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Renewable Energy Grid Integration: Building & Assessment (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Now is the time to plan for the integration of significant quantities of distributed renewable energy into the electricity grid. Concerns about climate change, the adoption of state-level renewable portfolio standards and incentives, and accelerated cost reductions are driving steep growth in U.S. renewable energy technologies. As distributed PV and other renewable energy technologies mature, they can provide a...

Edited by Thomas Georgiadis

ISBN-13: 9781607413264 ; ISBN-10: 1607413264

Price: £74.50 £49.21 Not Available

Photovoltaics: Developments, Applications & Impact (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Photovoltaics (PV) is the field of technology and research related to the application of solar cells for energy by converting sun energy directly into electricity. Due to the growing demand for clean sources of energy, the manufacture of solar cells and photovoltaic arrays has expanded dramatically in recent years. Photovoltaic production has been doubling every two years, increasing by an average of 48 percent...

Edited by Hideki Tanaka; Kiyoshi Yamashita

ISBN-13: 9781608760220 ; ISBN-10: 1608760227

Price: £107.50 £68.85 Not Available

Renewable Energy Grid Integration: Technical Performance & Requirements (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Now is the time to plan for the integration of significant quantities of distributed renewable energy into the electricity grid. Concerns about climate change, the adoption of state-level renewable portfolio standards and incentives, and accelerated cost reductions are driving steep growth in U.S. renewable energy technologies. The number of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, in particular, is...

Edited by Mitchell B Ferguson

ISBN-13: 9781607413257 ; ISBN-10: 1607413256

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Computational Techniques: The Multiphase CFD Approach to Fluidization & Green Energy Technologies (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Book & CD-ROM. This text has been used in the form of class notes taught to graduate and senior undergraduate students in chemical and mechanical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology for the last three decades. The computer codes, particularly the Navier-Stokes equation solvers, have been continually updated by several Ph.D. students over the last decade. The theory of fluidisation and multiphase flow is...

By (author) Dimitri Gidaspow; Veeraya Jiradilok

ISBN-13: 9781608760244 ; ISBN-10: 1608760243

Price: £120.99 £76.67 Not Available

Physics of Nanostructured Solar Cells (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

The world of nanotechnology has opened a vast array of novel frontiers in materials science, by the exploitation of the properties and phenomena at the nanometer scale. After transistors, also other devices will enter the nanoscale era. Technologies based on semi-conducting and/or organic materials have moved from a few empirical examples to a booming science-based activity. Physics at nanoscale becomes the science...

By (author) Viorel Badescu; Edited by Marius Paulescu

ISBN-13: 9781608761104 ; ISBN-10: 160876110X

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Renewable Energies: Feasibility, Time & Cost Options (Paperback / softback - 1 Apr 2010)

Inside a decade, the availability of our conventional fuels will be doubtful. It is already late, then, to consider what sources we should develop. The principal requirement in addition to sufficient availability, at an acceptable cost, is that use of New Energy no longer involving injection of pollutants, in particular CO2 into the atmosphere. CH4 is a seldom mentioned danger: it comes increasingly with the rising...

By (author) John O'M Bockris

ISBN-13: 9781608760060 ; ISBN-10: 1608760065

Price: £32.50 £23.85 Not Available

Corn Straw & Biomass Blends: Combustion Characteristics & NO Formation (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Current energy consumption of biomass accounts for about 14% of total world energy consumption, second only to coal, oil, and natural gas, and developing countries account for 75% of the biomass utilisation. According to the statistics from 1998 to 2003, biomass resources in China were equivalent to 700 million tons of standard coal, of which about half was from straw. Combustion is frequently used for energy...

By (author) Zhengqi Li

ISBN-13: 9781608765782 ; ISBN-10: 1608765784

Price: £35.99 £34.29 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Thin-Film Solar Cells (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

A thin-film solar cell (TFSC), also called a thin-film photovoltaic cell (TFPV), is a solar cell that is made by depositing one or more thin layers (thin film) of photovoltaic material on a substrate. This book deals with some physical properties of Sulfur binary and ternary thin films used as buffer and absorber layers in solar cells and prepared using economic spray pyrolysis technique. This book also...

Edited by Abban Sahin; Hakim Kaya

ISBN-13: 9781607418184 ; ISBN-10: 1607418185

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Wind Turbines: Types, Economics & Development (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. World-wide interest in renewable energy systems such as wind turbines has increased dramatically, due to environmental concerns like climate change and other factors. Wind power is a major source of sustainable energy, and can be harvested using both horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines. This book addresses...

Edited by Gerard Martin; Jeremie Roux

ISBN-13: 9781607418498 ; ISBN-10: 1607418495

Price: £107.50 £92.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application (Hardback - 18 Dec 2009)

Now fully revised, this second edition of Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application builds on its highly successful predecessor, now the leading textbook for wind energy degree courses. Wind energy’s bestselling textbook– fully revised. This must–have second edition includes up–to–date data, diagrams, illustrations and thorough new material on: the fundamentals of wind turbine...

By (author) James F. Manwell; Jon G. McGowan; Anthony L. Rogers

ISBN-13: 9780470015001 ; ISBN-10: 0470015004

Price: £55.00 £47.85 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Biomass Gasification: Chemistry, Processes & Applications (Hardback - 16 Dec 2009)

Biomass gasification means incomplete combustion of biomass resulting in the production of combustible gases consisting of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane. Amongst the renewable energies, the biomass is the most important energy source. Three types of biomass are available, one generated during the processing of wood in timber mills, another is energy plantation and third bio-residues generated during the...

Edited by Jean-Pierre Badeau; Albrecht Levi

ISBN-13: 9781607414612 ; ISBN-10: 1607414619

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Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (Hardback - 3 Nov 2009)

This volume represents the proceedings of the First International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB’09, held in the City of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom, organized by KES International with the assistance of the World Renewable Energy Congress / Network, and hosted by the University of Brighton. KES International is a knowledge transfer organization, which for over a decade has...

Edited by Robert J. Howlett; Lakhmi C. Jain; Shaun H. Lee

ISBN-13: 9783642034534 ; ISBN-10: 3642034535

Price: £171.00 £143.30 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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Insulators for Icing and Polluted Environments (Hardback - 29 Oct 2009)

With the widespread use of EHV equipment in winter environments, winter flashovers at air temperature close to melting point have become a critical design constraint. With the widespread use of EHV equipment in winter environments, winter flashovers at air temperature close to melting point have become a critical design constraint. This book explores the issues of electrical insulators for icing and polluted...

By (author) Masoud Farzaneh; William A. Chisholm

ISBN-13: 9780470282342 ; ISBN-10: 0470282347

Price: £100.00 £81.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Introduction to FACTS Controllers: Theory, Modeling, and Applications (Hardback - 23 Oct 2009)

Written from a practicing engineer′s point of view by one of the pioneers who developed the technology, FACTS Controllers provides a solid foundation to the basics of Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS). Written from a practicing engineer′s point of view by one of the pioneers who developed the technology, FACTS Controllers provides a solid foundation to the basics of Flexible Alternating...

By (author) Kalyan K. Sen; Mey Ling Sen

ISBN-13: 9780470478752 ; ISBN-10: 0470478756

Price: £80.50 £66.87 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Renewable Energy in the Middle East (Paperback / softback - 19 Oct 2009)

Energy insecurity is not normally associated with the Middle East. However, away from the oil-rich Persian Gulf, the countries of the eastern Mediterranean are particularly vulnerable. Their fossil fuel endowments are low, while their fractious relationships with each other have long fostered wider political insecurities. Focusing on the Jordan Basin (Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Jordan), this...

Edited by Michael Mason; Amit Mor

ISBN-13: 9781402098918 ; ISBN-10: 140209891X

Price: £49.99 £45.49 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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Biorefineries (Hardback - 13 Oct 2009)

Industrial biorefineries have been identified as the most promising routes to the creation of a bio-based economy. Partial biorefineries already exist in some energy crop, forest-based, and lignocellulosic product facilities. Biorefineries: For Biomass Upgrading Facilities examines the variety of different technologies which integrated bio-based industries use to produce chemicals; biofuels; food and feed...

By (author) Ayhan Demirbas

ISBN-13: 9781848827202 ; ISBN-10: 1848827202

Price: £114.95 £92.71 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Our Energy Future: Resources, Alternatives and the Environment (Hardback - 6 Oct 2009)

Contains easy–to–grasp, up–to–date information and dispassionate analysis. Statistical data for energy production and consumption is presented in a simple way. Simple formulas will allow the reader to make quantitative estimates about energy systems. A Wiley Survival Guide on our Energy Future Concerned about our energy future? Turn to this guide for easy–to–grasp and up–to–date coverage...

By (author) Christian Ngo; Joseph Natowitz

ISBN-13: 9780470116609 ; ISBN-10: 0470116609

Price: £73.50 £61.12 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Introduction to Wind Energy Systems (Hardback - 24 Sep 2009)

Authors have tried to strike a balance between a short book chapter and a very detailed book for subject experts. There were three prime reasons behind doing so: first, the field is quite interdisciplinary and requires simplified presentation for a person from non-parent discipline. Second reason for this short-version of a full book is that both the authors have seen students and technically oriented people,...

By (author) Hermann-Josef Wagner; Jyotirmay Mathur

ISBN-13: 9783642020223 ; ISBN-10: 3642020224

Price: £89.00 £77.70 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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Energy Conservation: New Research (Hardback - 24 Sep 2009)

This book concentrates on energy conservation which is the practice of decreasing the quantity of energy used. It may be achieved through efficient energy use, in which case energy use is decreased while achieving a similar outcome, or by reduced consumption of energy services. Energy conservation may result in increase of financial capital, environmental value, national security, personal security, and human...

Edited by Giacomo Spadoni

ISBN-13: 9781606922316 ; ISBN-10: 1606922319

Price: £81.99 £72.09 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Reliability Wearout Mechanisms in Advanced CMOS Technologies (Hardback - 4 Sep 2009)

This invaluable resource tells the complete story of failure mechanismsÂfrom basic concepts to the tools necessary to conduct reliability tests and analyze the results. Both a text and a reference work for this important area of semiconductor technology, it assumes no reliability education or experience. This invaluable resource tells the complete story of failure mechanismsÂfrom basic concepts to the tools...

By (author) Alvin W. Strong; Ernest Y. Wu; Rolf–Peter Vollertsen; Jordi Sune; Giuseppe La Rosa; Timothy D. Sullivan; Stewart E. Rauch, III

ISBN-13: 9780471731726 ; ISBN-10: 0471731722

Price: £93.50 £76.62 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology

Renewable Energy Grid Integration: Building & Assessment (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Photovoltaics: Developments, Applications & Impact (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Renewable Energy Grid Integration: Technical Performance & Requirements (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Computational Techniques: The Multiphase CFD Approach to Fluidization & Green Energy Technologies (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Physics of Nanostructured Solar Cells (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Renewable Energies: Feasibility, Time & Cost Options (Paperback / softback - 1 Apr 2010)

Corn Straw & Biomass Blends: Combustion Characteristics & NO Formation (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Thin-Film Solar Cells (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Wind Turbines: Types, Economics & Development (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application (Hardback - 18 Dec 2009)

Biomass Gasification: Chemistry, Processes & Applications (Hardback - 16 Dec 2009)

Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (Hardback - 3 Nov 2009)

Insulators for Icing and Polluted Environments (Hardback - 29 Oct 2009)

Introduction to FACTS Controllers: Theory, Modeling, and Applications (Hardback - 23 Oct 2009)

Renewable Energy in the Middle East (Paperback / softback - 19 Oct 2009)

Biorefineries (Hardback - 13 Oct 2009)

Our Energy Future: Resources, Alternatives and the Environment (Hardback - 6 Oct 2009)

Introduction to Wind Energy Systems (Hardback - 24 Sep 2009)

Energy Conservation: New Research (Hardback - 24 Sep 2009)

Reliability Wearout Mechanisms in Advanced CMOS Technologies (Hardback - 4 Sep 2009)