Renewable Energy (eBook)

Physics, Engineering, Environmental Impacts, Economics and Planning

Bent Sorensen (Autor)

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2010 | 4. Auflage
976 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-089066-1 (ISBN)

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This volume is a true shelf reference, providing a thorough overview of the entire renewable energy sphere, while still functioning as a go-to information source for professionals and students when they need answers about a specific technical issue. Crafted over the last 15 years into a problem-solving tool for engineers, researchers, consultants and planners currently working in the field, as well as a detailed map of the renewables universe for those looking to expand into new technological specialties, Renewable Energy by Sorensen offers the most comprehensive coverage of the subject available.

The book has been structured around three parts in order to assist readers in focusing on the issues that impact them the most for a given project or question. PART I covers the basic scientific principles behind all major renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind and biomass. PART II provides in-depth information about how these raw renewable sources can actually be converted into useful forms, transmitted into the grid and stored for future utilization. Finally, PART III undertakes the aspects of energy planning, environmental impacts and socio-economic issues on regional and global levels.

In this fourth edition update, new material includes expanded coverage of biofuels, solar conversion, biomass and fuel cells, storage and transmission, and a new chapter on integrated technologies to introduce the hybrid systems now being explored. New surveys and the most recent research findings are included throughout.

• New, thoroughly updated fourth edition of the authoritative field guide to the entire Renewable Energy universe
• The only books to scientific principles and implementation methods, technologies and socio-economics, environmental impacts and cutting-edge advances, all in one volume
• New material includes expanded coverage of biofuels, solar conversion, biomass and fuel cells, storage and transmission, and a new chapter on integrated systems

Professor Emeritus at the Department of Environmental, Social, and Spatial Change, and a professor of physics at the Institute of Mathematics and Physics, both at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is also an independent consultant at Novator Advanced Technology Consulting. Dr. Sørensen is one of the world's leading specialists in renewable energy. He has five decades of experience in researching the field, and has published hundreds of monographs, articles in scientific journals, technical reports, and conference contributions. He has received several awards and has been knighted by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Other Books by the Author 3
Renewable Energy 4
Copyright 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface to Fourth Edition 10
Preface to Third Edition 12
Preface to Second Edition 14
Preface to First Edition 16
Units and Conversion Factors 18
Part I. Renewable Energy Resources 20
Chapter 1. Perspectives on Energy Resources 22
1.1 Current Renewable Energy Market 22
1.2 Past and Present Energy Resources 36
1.3 Resource Prospects for the Future 47
1.4 Global Temperature Impacts and Other Climate Impacts 48
1.5 Role of Environmental and Social Issues 50
1.6 The Sustainability Test 52
Chapter 2. Origin of Renewable Energy Flows 54
2.1 Solar Radiation 54
2.2 Disposition of Radiation on the Earth 74
2.3 Processes near the Surface of the Earth 94
2.4 The Energy Cycle of the Earth 160
2.5 Inclusion of Nonradiative Energy Flows 191
Chapter 3. Individual Renewable Energy Sources 224
3.1 Direct Solar Energy 224
3.2 Wind 251
3.3 Water Flows and Reservoirs, Waves, and Tides 269
3.4 Heat Flows, Reservoirs, and Other Sources of Energy 290
3.5 Biological Conversion and Stores 313
Part I: Mini Projects, Discussion Issues, and Exercises 349
Part II. Renewable Energy Technologies 354
Chapter 4. The Energy Conversion Processes 356
4.1 General Principles 356
4.2 Heat Energy Conversion Processes 367
4.3 Mechanical Energy Conversion Processes 380
4.4 Solar Radiation Conversion 432
4.5 Electrochemical Energy Conversion 503
4.6 Bioenergy Conversion Processes 515
Chapter 5. Energy Transmission and Storage 552
5.1 Energy Transmission 552
5.2 Heat Storage 559
5.3 High-quality Energy Storage 583
Part II: Mini Projects, Discussion Issues, and Exercises 619
Part III. Renewable Energy Impacts: Planning forSustainability and Climate Change Aversion 626
Chapter 6. Energy System Planning 628
6.1 Methodology of Energy Planning 628
6.2 Demand Scenario Construction 633
6.3 Supply Scenario Construction 664
6.4 Implementation Issues 701
6.5 Local Systems 703
6.6 Regional Systems 755
6.7 A Global Energy Scenario 782
Chapter 7. Socioeconomic Assessment 802
7.1 Social and Economic Framework 802
7.2 Scale of Analysis 823
7.3 Life-cycle Analysis 836
Chapter 8. Integrated Approaches 900
8.1 Greenhouse Warming Mitigation 900
8.2 Greenhouse Warming Adaptation 907
8.3 Ecological Sustainability 908
Part III: Mini Projects, Discussion Issues, and Exercises 914
References 920
Subject Index 962

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-089066-0 / 0080890660
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-089066-1 / 9780080890661