Renewable Energy Resources
eBook - ePub

Renewable Energy Resources

  1. 890 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Renewable Energy Resources

About this book

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text. It covers the many renewables technologies implemented worldwide by harnessing sustainable resources, mitigating pollution and climate change, and providing cost effective services.

This fourth edition is extensively updated by John Twidell with global developments as underpinned by fundamental analysis and illustrated by case studies and worked examples. Efficiency of end-use and cost-effectiveness is emphasized. Each chapter begins with fundamental scientific theory, and then considers applications, environmental impact and socio-economic aspects, before concluding with Quick Questions for self-revision, Problems and new Exercises. Basic theory underlying the technologies is covered in succinct Reviews of electrical power, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and solid-state physics. Common symbols and cross-referencing apply throughout; essential data are tabulated in Appendices.

Renewable Energy Resources supports multidisciplinary master's degrees in science and engineering, and specialist modules at undergraduate level. Practicing scientists and engineers will find it a useful introductory text and reference book.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781138322264
eBook ISBN
9780429838873
Edition
4
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Sustainability in Architecture

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Endorsements Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Figure and photo acknowledgments
  10. List of symbols
  11. List of abbreviations
  12. 1 Principles of renewable energy
  13. 2 Solar radiation characteristics and impacts, including the greenhouse effect
  14. 3 Solar water heating
  15. 4 Other solar thermal applications
  16. 5 Photovoltaic (PV) power technology
  17. 6 Hydropower
  18. 7 Wind resource
  19. 8 Wind power technology
  20. 9 Biomass resources from photosynthesis
  21. 10 Bioenergy technologies
  22. 11 Wave power
  23. 12 Tidal-current and tidal-range power
  24. 13 Ocean gradient energy: OTEC, DOWA and osmotic power
  25. 14 Geothermal energy
  26. 15 Energy systems: integration, distribution and storage
  27. 16 Solar buildings and efficient energy use, including transportation, manufacture and homes
  28. 17 Institutional and economic factors
  29. Review 1 Electrical power for renewables
  30. Review 2 Essentials of fluid dynamics
  31. Review 3 Heat transfer
  32. Review 4 Solid-state physics for photovoltaics
  33. Review 5 Units, labelling and conversions: the ‘algebraic’ method
  34. App A Units and conversions
  35. App B Data and fundamental constants
  36. App C Some heat transfer formulas
  37. Answers to Exercises at the end of chapters and reviews
  38. Short answers to selected Problems at the end of chapters
  39. Index