Energy Books

Updated with new material, this book shares the author's secrets for simplifying complex energy calculations, and shows you how to use these time-saving methods.

Achieving a carbon-free future is a pressing challenge, and advanced nuclear systems emerge as a pivotal solution in the global transition to clean energy. As the world seeks reliable, low-emission alternatives to fossil fuels, next-generation nuclear...

There is one universal truth about energy: it is neither created or destroyed, only transformed. This book will discuss how energy is transformed in living and nonliving systems. It will begin with a brief explanation of some of the most common energy...

Between Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Heidegger's Being and Time, and Sartre's Being and Nothingness, they left us Nothing else to be desired concerning the field of ontology. The metaphysical...

Energy Modeling and Computations in the Building Envelope instills a deeper understanding of the energy interactions between buildings and the environment, based on the analysis of transfer processes operating in the building envelope components at the...

Introducing a Reliable Green Technology That Can Help Improve System PerformanceSolely centered on photovoltaic (PV) system sizing and the tools used for PV system analysis and design, Photovoltaic System Design: Procedures, Tools and Applications...

Explores the systems of magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasma with closed and open magnetic field lines which relate to alternative compact devices of controlled thermonuclear fusion. Energy balance schemes of thermonuclear plasmas and main...

Introduction to Renewable Power Systems and the Environment with R showcases the fundamentals of electrical power systems while examining their relationships with the environment. To address the broad range of interrelated problems that come together...

The objective of this practical oil and gas piping handbook is to facilitate project management teams of oil and gas piping related construction projects to understand the key requirements of the discipline and to equip them with the necessary knowledge...

This book reviews the history of oil exploration and production around Livermore, California, from 1868-when oily water started flowing out of a hillside a few miles north-east of Livermore following a major earthquake on the Hayward Fault-to its sunset...

The increased demand on fossil fuels for energy production has resulted in expanded research and development efforts on direct use of fossil fuels and conversion of fossil fuels into synthetic fuels. These efforts have focused...

The Fourth International School on Energetics was held in July 1980 at Erice, Sicily and was devoted to the subject of Energy Demand and Efficient Use. In contrast to the Third School, we chose to concentrate on the demand side...

Recent books have raised the public consciousness about the dangers of global warming and climate change. This book is intended to convey the message that there is a solution. The solution is the rapid development of hydrogen...

""Die Fl�����ssigkeits-Schraube"" ist ein Buch des ������sterreichischen Ingenieurs Paul Pacher aus dem Jahr 1900. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit der Fl�����ssigkeits-Schraube, einem Ger�����t zur F������rderung von Fl�����ssigkeiten, das auf dem...

Das Buch ""Die Explosiven Stoffe Ihre Geschichte, Fabrikation, Eigenschafter, Prufung Und Praktische Anwendung In Der Sprengtechnik"" von Friedrich Bockmann aus dem Jahr 1880 besch�����ftigt sich mit der Geschichte, Herstellung, Eigenschaften,...

On The Bottom Deposits Of The North Polar Sea; On Dead Water; Protozoa On The Ice Floes Of The North Polar Sea is a scientific book written by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen and originally published in 1906. The book is divided into three parts, each...

Synopsis of The Rotatoria (1913) is a comprehensive guide to the study of rotifers, microscopic aquatic animals that play a vital role in freshwater ecosystems. The book is authored by Harry K. Harring, a renowned biologist and expert on the subject. The...

Die Metallurgie V2: Metallverarbeitung (1882) von Adolf Ledebur ist ein umfassendes Werk �����ber die Verarbeitung von Metallen. Der Autor beschreibt detailliert die verschiedenen Techniken der Metallverarbeitung, wie zum Beispiel das Schmieden,...

Concern for the environment and the impacts of pollution have brought about the need to shift from the use and reliance on hydrocarbons to energy-power sources that are pollution neutral or near pollution neutral or renewable.

Biomass Energy for Sustainable Development examines how optimal biomass utilization can reduce forest management costs, help mitigate climate change, reduce risks to life and property, and help provide a secure, competitive energy source into the future.

The role of the microbiome and its potential impact on future energy systems remains an open question. Petroleum Microbiology: The Role of Microorganisms in the Transition to Net Zero Energy explores technological advances in applied microbiology in the...

This textbook provides an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to detectors in particle physics. It emphasises the core physics principles, enabling a deeper understanding of the subject for further and more advanced studies.

The Question Is...explores the link between consciousness and health.

This book provides a reference to analysis techniques of common cooling water system problems and a historical perspective on solutions to chronic cooling water system problems, such as corrosion and biofouling.It covers best design practices for cooling...

This book focuses on latent heat storage, which is one of the most efficient ways of storing thermal energy. Unlike the sensible heat storage method, the latent heat storage method provides much higher storage density with a smaller difference between...

Transition Engineering: Building a Sustainable Future examines new strategies emerging in response to the mega-issues of global climate change, decline in world oil supply, scarcity of key industrial minerals, and local environmental constraints...

Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector takes a fresh look at key terms and concepts around which energy research and policy are organised. Drawing on recent research in energy and transport studies, and combining this with concepts from...

Newly revised with the latest market trends and growth opportunitiesIn The Clean Tech Revolution, authors Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder identify the major forces that have pushed clean tech from back-to-the-earth utopian dream to its current revolution...

The Oregon State University Honors College conducted a class titled "Energy Matters" in the winter academic quarter of 2014, which required students to synthesize information from various disciplines to foster critical thinking in a given content area...

Balistica ����� un libro scritto da Francesco Siacci nel 1888. Si tratta di un'opera di riferimento per gli appassionati di balistica, ovvero la scienza che si occupa dello studio del movimento dei proiettili e delle armi da fuoco. Il libro �����...

This book is the result of a collaboration between researchers from occupant behaviour and statistical modelling. It presents a range of statistical methods and models used for modelling occupancy behaviour.

The book provides information on recent advancements in bioenergy engineering to graduates, post-graduates, research scholars, faculty members, academician, researchers and practitioners studying and working in field of the bioenergy engineering. It is...

Das Buch ""Das Leitverm������gen der Elektrolyte insbesondere der L������sungen: Methoden, Resultate und chemische Anwendungen"" wurde 1898 von Friedrich Kohlrausch ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Untersuchung der elektrischen...

Bernard Brunhes' work on the degradation of energy is a classic of the field. The book provides a detailed account of the energy degradation processes and is an essential resource for students and researchers in the field. The book is an excellent...

Control of Solar Energy Systems details the main solar energy systems, problems involved with their control, and how control systems can help in increasing their efficiency. Thermal energy systems are explored in depth, as are...

This book presents an innovative control system design process motivated by renewable energy electric grid integration problems. The concepts developed result from the convergence of research and development goals which have...

The problem of storing hydrogen safely and effectively is one of the major technological barriers currently preventing the widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier and the subsequent transition to a so-called...

Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles addresses the main issues related to the application of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the road transportation sector. A preliminary treatment is given on fuel resources and atmospheric...

Power Structure examines the effects on economic performance of several key features of the U.S. electric power industry. Paramount among these are public versus private ownership, vertical integration versus deintegration,...

Electric utilities throughout the world continue to face new challenges involving ownership, market structure, and regulation. There are three related issues at hand. First, should ownership be private or public? Second,...

This book serves as a preliminary reference for the principles of thermal radiation and its modelling in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.Radiation Heat Transfer Modelling with Computational Fluid Dynamics covers strategies and processes...

Questo libro, ultimo di una trilogia energetica, delinea un futuribile scenario di un modello sociale, energetico e politico differente da quello attuale. Sono analizzate con cura tutti gli aspetti che concorrono a determinare il modello distribuito...

El libro se centra en el papel particular de las fuentes de energía renovable en el contexto actual de revoluciones sociales, políticas y tecnológicas y un cambio histórico crucial en la futura reconciliación entre el...

Ce livre est un recueil des 26 articles scientifiques, énergétiques et économico-sociaux publiés entre 2008 et 2012.