Concise Encyclopedia of Materials for Energy Systems

A comprehensive handbook-style reference resource on the applications of engineering materials to energy systems.

John Martin (Edited by)

9780080964966, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 30 September 2009

818 pages, 30 illustrations
24.6 x 18.7 x 4.1 cm, 1.84 kg

The Concise Encyclopedia of Materials for Energy Systems is a single-volume collection of articles that appear in the Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Technology. It presents a range of energy systems that cover thermal and gas turbines, renewable energy, fuel cells, nuclear power generation (fission and fusion), and the storage and transmission of energy generated. The book also encompasses the hydrogen economy, as well as the materials used in the design of batteries and in the energy-conversion process in a range of devices and actuators.The present volume includes over 100 articles that discuss the applications of engineering materials to energy systems, with an emphasis on the generation of nuclear energy. The anthology helps readers understand the applications of materials of engineering importance, i.e., metals, ceramics, and polymers, to energy systems.The book provides information about materials processing to engineering and materials science professionals, students, and beginners.

Comprehensive coverage includes (from A-F): Actuator Materials for Small-scale Devices
Advanced Automotive Powertrains: Materials
Amorphous Semiconductor Solar Cells
Automotive Engine Materials
Batteries: Glassy Electrolytes
Batteries, Rechargeable
Battery Carbons
Burnable Poisons in Nuclear Fuels
Composites for Sensors and Actuators
Creep Design and Life Extension of Large-scale Plant
Creep-resistant Materials for Steam Turbines
Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell
DUPIC Fuel Cycle
Electrochemical Light Emitting Cells from Semiconducting Polymers
Electroluminescent Phosphors
Electrostrictive Ceramics for Sonar Projectors
Fast Breeder Reactors: Fuels
Fast Reactor Cores, Austenitic Steels for
Fast Reactor Cores, Ferritic–Martensitic Steels for
Fuel Cells: Electrochemical Reactions
Fuel Cells: Materials
Fuel Cells: Microsystems
Fusion Conditions: Radiation Damage Correlation
Fusion Reactors (Magnetically Confined)
Fusion Reactors: Low-activation Structural Materials...

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX], Energy technology & engineering [TH], Materials science [TGM], Reference works [GBC]