Renewable Energy
- 3rd Edition - July 16, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Bent Sorensen
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 0 3 4 - 4
This third edition of Renewable Energy is undoubtedly one of the most complete accounts of the subject, from source through to extraction and use. The book is academically… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis third edition of Renewable Energy is undoubtedly one of the most complete accounts of the subject, from source through to extraction and use. The book is academically rigorous, but accessible.The author first describes the effect of the sun on the atmosphere and the creation of wind and waves, including the effects of global warming. For each type of renewable energy, from direct solar radiation to wind and biomass, there follows a technical description of the devices that can be used to transform the energy into useful forms. The author explores new solar cell types, including polymer and organic cells, new biofuel processes and new wave energy devices.The final part of the book loos at social and economic aspects of renewable energy – the costs of our current fuel bills versus new energy sources, and the difference it could make to developing as well as developed countries. The concept of whole new energy systems based around wind, solar, and other energies is put into a real-life context. Key features include:· Reference paths: the reader may follow the general process from source through to distribution, or concentrate on a specific type of energy.· The material is divided into undergraduate text and advanced options.· Details the significant expansion of the field since the publication of the previous edition.· Updated material includes offshore wind technologies, polymer and organic solar cells, new developments in hydrogen storage, pipeline transmission, biofuel processes, and wave energy devices, evaluation of biomass options, and an outlook on the renewable energy market.
* The only rigorous theory and applications book available * Provides the principles of renewable energy flows/sources and energy conversion processes* Details the significant expansion of the field since the publication of the previous editions
Graduate students, research scientists, consultants and planners involved in engineering, electrical power, physics, earth sciences and environmental sciences.
PrefacePrefaces to Previous EditionsContentsUnits and Conversion Tables1. Perspectives2. The Origin of Renewable Energy Flows3. The Individual Energy Sources4. The Energy Conversion Processes5. Energy Transmission and Storage6. Energy Supply Systems7. Socio-Economic Assessment of Energy Supply Systems8. Winding UpReferencesSubject Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: July 16, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 952
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080470344
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Bent Sorensen
Bent Sørensen is professor emeritus in physics at Roskilde University, Denmark). He has held academic positions at University of California in Berkeley, Yale University, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden (US), Kyoto University (Japan), University of Grenoble (France) and University of New South Wales (Australia) and served as advisor for the OECD, the Japanese and Australian governments, and various UN agencies, including as lead author the IPCC working group on climate change mitigation. He has published nearly 1000 scientific articles and many books, including two volumes on hydrogen and fuel cells. He served as chairman of the Danish Energy Agency’s Solar Energy and Hydrogen Energy Committees, and received prizes such as the Australian-European Award for Eminent Scholars (1982) and the European Solar Prize (2002).
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Professor, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark; Independent Consultant, NOVATOR Advanced Technology Consulting, DenmarkRead Renewable Energy on ScienceDirect