Energy Conversion / Edition 2

Energy Conversion / Edition 2

by D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith
ISBN-10:
1466584823
ISBN-13:
9781466584822
Pub. Date:
06/22/2017
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
1466584823
ISBN-13:
9781466584822
Pub. Date:
06/22/2017
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Energy Conversion / Edition 2

Energy Conversion / Edition 2

by D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith
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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781466584822
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/22/2017
Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 1207
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

D. Yogi Goswami is a distinguished university professor and director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. He conducts fundamental and applied research on solar thermal power and cooling, photocatalytic detoxification and disinfection, thermodynamics, third-generation photovoltaics, and hydrogen production and storage. Professor Goswami is the editor in chief of Solar Energy and Progress in Solar Energy. He has published as an author or editor 19 books and more than 375 refereed technical papers. He also holds 17 patents, some of which have been successfully commercialized.

Frank Kreith is professor emeritus of engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He received his MS in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his doctorate from the University of Paris in 1964. From 1953 to 1959 he was associate professor of mechanical engineering at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1959, he joined the University of Colorado, where he held appointments as professor of mechanical and chemical engineering. He was senior research fellow at the Solar Energy Research Institute, and has consulted for NATO, the U.S. Agency of International Development, and the United Nations. Dr. Kreith was recently awarded the Association of Engineering Societies’ 2016 John Fritz Medal for his achievements in the advancement of solar energy.

Table of Contents

Preface. Contributors. Global Energy Systems. Fossil Fuels. Biomass Properties and Resources. Municipal Solid Waste. Nuclear Resources. Solar Energy Resources. Wind Energy Resource. Geothermal Energy. Steam Power Plant. Gas Turbines. Internal Combustion Engines. Hydraulic Turbines. Advanced Fossil Fuel Power Systems. Stirling Engines. Nuclear Power Technologies through Year 2035. Nuclear Fusion. Energy Storage Technologies. Solar Thermal Energy Conversion. Concentrating Solar Thermal Power. Photovoltaics Fundamentals, Technology and Application. Wind Energy Conversion. Biomass Conversion Process for Energy Recovery. Geothermal Power Generation. Waste-to-Energy Combustion. Fuel Cells. Direct Energy Conversion. Appendix A: The International System of Units, Fundamental Constants, and Conversion Factors. Appendix B: Solar Radiation Data. Appendix C: Properties of Gases, Vapors, Liquids, and Solids. Appendix D: Ultimate Analysis of Biomass Fuels. Index.

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