Power Generation Technologies
eBook - ePub

Power Generation Technologies

  1. 462 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Power Generation Technologies

About this book

This revised third edition of Power Generation Technologies explores even more renewable technologies in detail, from traditional fossil fuels and the more established alternatives such as wind and solar power, to emerging renewables such as biomass and geothermal energy. The book also features new expanded chapters on tidal project proposals, tidal bunds, enhanced geothermal technology, fast-moving areas in marine energy and the development of floating wind turbines.Power Generation Technologies is more than just an account of the technologies – for each method the author explores the economic and environmental costs and risk factors. Each technology is covered using the same basic criteria, so that comparisons between technologies can be made more easily. Those who are involved in planning and delivering energy, including engineers, managers and policy makers, will find a guide through the minefield of maintaining a reliable power supply, meeting targets on greenhouse gas emissions, and addressing economic and social objectives in this book.- Explains in hundreds of diagrams how each technology functions in practice- Evaluates the economic and environmental viability of each power generation system covered- Features fast-advancing renewable and alternative power sources, such as municipal waste and solar options- Applies a fresh focus on the evolution of traditional technologies such as natural gas and 'clean coal'

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Chapter 1. An Introduction to Electricity Generation
  6. Chapter 2. Electricity Generation and the Environment
  7. Chapter 3. Coal-Fired Power Plants
  8. Chapter 4. Natural Gas–Fired Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Power Plants
  9. Chapter 5. Piston Engine–Based Power Plants
  10. Chapter 6. Combined Heat and Power
  11. Chapter 7. Fuel Cells
  12. Chapter 8. Hydropower
  13. Chapter 9. Tidal Barrage Power Plants
  14. Chapter 10. Power System Energy Storage Technologies
  15. Chapter 11. Wind Power
  16. Chapter 12. Geothermal Power
  17. Chapter 13. Solar Power
  18. Chapter 14. Marine Power Generation Technologies
  19. Chapter 15. Biomass-Based Power Generation
  20. Chapter 16. Power From Waste
  21. Chapter 17. Nuclear Power
  22. Index