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Environmentally Conscious Alternative Energy Production
Myer Kutz (Edited by), M Kutz (Author)
9780471739111, Wiley
Hardback, published 18 September 2007
336 pages, Photos: 8 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 123 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 32 B&W, 0 Color
24.4 x 19.6 x 2.7 cm, 0.81 kg
This fourth volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Alternative Engergy Production describes and compares the environmental and economic impacts of renewable and conventional power generation technologies. Major topic areas include: Economic comparisons of power generation technologies, Efficiency comparisons of power generation technologies, Methods of improving the environmental impact of conventional technologies, Solar thermal systems, Photovoltaics, Fuel cell technologies, Geothermal power generation, Hydroelectric power generation, Wind power generation, Cogeneration, The hydrogen economy, Energy efficient building design, Industrial energy conservation, and Codes, standards and legislation, and others.
Contributors. Preface. 1: Economic Comparisons of Power Generation Technologies (Todd S. Nemec). 2: Solar Energy Applications (Jan F. Kreider). 3: Fuel Cells (Matthew M. Mench). 4: Geothermal Resources and Technology: An Introduction (Peter D. Blair). 5: Wind Power Generation (Todd S. Nemec). 6: Cogeneration (Jerald A. Caton). 7: Hydrogen Energy (E. K. Stefanakos, D. Y. Goswami, S. S. Srinivasan, and J. T. Wolan). 8: Clean Power Generation from Coal (James W. Butler and Prabir Basu). 9: Using Waste Heat from Power Plants (Herbert A. Ingley III). Appendix A: Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Collector Manufacturing Activities 2005. Appendix B: Survey of Geothermal Heat Pump Shipments, 1990–2004. Index.
Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]
