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.
| ISBN: | 9781466584822 |
| Publication date: | 8th August 2017 |
| Author: | D Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1193 pages |
| Series: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series |
| Genres: |
Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology Battery technology / fuel cell technology Fossil fuel technologies Nuclear power and engineering |
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.
Energy Conversion features in the following genres: Energy technology and engineering, Energy, Mechanical engineering, Applied mathematics
Energy Conversion is available in Hardback
Energy Conversion was written by D Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith and published by CRC Press
Energy Conversion has 1193 pages
Yes it is part of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series series
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