Environmentally Conscious Alternative Energy Production

Myer Kutz (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2007
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-73911-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Myer Kutz is founder and President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm. In addition to the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, he is the Editor of the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Third Edition (4-volume set) and the Handbook of Materials Selection, also published by Wiley.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.9.2007
Reihe/Serie	Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Myer Kutz Series
Zusatzinfo	Photos: 8 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 123 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 32 B&W, 0 Color
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	196 x 244 mm
Gewicht	810 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
ISBN-10	0-471-73911-1 / 0471739111
ISBN-13	978-0-471-73911-1 / 9780471739111
Zustand	Neuware