
Fundamentals and Advances in Sustainable Energy Processes and Applications
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Lina María Grajales Agudelo, Hailei Wang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 1 5 7 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 1 5 7 0 - 8
Fundamentals and Advances in Sustainable Energy Processes and Applications offers a holistic approach to sustainable energy, covering the fundamentals of production, storag… Read more
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- Enables the reader to learn about sustainable energy processes and systems
- Offers a highly structured and pedagogical approach, including case studies
- Analyzes technological advances and the deployment of renewable energy
- Indicates challenges and opportunities in renewable energy
- Supports further research, policy creation, and investment in sustainable energy projects
SECTION I: PILLARS OF CURRENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
2. Solar energy: The fastest growth in renewable energy
3. Harnessing water power: Hydropower and marine energy technologies and applications
4. Wind: Recent developments in wind energy
5. Nuclear energy: Advanced nuclear reactors and integrated nuclear-renewable energy systems
6. Application of geothermal systems for energy efficiency in industry
SECTION II: EMERGING BIOENERGY AND AGROENERGY
7. Biofuels: Ethanol production
8. Biorefinery: Obtaining biofuels from photosynthetic aquatic organisms
9. Agroenergy: Biotechnological applications in the study and development of agroenergy crops
10. Bioenergy production technologies
11. Bioenergy via fermentation: Fermentation, gas for energy
12. Biogas: Design, operation, and production of biogas
SECTION III: CROSS-CUTTING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY RESOURCES
13. AI for sustainable energy
14. Carbon capture, storage, and utilization
15. Carbon-free hydrogen: Green hydrogen and synthetic fuels
16. Synfuels: Production processes of renewable aviation fuel
17. Integrating renewable energy: Electrical impact on distribution and transmission grids
18. Techno-economic analysis of renewable energy technologies
19. Opportunities and challenges of renewable energy sources
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Lina María Grajales Agudelo
Lina María Grajales Agudelo is Assistant Professor IV at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT) in Brazil. She is part of the undergraduate course in Food Engineering and the Graduate Program in Digital Agroenergy, and works on the development of bioreactors for solid-state fermentation aimed at producing biofuels using agro-industrial residues as substrates. Dr. Grajales Agudelo is the Coordinator of the Support Group for Foreigners (GAE) and the leader of the "Bioreactor Engineering" (GeBio) Research Group at the same university. She is a chemical engineer who graduated from the National University of Colombia (UNAL) and holds a master's and doctoral degree in Engineering and Food Science respectively, both from São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. Her dissertation and thesis focused on the development of rotary drum bioreactors for solid-state fermentation. She co-edited a book on Agroenergy with Elsevier, which published in 2023.
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Hailei Wang
Dr. Hailei Wang is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Utah State University in the United States, and Director of the Energy Technology Research & Innovation (eTRI) Lab. He has broad research expertise in heat transfer and advanced energy system modeling. His work has been funded by various US federal agencies including the NRC, DOD, and several DOE offices such as the Office of Nuclear Energy, Solar Energy Technology Office, ARPA-E, the Building Technology Office, and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program. His energy system research and thermal modeling work has also been supported by various corporations including Cummins, Medtronic, Thermo Fisher, and NuScale Power. Dr. Wang has published over 60 journal and conference papers, and holds 3 granted patents as well as multiple patent applications.