Title: Energy Conversion, 2nd Edition Author: D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith ISBN: 1466584823 / 9781466584822 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 1193 Publisher: CRC Press Year: 2017 Availability: Out of Stock
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This handbook surveys the range of methods and fuel types used in generating energy for industry, transportation, and heating and cooling of buildings. Solar, wind, biomass, nuclear, geothermal, ocean and fossil fuels are discussed and compared, and the thermodynamics of energy conversion is explained. Appendices are provided with fully updated data. Thoroughly revised, this second edition surveys the latest advances in energy conversion from a wide variety of currently available energy sources. It describes energy sources such as fossil fuels, biomass (including refuse-derived biomass fuels), nuclear, solar radiation, wind, geothermal, and ocean, then provides the terminology and units used for each energy resource and their equivalence. It includes an overview of the steam power cycles, gas turbines, internal combustion engines, hydraulic turbines, Stirling engines, advanced fossil fuel power systems, and combined-cycle power plants. It outlines the development, current use, and future of nuclear power.
Comprehensive coverage of major fuel cell types
Updated discussion of energy storage methods
Expanded and updated coverage of solar energy technologies
Explanation of wind and biomass energy generation methods
Detailed data and tables relevant to energy production methods
Preface
Contributors
Chapter 1 : Global Energy Systems
Section I Energy Resources
Chapter 2 : Fossil Fuels Chapter 3 : Biomass Properties and Resources Chapter 4 : Municipal Solid Waste Chapter 5 : Nuclear Resources Chapter 6 : Solar Energy Resources Chapter 7 : Wind Energy Resource Chapter 8 : Geothermal Energy
Section II Energy Conversion
Chapter 9 : Steam Power Plant Chapter 10 : Gas Turbines Chapter 11 : Internal Combustion Engines Chapter 12 : Hydraulic Turbines Chapter 13 : Advanced Fossil Fuel Power Systems Chapter 14 : Stirling Engines Chapter 15 : Nuclear Power Technologies through Year 2035 Chapter 16 : Nuclear Fusion Chapter 17 : Energy Storage Technologies Chapter 18 : Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Chapter 19 : Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Chapter 20 : Photovoltaics Fundamentals, Technology and Application Chapter 21 : Wind Energy Conversion Chapter 22 : Biomass Conversion Process for Energy Recovery Chapter 23 : Geothermal Power Generation Chapter 24 : Waste-to-Energy Combustion Chapter 25 : Fuel Cells Chapter 26 : Direct Energy Conversion
Appendix A : The International System of Units, Fundamental Constants, and Conversion Factors
Appendix B : Solar Radiation Data
Appendix C : Properties of Gases, Vapors, Liquids, and Solids
Appendix D : Ultimate Analysis of Biomass Fuels
Index