Piston Engine-Based Power Plants
- 1st Edition - December 5, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Paul Breeze
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 9 0 4 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 9 0 5 - 0
Piston Engine-Based Power Plants presents Breeze's most up-to-date discussion and clear and concise analysis of this resource, aimed at those working and researching in the area.… Read more
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Request a sales quotePiston Engine-Based Power Plants presents Breeze's most up-to-date discussion and clear and concise analysis of this resource, aimed at those working and researching in the area. Various engine types including Diesel and Stirling are discussed, with consideration of economic factors and important planning considerations, such as the size and speed of the plant. Breeze also evaluates the emissions which piston engines can create and considers ways of planning for and controlling those.
- Explores various types of engines used to power automotive power plants such as internal combustion, spark-ignition and dual-fuel
- Discusses the engine cycles, size and speed
- Evaluates emissions and considers the various economic factors involved
Advances in technologies, applications and the economic and environmental costs
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 5, 2017
- No. of pages (Paperback): 102
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128129043
- eBook ISBN: 9780128129050
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Paul Breeze
Paul Breeze is a journalist and freelance science and technology writer and consultant in the United Kingdom. He has specialised in power generation technology for the past 30 years. In addition to writing Power Generation Technologies, Second Edition, he has contributed to journals and newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Economist and has written a range of technical management reports covering all the aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution.
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