Design and Performance Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems

Helps researchers and engineers design and optimize advanced renewable energy systems for better efficiency, lower cost, and lower environmental impact

Mamdouh Assad (Edited by), Marc A Rosen (Edited by)

9780128216026, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 16 January 2021

318 pages, 270 illustrations (70 in full color)
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.1 cm, 0.88 kg

Design and Performance Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems provides an integrated discussion of issues relating to renewable energy performance design and optimization using advanced thermodynamic analysis with modern methods to configure major renewable energy plant configurations (solar, geothermal, wind, hydro, PV). Vectors of performance enhancement reviewed include thermodynamics, heat transfer, exergoeconomics and neural network techniques. Source technologies studied range across geothermal power plants, hydroelectric power, solar power towers, linear concentrating PV, parabolic trough solar collectors, grid-tied hybrid solar PV/Fuel cell for freshwater production, and wind energy systems. Finally, nanofluids in renewable energy systems are reviewed and discussed from the heat transfer enhancement perspective.

1. Introduction 2. Heat exchangers and nanofluids 3. Exergy analysis 4. Optimization techniques for solar energy applications 5. Solar power tower systems 6. Parabolic trough solar collectors 7. Solar water heaters 8. Performance of PV systems 9. Linear concentrating photovoltaic system 10. Hybrid solar PV/fuel cell power system 11. Geothermal power plants 12. ORC as waste heat recovery system 13. Wind turbines 14. Hydropower 15. Heat pumps 16. Energy storage 17. Neural network analysis in renewable energy systems

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]