Power Resources category: 2047 books
Sustainable Hydropower in West Africa
Planning, Operation, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Sustainable Hydropower in West Africa: Planning, Operation, and Challenges provides a comprehensive overview of the planning, deployment and management of hydropower in West Africa and similar regions. The authors use a practical approach to analyze available technology, modeling methodologies and...
by Robert Fischer, Rolf Najork, Burkhard Pollak
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
This book presents essential information on systems and interactions in automotive transmission technology and outlines the methodologies used to analyze and develop transmission concepts and designs. Functions of and interactions between components and subassemblies of transmissions are introduced,...
Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy
Proceedings of ETAEERE-2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This volume comprises select proceedings of ETAEERE-2016. The volume offers state-of-the-art chapters on energy management systems (EMS), renewable energy resources, micro-generation, green communications architectures and frameworks, green computing and education as well as energy-aware process optimization....
by H. Julian Goldsmid
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
This second edition is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of thermoelectric energy conversion. It covers both theory and practice. The book is timely as it refers to the many improvements that have come about in the last few years through the use of nanostructures. The concept of semiconductor...
LED Street Lighting Best Practices
Lessons Learned from the Pilot LED Municipal Streetlight and PLN Substation Retrofit Project (Pilot LED Project) in Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) street lighting technologies and designs can cut energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Asian Development Bank, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, and the country’s state-owned electric utility have collaborated on...
Healthcare Facilities in Emerging Countries
The Challenge for India
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
This multidisciplinary book brings together medical, management, and architectural disciplines in order to formulate new approaches to the programming, planning, and design of healthcare facilities that will improve the quality of healthcare systems in rapidly developing countries, respecting local...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2005
Modern bioenergy has gained increased attention in the past decade. Not only does it provide an effective option for the provision of energy services from the technical point of view, but it is based on resources that can be utilized on a sustainable basis all around the globe. In addition, the benefits...
Solar Photovoltaic System Applications
A Guidebook for Off-Grid Electrification
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Presenting a complete guide for the planning, design and implementation of solar PV systems for off-grid applications, this book features analysis based on the authors’ own laboratory testing as well as their in the field experiences. Incorporating the latest developments in smart-digital and control...
by Jeanne Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2008
Greening your home simply means finding things you can do around the house to reduce your impact on the planet. Things that green your home usually make it a safer and healthier place to live in as well; this new book will present thousands of low or no cost ways to make your home environmentally...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The importance of biofuels in greening the transport sector in the future is unquestionable, given the limited available fossil energy resources, the environmental issues associated to the utilization of fossil fuels, and the increasing attention to security of supply. This comprehensive reference...
Solar, Wind and Land
Conflicts in Renewable Energy Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The global demand for clean, renewable energy has rapidly expanded in recent years and will likely continue to escalate in the decades to come. Wind and solar energy systems often require large quantities of land and airspace, so their growing presence is generating a diverse array of new and challenging...
Solar Fuels
Materials, Physics, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Written for use as a text and reference for those interested in how new materials may be used to capture, store, and use solar energy for alternative energy resources in everyday life, Solar Fuels: Materials, Physics, and Applications discusses the fundamentals of new materials and the physical processes...
The Future Supply of Nature-Made Petroleum and Gas
Technical Reports
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The Future Supply of Nature-made Petroleum and Gas Technical Reports is a collection of papers that covers various issues and concerns in the world petroleum supply. The materials in the book are organized thematically into sections.
The text first covers the world perspectives of conventional petroleum,...
by Sanjib Chowdhury
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Delves into the core and functional areas in the upstream oil and gas industry covering a wide range of operations and processes
Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) activities are costly, risky and technology-intensive. With the rise in global demand for oil and fast depletion of easy...