Power Resources category: 2047 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) is carried out in unmined coal seams, using wells drilled from the surface and converting coal into synthesis gas. The gas can be used for power generation and synthesis of automotive fuels, fertilizers and other products.
UCG offers financial, social, and...
Proceedings of the 1st Annual Gas Processing Symposium
10-12 January, 2009 - Qatar
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
As the cleanest source of fossil energy with the most advantageous CO2 footprint, natural gas continues to increase its share in the global energy market. This book provides state-of-the-art contributions in the area of gas processing. Special emphasis is given to Liquified Natural Gas (LNG); the...
Visions of Energy Futures
Imagining and Innovating Low-Carbon Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
This book examines the visions, fantasies, frames, discourses, imaginaries, and expectations associated with six state-of-the-art energy systems—nuclear power, hydrogen fuel cells, shale gas, clean coal, smart meters, and electric vehicles—playing a key role in current deliberations about low-carbon...
Vehicle-to-Grid
A Sociotechnical Transition Beyond Electric Mobility
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
This book defines and charts the barriers and future of vehicle-to-grid technology: a technology that could dramatically reduce emissions, create revenue, and accelerate the adoption of battery electric cars. This technology connects the electric power grid and the transportation system in ways...
by Daniel Stouffer
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Why does your home need solar panels? ...because life as we know it is in trouble.Well, at least here on our planet anyway, especially when it comes to the ecosystems that make human life possible. And there’s really no good reason to argue whose fault it is. We just need to start moving...
Small Modular Reactors for Electricity Generation
An Economic and Technologically Sound Alternative
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
As a flexible, cost-effective energy alternative to large scale nuclear power reactors, this book examines the potential future use of small modular reactors for the generation of electricity in different regions. Exploring advanced nuclear technologies, chapters describe the current situation and...
by Hao Zhou, Kefa Cen
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
This book presents the latest findings on the subject of combustion optimization based on computational intelligence. It covers a broad range of topics, including the modeling of coal combustion characteristics based on artificial neural networks and support vector machines. It also describes the...
Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers
Design, Operation and Maintenance
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
· Explains operation and scientific fundamentals of circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers
· Outlines practical issues in industrial use
· Teaches how to optimize design for maximum reliability and efficiency
· Discusses...
by Guidong Zhang, Bo Zhang, Zhong Li
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2017
Research and application of impedance network converters are very popular in recent years, but it still lacks of understanding of and guidelines of impedance networks application, therefore, there is quiet a large potential market about impedance networks converters. This book can serve as a teaching...
Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Biomass Torrefaction
For Biofuels and Value-Added Products
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Biomass Torrefaction: For Biofuels and Value-Added Products presents a firm foundation of torrefaction technologies and their economic and sustainability aspects. It offers a theoretical background in the underlying principles of torrefaction reactions, including...
Time to Shine
Applications of Solar Energy Technology
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
As solar energy becomes increasingly more important in all of our lives, it is more important to learn how it works and how it can be implemented. This book is the perfect primer for the engineer, scientist, and layperson alike, for learning about the practical applications of solar energy technology...
by John Kuffel, Peter Kuffel
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2000
Power transfer for large systems depends on high system voltages. The basics of high voltage laboratory techniques and phenomena, together with the principles governing the design of high voltage insulation, are covered in this book for students, utility engineers, designers and operators of high...
by Weijia Yuan
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Second-Generation High-Temperature Superconducting Coils and Their Applications for Energy Storage addresses the practical electric power applications of high-temperature superconductors. It validates the concept of a prototype energy storage system using newly available 2G HTS conductors by investigating...
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology
Volume 2: In Situ Characterization Techniques for Low Temperature Fuel Cells
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) technology are promising forms of low-temperature electrochemical power conversion technologies that operate on hydrogen and methanol respectively. Featuring high electrical efficiency and low operational emissions,...