Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, 2nd Edition (4 Volume Set)

Using limited energy resources in sustainable ways, energy engineers and technologists have made our lives comfortable and affordable. However, due to an expanding world population, global energy resources are being increasingly strained. Considering this scenario, effective energy management, energy efficiency, and a significant use of renewable energy sources are key strategies for meeting global energy requirements. Energy managers, researchers, scholars, and policy makers need to know all aspects of energy engineering and technology to deal with current energy issues.

The Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, Second Edition – Four-Volume Set provides cutting-edge scientific and engineering knowledge of the planning, development, operation, and economics of energy systems. Written by leading experts in their specialties and reviewed by subject-matter authorities, each topical entry in this quintessential reference:

• Describes the concepts, technologies, and theories involved, explaining their importance
• Reviews the evidence and scientific basis for the theories, including the latest research
• Supplies real-world examples and/or case studies to ensure a practical understanding
• Offers a helpful summary, noting future trends and potential applications
• Contains references and recommendations for further reading

An invaluable resource for professionals in academia, business, industry, and government, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in different academic disciplines, the Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, Second Edition – Four-Volume Set presents a wealth of information on energy efficiency, renewable energy systems and technologies, the financial analysis of energy systems, energy economics, environmental regulations, sustainable development, green building, the use of nanotechnology to develop energy systems, energy storage, fuel cells, and more.

Volume I

Accounting : Facility Energy Use
Agricultural and Forestry Product Drying Operations
Air Conditioning Systems : Calculating Desiccant Wheels' Design Parameters
Air Conditioning Systems : Design and Energy Efficiency
Aircraft Energy Use
Alternative Energy Technologies : Price Effects
Auditing : Facility Energy Use
Auditing : Improved Accuracy
Auditing : User-Friendly Reports
Biofuel Coproduct Densification : Techno-Economic Assessment
Biofuels : Algae as
Biofuels : Feedstocks as
Biomass
Biomass-Based Hydrogen Production
Boilers and Boiler Control Systems
Building Automation Systems (BAS) : Direct Digital Control
Buildings : Biomimetic Energy Generation Systems
Clean Energy Economy Solutions
Coal Supply in the U.S.
Coal Supply in the U.S. : Surface Mining
Coal : Transportation by Rail
Coal-to-Liquid Fuels
Cogeneration Opportunities in India
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) : Integration with Industrial Processes
Commercial Buildings : Demand Response
Commissioning : Existing Buildings
Commissioning : New Buildings
Commissioning : Retrocommissioning
Compressed Air Control Systems
Compressed Air Energy Storage
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) : Management
Compressed Air Leak Detection and Repair
Compressed Air Storage and Distribution
Compressed Air Systems
Conversion : Coal, Animal Waste, and Biomass Fuel Principles
Cooking : Solar Cooker with Phase Change Material
Cooking : Wood Cook Stoves
Cooling Systems : Evaporative
Cooling Towers
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Desiccant Dehumidification : Case Study
Distributed Generation
District-Wide Cooling Systems
District-Wide Energy Systems
Drilling Rigs : Offshore and Land-Based Fire Protection
Drilling Rigs : Oil and Gas Rig Ergonomic Program Design
Earth to Air Heat Exchangers (EAHE) : Energy and Exergy Efficiencies
Education and Training : A Case Study
Education : Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Engineering Program
Effective Energy Use : Rewards and Excitement
Efficiency Assessment of Energy Systems
Efficiency Assessment of Energy Systems : Applications
Electric Motors
Electric Supply System : Generation
Electricity Enterprise : U.S., Past and Present
Electricity Enterprise : U.S., Prospects
Electronic Control Systems : Basic
Electronics, Next Generation
Energy Accounting

Volume II

Emissions Trading
Energy Conservation
Energy Conservation : Capital, Operations, Recognition, and Environmental Benefits
Energy Conservation : Lean Manufacturing
Energy Conservation : Secret Benefits
Energy Dispersion Analysis Tool
Energy Efficiency : Air Emissions Reductions
Energy Efficiency : Developing Countries
Energy Efficiency : Low Cost Improvements
Energy Exchangers : Run-Around Membrane
Energy Storage
Energy : Global and Historical Background
Enterprise Energy Management Systems
Environmental Policy
Exergy Analysis : Green Cities and Compound Metrics
Exergy : Analysis
Exergy : Environmental Impact Assessment Applications
Facility Air Leakage
Facility Energy Efficiency and Controls : Automobile Technology Applications
Facility Energy Use : Benchmarking
Facility Power Distribution Systems
Fuel Cells : Intermediate and High Temperature
Fuel Cells : Low Temperature
Geothermal Energy Resources
Geothermal Heat Pump Systems
Geothermal Ice Storage System for Air Conditioning
Global Warming : Impact on Building Design and Performance
Green Energy
Green Technologies : Climate Instability Planning and Design
Greenhouse Gas Emissions : Gasoline, Hybrid-Electric, and Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles
Heat and Energy Wheels
Heat and Moisture Transfer Panels
Heat Exchangers and Heat Pipes
Heat Pipe Application
Heat Pumps
Heat Transfer
HVAC Equipment, Unitary : Fault Detection and Diagnosis
HVAC Replacement : Proactive vs. Reactive Approaches
HVAC System Design : Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm
HVAC Systems, Mobile : Fundamentals, Design, and Innovations
HVAC Systems, Mobile : Innovations
HVAC Systems, Mobile : Physics and Configuration
HVAC Systems : Humid Climates
Hybrid Bus Technology : Economic Modeling
Hybrid Systems : Fuel Cell--Gas Turbine
Hybrid-Electric Vehicles : Plug-In Configuration
Hydroelectric Power Systems, Small
Hydroelectricity : Pumped Storage
Hydrogen Economy Implementation with Synthfuels
Industrial Billing
Industrial Energy Conservation
Industrial Energy Management
Industrial Energy Performance Indicators
Insulation : Facilities
Integrated Energy Systems : Reliability and Lowest BTU Cost
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) : Coal- and Biomass-Based
Investment Analysis Techniques
Job Creation through Energy Savings and Cultural Change
LEED-CI and LEED-CS : Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Commercial Interiors and Core and Shell
Life Cycle Costing : Electric Power Projects
Lifecycle Energy and Carbon Footprint : Agricultural and Food Products
Lighting Controls
Lighting Design and Retrofits
Lighting : Daylighting
Lighting : High Intensity Discharge (HID) Electronic
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Living Standards and Culture : Energy Impact
Management Programs : Demand-Side
Management Systems for Energy

Volume III

Master Planning
Microgrid Concepts and Architecture
Microgrid Control and Protection
Modular Smart Power System
Motor Efficiency Estimation : Tridimensional Analysis
Nanomaterials : Solar Energy Storage System–Based
Nanotechnology : Impact on Energy
National Energy Act of 1978
Natural Energy versus Additional Energy
Net Metering
Nuclear Energy : Economics
Nuclear Energy : Fuel Cycles
Nuclear Energy : Power Plants
Nuclear Energy : Technology
Nuclear Power Plants, U.S. : Containment Structures
Ocean Energy Systems : Economy Evaluation
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) : By-Product Availability
Performance Contracting
Photovoltaic and Photovoltaic Thermal Systems
Photovoltaic Systems
Photovoltaic Technologies : History, Advances, and Characterization
Power System : Advanced Technology Application
Productivity and Energy Savings
Project Feasibility : Ten-Step Process
Project Management
Propane : Internal Combustion Engines
Public Policy for Improving Energy Sector Performance
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978
Pumps and Fans
Radiant Barriers
Reciprocating Engines : Diesel and Gas
Regulation : Price Cap and Revenue Cap
Regulation : Rate of Return
Renewable and Decentralized Energy Options : State Promotion in the U.S.
Renewable Distributed Energy Generation : Major Barriers
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Education : Energy Training Unit Implementation
Renewable Energy Industry : Business Aspects
Renewable Energy Resources : Cogeneration and Trigeneration
Renewable Energy : Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technology
Renewable Energy : Energy Storage Systems
Renewable Energy : Sea Wave Energy Devices
Residential Buildings : Heating Loads
Savings and Optimization : Case Studies
Sewers : Heat Recovery
Six Sigma Methods : Measurement and Verification
Smart Grid Communication
Smart Grid : Perfecting the Quality of Electricity Service

Volume IV

Solar Distillation : Phase Change Material Storage System
Solar Energy : Building Operations Use
Solar Irradiation Cartography, Eastern Moroccan
Solar Light-Based Hydrogen Production Systems
Solar Lighting Feasibility
Solar Thermal Technologies
Solar Water Heaters : Cylindrical Shell and Tube Type
Solar Water Heating : Domestic and Industrial Applications
Space Heating
Steam and Hot Water System Optimization : Case Study
Steam Flow Measurement in Cold Climates
Steam Turbines
Supermarkets : Refrigerated Food Cabinets
Sustainability Policies : Sunbelt Cities
Sustainable Buildings : Green Mechanical Systems
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Energy Applications : 9-Phase Squirrel Cage Induction Machine
SWEATT (Solid Waste to Energy by Advanced Thermal Technologies)
Thermal Energy Storage
Thermodynamics
Thermoelectric Technologies for Cooling, Heating, and Power Generating
Tracking Systems : Maximum Power Point and Sun
Transportation Systems, Hydrogen-Fueled
Transportation : Location Efficiency
Tribal Land : Alternative Energy Project Process
Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)
Utilities and Energy Suppliers : Bill Analysis
Utilities and Energy Suppliers : Business Partnership Management
Utilities and Energy Suppliers : Planning and Portfolio Management
Utilities and Energy Suppliers : Rate Structures
Variable Air Volume Systems : Carbon Dioxide Concentration Prediction and Analysis
Ventilation, Personalized : Energy Efficient Devices
Vernacular Architecture : Hot Arid Climate Control
Walls and Windows
Waste Fuels
Waste Heat Recovery Applications : Absorption Heat Pumps
Water and Wastewater Plants : Energy Use
Water and Wastewater Utilities
Water Desalination : Solar-Assisted Membrane Distillation
Water-Augmented Gas Turbine Power Cycles
Water-Using Equipment : Commercial and Industrial
Water-Using Equipment : Domestic
Wind Energy Conversion and Analysis
Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Grid–Connected
Wind Energy Conversion Systems : Reliability Perspective
Wind Power
Wind Power Generation : Storage Technology Portfolio
Wind Turbines : Dynamic Modeling and Control
Wind Turbines : Uncertainty Analysis Approaches
Wind Turbines : Vertical Axis Configuration Analysis
Window Energy
Window Films : Solar-Control and Insulating
Windows : Shading Devices
Wireless Applications : Energy Information and Control
Wireless Applications : Mobile Thermostat Climate Control and Energy Conservation
Wireless Sensor Networks : Energy Harvesting Methods