Environmentally Conscious Alternative Energy Production -

Environmentally Conscious Alternative Energy Production

Myer Kutz (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
336 Seiten
2007
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-73911-1 (ISBN)
142,74 inkl. MwSt
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
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