Title: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Handbook, 2nd Edition Author: D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith ISBN: 1138749117 / 9781138749115 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 1624 Publisher: CRC Press Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Description
Contents
For the Movers, Shakers, and Policy Makers in Energy Engineering and Related Industries
The latest version of a bestselling reference, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Handbook, Second Edition covers the foremost trends and technologies in energy engineering today. This new edition contains the latest material on energy planning and policy, with a focus on renewable and sustainable energy sources. It also examines nuclear energy and its place in future energy systems, includes a chapter on natural gas, and provides extensive coverage of energy storage for numerous forms of energy generation. The text also provides energy supply, demand, and pricing factor projections for the future.
Explore the Future of Global Energy
The authors address problems that industry now faces, including the limited availability of conventional energy resources such as oil, natural gas, and coal, and considers renewable energies such as wind power, solar energy, and biomass. They also illustrate the economics of energy efficiency, discuss the financial energy policies of various countries, consider the role of energy conservation in energy strategies, and examine the future of renewable energy technologies to build a sustainable energy system.
This book is divided into five sections, providing a comprehensive look at renewable energy technologies and systems:
Global Energy Systems, Policy, and Economics
Energy Generation through 2025
Energy Infrastructure and Storage
Renewable Technologies
Biomass Energy Systems
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Handbook, Second Edition focuses on the successful promotion of a sustainable energy supply for the future, and offers new and relevant information providing a clear reference to sustainable-development goals.
Preface
Part I : Global Energy Systems, Policy, and Economics
Chapter 1 : Global Energy Systems Chapter 2 : Sound Finance Policies for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Chapter 3 : State and Federal Policies for Renewable Energy Chapter 4 : Strategies and Instruments for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Internationally, in Europe, and in Germany Chapter 5 : Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Policies in China Chapter 6 : Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in India Chapter 7 : Renewable Energy Policies in Brazil: Bioenergy, Photovoltaic Generation, and Transportation Chapter 8 : Energy in Israel: A Case for Renewables Chapter 9 : Renewable Energy in Australia Chapter 10 : Japan’s Post-Fukushima Energy Policy Chapter 11 : Policies for Distributed Energy Generation Chapter 12 : Economics Methods Chapter 13 : Environmental Impacts and Costs of Energy
Part II : Energy Generation Through 2025
Chapter 14 : Distributed Generation Technologies through 2025 Chapter 15 : Demand-Side Management Chapter 16 : Fossil Fuels Chapter 17 : Nuclear Power Technologies through Year 2035 Chapter 18 : Outlook for U.S. Energy Consumption and Prices, 2011-2040
Part III : Energy Infrastructure and Storage
Chapter 19 : Transportation Chapter 20 : Infrastructure Risk Analysis and Security Chapter 21 : Electricity Infrastructure Resilience and Security Chapter 22 : Electrical Energy Management in Buildings Chapter 23 : Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Control Systems Chapter 24 : Stirling Engines Chapter 25 : Energy-Efficient Lighting Technologies and Their Applications in the Residential and Commercial Sectors Chapter 26 : Energy-Efficient Technologies: Major Appliances and Space Conditioning Equipment Chapter 27 : Heat Pumps Chapter 28 : Electric Motor Systems Efficiency Chapter 29 : Industrial Energy Efficiency and Energy Management Chapter 30 : Process Energy Efficiency: Pinch Technology Chapter 31 : Analysis Methods for Building Energy Auditing Chapter 32 : Cogeneration Chapter 33 : Energy Storage Technologies Chapter 34 : Advanced Concepts in Transmission and Distribution Chapter 35 : Smart Grid Technology
Part IV : Renewable Technologies
Chapter 36 : Solar Energy Resources Chapter 37 : Wind Energy Resource Chapter 38 : Municipal Solid Waste Chapter 39 : Biomass Properties and Resources Chapter 40 : Active Solar Heating Systems Chapter 41 : Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting Chapter 42 : Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Chapter 43 : Wind Energy Conversion Chapter 44 : Photovoltaics Chapter 45 : Thin-Film PV Technology Chapter 46 : Concentrating PV Technologies Chapter 47 : Waste-to-Energy Combustion Chapter 48 : Energy Recovery by Anaerobic Digestion Process
Part V : Biomass Energy Systems
Chapter 49 : Biomass Conversion to Heat and Power Chapter 50 : Biomass Conversion to Fuels Chapter 51 : Geothermal Power Generation Chapter 52 : Hydrogen Energy Technologies Chapter 53 : Fuel Cells