Title: Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, 3rd Edition Author: Charles F. Kutscher, Frank Kreith, Jana B. Milford ISBN: 1498788920 / 9781498788922 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 632 Publisher: CRC Press Year: 2018 Availability: Out of Stock
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Principles of Renewable Energy Systems, Third Edition, surveys the range of sustainable energy sources and the tools that engineers, scientists, managers, and policy makers use to analyze energy generation, usage, and future trends. The text provides complete and up-to-date coverage of all renewable technologies, including solar and wind power, biofuels, hydroelectric, nuclear, ocean power, and geothermal energy. The economics of energy are introduced, with the SAM software package integrated so students can explore the dynamics of energy usage and prediction. Climate and environmental factors in energy use are integrated to give a complete picture of sustainable energy analysis and planning.
Features new chapters covering efficiency, fossil fuels, the electric grid, and nuclear power
Provides expanded coverage of tools developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, with expanded use of the System Advisor Model (SAM)
Supplies new material on environmental life cycle assessment and greenhouse gas accounting methods for energy systems
Updates information on the rapidly decreasing costs of renewable energy
Covers the challenge of integrating variable renewable sources into the electric grid
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction to Sustainable Energy Chapter 2 : Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems Chapter 3 : Energy Efficiency Chapter 4 : Conventional Fossil and Nuclear Energy Generation Chapter 5 : Wind Energy Chapter 6 : Biomass Energy Conversion Chapter 7 : Geothermal Energy Chapter 8 : Fundamentals of Solar Radiation Chapter 9 : Photovoltaics Chapter 10 : Energy Storage Chapter 11 : Ocean Energy Conversion Chapter 12 : Transportation