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Power Generation Technologies
Foundations, Design and Advances
- 1st Edition - March 25, 2023
- Author: Masood Ebrahimi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 7 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 6 9 - 6
Power Generation Technologies: Foundations, Design and Advances provides a comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in renewable and non-renewable generation technolog… Read more
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Request a sales quotePower Generation Technologies: Foundations, Design and Advances provides a comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in renewable and non-renewable generation technologies considered at micro and large-scale, and for traditional facility scale and modern distributed power generation systems. Each chapter provides a foundation in the topic enriched with practical solved examples, end chapter exercises and technical references. Provided computer codes can be instrumentalized to investigate practical examples at a granular level. In addition to the fundamental and theoretical discussions, operational and maintenance guidelines for power equipment are provided to prepare students for work in power plants.
The work provides new international standards and regulation for power generation as well as content devoted to the thermo-economics of power generation and power plants. It is supported by a solution manual for end-chapter exercises and a slide show presentation of the book for instructors and students.
- Enriched with more than 100 EES computer program codes used to deepen reader understanding and solve examples for parametric and sensitivity analyses
- Provides a practical and pedagogical focus, thus preparing students to work as power plant engineers (with practical examples and discussions)
- Includes more than 250 high quality photos, graphs and tables to present core concepts and analyses precisely and encourage visual learning
- Reviews multi-criteria design methods for modern power plant design and multi-generation cycles used for the production of cooling, heating, power, hydrogen and desalination, along with practical examples
Mechanical engineering professors, Chemical and electrical engineering students, Practitioners working in the fields of power plants, and in the oil and gas industry, Technical university libraries, Manufacturers, power plants and consultants, research centers, companies, institutes, and organizations that are active in the energy fields, and power generation
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the author
- Preface
- 1. Introduction to power generation
- 1. Power importance
- 2. Power in statistics
- 3. Power in history
- 4. Problems
- 2. Thermodynamics of power plant
- 1. Conservation of matter
- 2. First law of thermodynamics
- 3. Second law of thermodynamics
- 4. Problems
- 3. Economics of power generation
- 1. Importance of the economic analyses
- 2. Economical evaluation criteria
- 3. Problems
- 4. Energy sources for power generation
- 1. Fossil fuels
- 2. Nuclear energy
- 3. Hydropower
- 4. Solar energy
- 5. Wind energy
- 6. Bioenergy
- 7. Geothermal
- 8. Hydrogen energy
- 9. Problems
- 5. Steam power plant, design
- 1. SPP technology description
- 2. The Rankine cycle
- 3. The working fluid of SPP
- 4. Efficiency improvement techniques in SPPs
- 5. Problems
- 6. Steam power plants, components
- 1. Steam turbine
- 2. Condenser
- 3. Feedwater pump
- 4. Steam generator
- 5. Cooling towers
- 6. Water treatment system
- 7. Electric generator
- 8. Problems
- 7. Gas turbine power plant
- 1. Technology description
- 2. Gas turbine components
- 3. Hydrogen turbines
- 4. Problems
- 8. Micro gas/steam turbines power plants
- 1. Thermodynamic analyses
- 2. Components of micro gas/steam turbines
- 3. Problems
- 9. Reciprocating power generator engines
- 1. Thermodynamic analyses
- 2. Reciprocating engine characteristics
- 3. Efficiency improvement techniques
- 4. Stirling engine
- 5. Problems
- 10. Solar power plants
- 1. Photovoltaic electricity
- 2. Solar cell, PV module, and PV array
- 3. Material used in the solar cells
- 4. Concentrated solar thermal power plant
- 5. Problems
- 11. Wind power plants
- 1. Wind generation
- 2. Wind power and wind turbine characteristics
- 3. Wind turbine classifications
- 4. Problems
- 12. Hydro power plants
- 1. Classification of hydropower plants
- 2. Hydraulic of hydropower plant
- 3. Turbine constants
- 4. Problems
- 13. Fuel cell power plants
- 1. Basics of fuel cells
- 2. Fuel cell types
- 3. Fuel cell subsystems
- 4. Thermodynamics of fuel cells
- 5. Problems
- 14. Thermoelectric generator
- 1. Classifications of TEG
- 2. Thermodynamics of TEG
- 3. Problems
- 15. Cogeneration cycles
- 1. Cogeneration examples
- 2. Problems
- 16. Environmental impacts of power plants
- 1. Environmental evaluation criteria
- 2. Hydrogen-fired power generators
- 3. Net zero emission by 2050 (NZE2050)
- 4. Problems
- Index
- No. of pages: 668
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 25, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323953702
- eBook ISBN: 9780323953696
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Masood Ebrahimi
Masood Ebrahimi received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the K. N. Toosi University of Technology. He has taught widely on power plants, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, turbomachinery, heat exchangers, engines, operation and maintenance of industrial equipment and troubleshooting procedures. He has published papers across power generation technologies in international journals and conference venues, and he has written one book on cogeneration. His industrial experience is high with multiple successful power plants and turbomachinery projects completed.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechical Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, IranRead Power Generation Technologies on ScienceDirect