New and Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development

by Naim Afgan

Overview

The International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development held in Ponta Delgada, Azores (2002), Portugal, has provided technology specialists and hardware developers with the opportunity to discuss, review and demonstrate the research directions, the design methodologies, and the production techniques leading to cost- effective energy technologies for sustainable development.

This dialog provides the context for more detailed technical presentations and panel discussions on energy systems, renewable resource exploitation, and the engineering design and optimisation for minimum resource consumption. The papers included in this volume are selected from those presented at the conference reflecting to present the state-of-the-art developments in the field.

The selection of papers presented in this volume has enlightened various fields of scientific and economic development which should merge efforts in the understanding of the sustainable development concept and technological implications. The book will be of particular interest to engineering practitioners, product developers, researchers, and also economists, political scientists and government administrators exploring the multifaceted relationship between renewable energy technologies and sustainable development. Keynote lectures frame the technical and policy issues confronting the sustainable development movement and enrich the dialog between various segments of the community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789058096265
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/15/2004
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Instituto Superior Technico, Lisbon, Portugal. Instituto Superior Technico, Lisbon, Portugal.

Table of Contents

Preface, Introductory address, Foreword, Organisation, Acknowledgements, Contributions, Deep foundations and the need for research on screw piles in Belgium, Engineering geology of the Limelette site with emphasis of the Lutetian sands, Soil investigation campaign at Limelette (Belgium) : Results, Pile testing campaign on the Limelette test site & Installation techniques of screw piles, Excavation of the test piles on the Limelette site : Observations and measurements, Results of the static pile load tests at the Limelette test site, International pile capacity prediction event at Limelette, Practical experience with screw piles used for the high-speed railway in Belgium, Experiences with pile foundations of the Federal Public Buildings Agency, Experiences with pile foundations of Tractebel Engineering,The current draft of the application rules of Eurocode 7 in Belgium for the design of pile foundations, Conclusion, Geotechnical Working groups, Board Belgian member society of ISSMGE, Cooperating piling contractors, Author index