Power Resources category: 2047 books
Energy Positive Neighborhoods and Smart Energy Districts
Methods, Tools, and Experiences from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Energy Positive Neighborhoods and Smart Energy Districts: Methods, Tools, and Experiences from the Field is a comprehensive guide to this highly interdisciplinary topic. Monti et. al’s combined experience make them the most qualified team of editors to explore the processes and tools involved in...
Carbon Capture, Storage and Use
Technical, Economic, Environmental and Societal Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Carbon Capture and Storage technologies (CCS) are moving from experiment toward commercial applications at a rapid pace, driven by urgent demand for carbon mitigation strategies. This book examines the potential role of CCS from four perspectives: technology development, economic competitiveness,...
Towards Nearly Zero Energy
Urban Settings in the Mediterranean Climate
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Towards Nearly Zero Energy: Urban Settings in the Mediterranean Climate discusses tactics that can be used to effectively reduce energy consumption towards zero energy. With energy usage in buildings accounting for over 40% of primary energy use and 24% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, this...
Thermal Solar Desalination
Methods and Systems
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Thermal Solar Desalination: Methods and Systems presents numerous thermal seawater desalination technologies varying from the very simple, easy to construct and operate solar stills, to the more advance membrane and indirect distillation methods. All types of solar thermal desalination technologies...
by Michael C. Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
In the last decade, oil experts, geologists, and policy makers alike have warned that a peak in oil production around the world was about to be reached and that global economic distress would result when this occurred. But it didn't happen. The "Peak Oil" Scare and the Coming Oil Flood refutes...
Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Gas Processing Symposium
Qatar, January 10-14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Advances in Gas Processing: Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Gas Processing Symposium 11-1 4 January, 2010, Doha, Qatar, reviews the state of knowledge in gas processing. The contributions are organized around five main themes: (i) environmental sustainability; (ii) natural gas processing technologies;...
by Trevor Letcher
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2012
Comprehensive Renewable Energy, winner of a 2012 PROSE Award for Best Multi-volume Reference in Science from the Association of American Publishers, is the only work of its type at a time when renewable energy sources are seen increasingly as realistic alternatives to fossil fuels. As the majority...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
This book examines the key aspects that will define future sustainable energy systems: energy supply, energy storage, security and limited environmental impacts. It clearly explains the need for an integrated engineering approach to sustainable energies, based on mathematical, biogeophysical, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
A comprehensive depository of all information relating to the scientific and technological aspects of Shale Gas and Alternative Energy
Conveniently arranged by energy type including Shale Gas, Wind, Geothermal, Solar, and Hydropower
Perfect first-stop reference for any scientist, engineer, or...
Energy Engineering
Proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on Pathways to Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book contains the proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on ‘Pathways to Sustainability: Energy, Mobility and Healthcare Engineering’ that was held on October 13-14, 2015 in New Delhi. This 3 volume proceedings provide an international forum for discussion and communication of engineering...
Biokerosene
Status and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
This book provides a detailed overview of aspects related to the overall provision chain for biokerosene as part of the global civil aviation business. Starting with a review of the current market situation for aviation fuels and airplanes and their demands, it then presents in-depth descriptions...
Gasification of Waste Materials
Technologies for Generating Energy, Gas, and Chemicals from Municipal Solid Waste, Biomass, Nonrecycled Plastics, Sludges, and Wet Solid Wastes
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Gasification of Waste Materials: Technologies for Generating Energy, Gas and Chemicals from MSW, Biomass, Non-recycled Plastics, Sludges and Wet Solid Wastes explores the most recent gasification technologies developing worldwide to convert waste solids to energy and synthesis gas and chemical products....
Towards Green Campus Operations
Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development Initiatives at Universities
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
Matters related to sustainable development, albeit global in nature, are best handled at the local level. This line of thinking is particularly true to the higher education context, where the design and implementation of sustainability initiatives on campuses can demonstrate how a given university...
Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions
Mapping Trends and Good Practices Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This book contributes to debates on current sustainability practices, with a focus on assessment tools as applied in higher education institutions. These institutions are challenged to carry out management, research, and teaching, and to create settings that allow developing new competencies to address...