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Renewable Energy Technologies
Their Applications in Developing Countries
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Authors: L. A. Kristoferson, V. Bokalders
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 7 5 1 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 0 9 9 - 0
Renewable Energy Technologies: Their Applications in Developing Countries presents an overview and assessment of technologies for energy-related projects in the rural sector of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteRenewable Energy Technologies: Their Applications in Developing Countries presents an overview and assessment of technologies for energy-related projects in the rural sector of developing countries. This book discusses the important, but not dominant, role that new and renewable sources of energy (NARSE) will have in the Third World. Bioenergy fuel sources come from wood fuel, energy crops, agricultural residue and organic wastes, peat, biomass briquettes, biogas, and animal power. The text also describes the problems related to operating biomass engines and to the production of engine fuels such as alcohol fuels, vegetable oil, producer gas made from wood and charcoal. These problems concern land use and site location for growing these fuel crops, government policies or subsidies, as well as competition with prevailing petrol prices. Solar water heaters and photovoltaic cells can be used by households and in bigger institutions; ongoing technological developments mainly focus on cutting down costs and better manufacturing methods. The book also addresses other NARSE such as hydro, wind, and water power generation. This book is suitable for economists, environmentalists, ecologists, and policy makers involved in energy conservation and rural development.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Section I Bioenergy: Production, Conversion, Utilization
Chapter 1 Fuelwood: Forestry & Agroforestry
Chapter 2 Energy Crops
Chapter 3 Agricultural Residues and Organic Wastes
Chapter 4 Peat
Chapter 5 Briquetting of Biomass
Chapter 6 Charcoal Production
Chapter 7 Wood and Charcoal Stoves
Chapter 8 Biomass Combustion in Small-scale Industry
Chapter 9 Biogas
Chapter 10 Biogas
Section II Biomass Engines and Biomass Engine Fuels
Chapter 11 Production of Biomass Engine Fuels
- Solid fuels
- Ethanol
- Methanol
- Vegetable Oils
Chapter 12 Biomass Fuels in Internal Combustion Engines
- Alcohol Fuels (Ethanol & Methanol)
- Vegetable Oils
- Producer Gas
Chapter 13 External Combustion Engines and Use of Biomass Fuels
- Steam Engines and Steam Turbines
- Stirling Engines
Chapter 14 Comparison & Selection of Biomass Engines
Section III Solar Energy
Chapter 15 Solar Water Heating
Chapter 16 Photovoltaics
Chapter 17 Advanced Solar Heating Systems
Chapter 18 Solar Water Distillation
Chapter 19 Solar Driers
Chapter 20 Solar Cookers
Chapter 21 Passive Heating & Cooling of Buildings
Section IV Hydro, Wind and Water Power
Chapter 22 Small-scale Hydropower
Chapter 23 Ocean Power: Tidal, Wave & OTEC
Chapter 24 Wind Power
Chapter 25 Water Pumping: An Overview
Chapter 26 Wind Pumps
Chapter 27 Hand Pumps
Appendices
Appendix 1 List of Abbreviations, Units and Acronyms
Appendix 2 Conversion Tables
Appendix 3 List of Background Reports Commissioned by the Beijer Institute
- No. of pages: 338
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483175188
- eBook ISBN: 9781483190990
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