Energy Conversion Hardback
Edited by D. Yogi (University of South Florida, Tampa, USA) Goswami, Frank (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (retired)) Kreith
Part of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series series
Hardback
Description
This handbook surveys the range of methods and fuel types used in generating energy for industry, transportation, and heating and cooling of buildings.
Solar, wind, biomass, nuclear, geothermal, ocean and fossil fuels are discussed and compared, and the thermodynamics of energy conversion is explained.
Appendices are provided with fully updated data. Thoroughly revised, this second edition surveys the latest advances in energy conversion from a wide variety of currently available energy sources.
It describes energy sources such as fossil fuels, biomass (including refuse-derived biomass fuels), nuclear, solar radiation, wind, geothermal, and ocean, then provides the terminology and units used for each energy resource and their equivalence.
It includes an overview of the steam power cycles, gas turbines, internal combustion engines, hydraulic turbines, Stirling engines, advanced fossil fuel power systems, and combined-cycle power plants.
It outlines the development, current use, and future of nuclear power.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:1193 pages, 171 Tables, black and white; 510 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:22/06/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781466584822
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:1193 pages, 171 Tables, black and white; 510 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:22/06/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781466584822
