Power Resources category: 2047 books
Improving Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Barriers, Energy Audits, Energy Management, Policies, and Programs
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Industrial energy efficiency is one of the most important means of reducing the threat of increased global warming. Research however states that despite the existence of numerous technical energy efficiency measures, its deployment is hindered by the existence of various barriers to energy efficiency....
School Buildings Rehabilitation
Indoor Environmental Quality and Enclosure Optimization
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
This book discusses the effect of different school building rehabilitation strategies on the classrooms’ indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and presents a multi-objective methodology for school building enclosure optimization combining artificial neural networks and lifecycle costs. The special...
Electric Vehicle Sharing Services for Smarter Cities
The Green Move project for Milan: from service design to technology deployment
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
This book examines electric car sharing in cities from a variety of perspectives, from service design to simulation, from mathematical modeling to technology deployment, and from energy use improvement to the integration of different kinds of vehicle. The contents reflect the outcomes of the Green...
by Giovanna Franco, Anna Magrini
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
This book provides a methodological framework to set properly the thermal enhancement and energy efficiency in historical buildings during a renovation process. It describes the unique thermal features of historical properties, closely examining how the building materials, structural elements, and...
Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2017
Smart Systems Transforming the Automobile
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
This volume of the Lecture Notes in Mobility series contains papers written by speakers and poster presenters at the 21st International Forum on Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications (AMAA 2017) "Smart Systems Transforming the Automobile" that was held in Berlin, Germany in September...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Membrane Technologies for Biorefining highlights the best practices needed for the efficient and environmentally-compatible separation techniques that are fundamental to the conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals for use as alternatives to petroleum refining.
Membrane technologies are...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
In this book, leading international experts explore the emerging concept of the zero energy mass custom home (ZEMCH) – designed to meet the need for social, economic, and environmental sustainability – and provide all of the knowledge required for the delivery of zero energy mass customized housing...
ECODESIGN Implementation
A Systematic Guidance on Integrating Environmental Considerations into Product Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Stakeholders such as environmental directives and customer demands for reducing environmental impacts of a product require innovative and environmentally improved products. Therefore a systematic approach and effective methods and tools are needed in the early phase of product development.
The...
Our Energy Future
Socioeconomic Implications and Policy Options for Rural America
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Rapid changes in energy production and consumption are having major socioeconomic implications for the communities of rural America. Technological developments in horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) nuclear energy, biofuels, wind and solar energy have significantly increased domestic...
Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South Asia
Options and Costs
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Against a backdrop of increasing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that are responsible for global climate change, the South Asia developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank have been witnessing a steady rise in fossil fuels and energy consumption and demand, keeping pace with...
by Juha Pyrhonen, Tapani Jokinen, Valeria Hrabovcova
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
In one complete volume, this essential reference presents an in-depth overview of the theoretical principles and techniques of electrical machine design. This timely new edition offers up-to-date theory and guidelines for the design of electrical machines, taking into account recent advances in permanent...
by Leslie Jackson, Paul Anthony Russell, Thomas D. Morton
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Developed to compliment Volume 8 (General Engineering Knowledge) and work as an examination guide for the requirements of the IMO's Engineering Knowledge under regulation III/2, covering the syllabuses followed by Chief Engineers and 2nd Engineers, this book helps officer cadets working toward the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
This book provides a scientific framework for integrated solutions to complex energy problems. It adopts a holistic, systems-based approach to demonstrate the potential of an energy systems engineering approach to systematically quantify different options at various levels of complexity (technology,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT2013) collects the latest research in this field, including a wealth of state-of-the-art research theories and applications in intelligent computing, information processing, communication...