Fundamentals of renewable energy processes / Aldo Vieira da Rosa.
Material type: TextPublication details: Amsterdam ; London : Academic, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 844 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780123746399 (hbk.) :
- 9780123746399 (hbk.) :
- 621.042 DAR
- TJ163.2
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 621.042 DAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 209213 |
Previous ed.: Amsterdam; London: Elsevier Academic, 2005.
Includes index.
1.Generalities -- Part I.Heat engines -- 2.A minimum of thermodynamics and of the kinetic theory of gases -- 3.Mechanical heat engines -- 4.Ocean thermal energy converters -- 5.Thermoelectricity -- 6.Thermionics -- 7.AMTEC -- 8.Radio-noise generators -- Part II.The world of hydrogen -- 10.Hydrogen production -- 11.Hydrogen storage -- Part III.Energy from the sun -- 13.Biomass -- 14.PHotovoltaic converters -- Part IV.Wind and water -- 15.Wind energy -- 16.Ocean engines.
Including coverage of heat engines, hydrogen energy, and solar, wind and water power, this text provides the technical information required to understand the engineering principles that govern renewable energy applications at many different levels.