestry for Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Written to help bring agriculture's "Green Revolution" to the third world, Integrated Resource Management includes overviews of current agricultural production systems and their alternatives, demographics on mortality and population growth, soils, erosion, water availability, sustainable...