Renewable Energy

Fully updated, this third edition addresses the design, application, and preparation of terminating and splicing cables. The book provides methods for testing shielded power cable systems in the field and shows how conductor material, size, and design depend on ampacity, voltage regulation, and othe..

Energy and Finite Element Methods In Structural Mechanics..

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book has been a bestselling reference in its first edition. The new second edition adds coverage of nuclear energy and its place in energy systems, a chapter on natural gas, and extensive coverage of energy storage for various types of energy generation and a new section on sustainability manag..

Energy Management in Illuminating Systems presents the latest concepts, innovative methods, and state-of-the-art technologies in commercial or industrial lighting systems and energy management. An effective energy management program comprises three essential elements: organization, technology, and e..

This book examines several natural gas microturbine technologies suitable for distributed generation and the automotive industry; explains the importance of natural gas microturbines and their use in distributed energy systems; discusses the history, development, design, and operation of gas microtu..

This book provides an overview of the key aspects of combustion—including chemical kinetics, premixed flame, diffusion flame, and liquid droplet combustion—followed by a discussion of the general elements of measurement systems and data acquisition and analysis. Building upon this foundation, the te..

This book covers the applications of new analytical and numerical methods, including wavelet methods to explain the physical behavior of nuclear reactors. Fractional calculus represents the reactor more closely than classical integer order calculus...

Lean burning of premixed gases is considered to be a promising combustion technology for future clean and highly efficient gas turbine engines. This book highlights the phenomenology of premixed turbulent flames. The text provides experimental data on the general appearance of premixed turbulent fla..

This book provides novel approaches to gas turbine (GT) modeling, simulation, and control using artificial neural networks (ANNs). It outlines important considerations for beginning the GT modeling process, highlights research in white-box and black-box modeling, discusses the structure of ANNs and ..

Geochemical modeling is an important tool in environmental studies, and in the areas of subsurface and surface hydrology, pedology, water resources management, mining geology, geothermal resources, hydrocarbon geology, and related areas dealing with the exploration and extraction of natural resource..

This text aims to be a driving force for an economically sound and sustainable development of developing countries. It looks at the provision of geothermal energy within the framework of sustainable energy development for power generation, rural e.....