Books in Renewable energy and alternative technologies

Vegetable Oil in Energy, Volume 1

1st Edition
November 3, 2025
Abdullah Mohammed Ah Asiri + 3 more
English
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Vegetable Oil in Energy, Volume 1: Biofuel Technology examines the conversion processes involved in the production of biofuels from vegetable oils. With a strong focus on methodologies and protocols, the book provides step-by-step guidance on a comprehensive range of production pathways for liquid and gaseous biofuels. The first part of the book provides an overview of present vegetable oil production. Subsequent chapters describe the key production pathways, including pyrolysis, decarboxylation, deoxygenation, catalytic cracking processes, esterification, trans-esterification... anaerobic digestion, catalytic pyrolysis, and more. The economic potential of different vegetable oil feedstocks is discussed within each chapter.Finally, chapters are dedicated to sustainability, examining the environmental and socioeconomic impact of production, with an emphasis on GHG emission reduction. This book provides readers with the latest developments in the production of biofuels from vegetable oils, which will be of interest to students, researchers, and industry professionals involved in bioenergy and renewable energy, and may be of interest to interdisciplinary teams working across biotechnology, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental science and sustainability sciences.

Nuclear Science, Technology, and Civilization

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Zhou Tao + 1 more
English

Nuclear Science, Technology, and Civilization presents an introduction to nuclear science and technology, providing technical terms and examples in an accessible way. Beginning with an introduction to the fundamental concepts of nuclear science, nuclear technology, and nuclear energy, the book then reviews the origin and historical developments of nuclear energy and nuclear technology across multiple applications, such as industry, agriculture, and medicine. A collection of global case studies are then presented, reviewing national conditions of typical countries or regions to explain the differences in the impact of nuclear science and technology on similar communities.The book also offers a deep dive into the energy demand for nuclear science technology, considering topics such as carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. It concludes with a discussion on the future of human and nuclear civilization, outlining the impact of future, advanced nuclear technology.

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Science and Engineering

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Kongfa Chen + 2 more
English
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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Science and Engineering: Fundamentals, Materials, and Technologies is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of solid oxide fuel cells. In addition to systematically reviewing the science and technologies of solid oxide fuel cells, the book provides numerical simulations, engineering applications and other important guidance on the commercialization and engineering of solid oxide fuel cells. The opening chapters of the book systematically explain the fundamentals, key emerging materials and technologies of solid oxide fuel cells, including surface chemistry and segregation, and oxygen reduction and fuel (such as hydrogen) oxidation reactions.It then examines the latest developments of cathode and anode materials as well as the robust nanostructured electrodes fabricated by innovative approaches such as exsolution for efficient and durable solid oxide fuel cells. The development of solid oxide fuel cells stacks and systems are also explained within the context of practical application. Finally, the book critically evaluates the development and fundamental issues of reversible solid oxide cells, as a promising technology for energy storage and regeneration. Throughout the book, there is a focus on increasing the theoretical and practical efficiency of solid oxide fuel cells, such as by activity/stability towards high power densities and increasing device lifetimes for commercialization.

Bioenergy from Agricultural Residues

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
R. Praveen Kumar + 1 more
English
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Bioenergy from Agricultural Residues provides an in-depth understanding of the latest advancements in the bioenergy field, along with the challenges and opportunities for its future research. The book delivers solutions to specific problems through case studies and examples of successful bioenergy projects from different parts of the world, which can serve to inform and inspire policymakers, researchers, industry professionals, and students interested in advancing sustainable energy production. This timely text analyzes economic and environmental implications of bioenergy production from agricultural residues and provides insights into the development of sustainable bioenergy systems.It serves as a quality resource for anyone interested in sustainable energy and the utilization of agricultural residues for bioenergy production, including economic and environmental aspects, which is aligned with Elsevier’s Energy with Purpose commitment to support meeting the world's energy needs while protecting the planet for future generations.

Geothermal Well Construction

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Hani Ibrahim
English

Geothermal Well Construction offers well-construction solutions to unleash the enormous potential of heat trapped underneath the Earth’s crust – and provides a roadmap for innovators to apply technologies and methodologies to reduce the cost of well construction for geothermal applications. This reference provides a toolbox of proven drilling plans for geothermal wells and explores innovative ideas and technologies that have evolved to exploit geothermal power for marked improvements in energy generation. The book progresses from origins of geothermal energy, extraction, the evolution of tools, design basics, requirements, and environmental considerations to provide the understanding needed to minimize costs of geothermal well construction, facilitating incremental increases in clean energy and power generated by geothermal resources and ultimately reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Geothermal industry professionals, energy engineers, well design engineers, tool design engineers, and students will find, in this book, a welcomed resource that aggregates approaches, tools and technologies into one toolkit that can be utilized in geothermal well construction applications.

Energy Storage and Hydrogen Integration for Sustainable Solutions

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Mousa Marzband + 1 more
English

Energy Storage and Hydrogen Integration for Sustainable Solutions provides a clear and cohesive understanding of the technologies, challenges, and opportunities in this field, with the aim to help pave the way towards a low-carbon, sustainable energy future. This book begins by introducing renewable energy integration, and the fundamentals of energy storage technologies and hydrogen production and utilization. Subsequent chapters then guide the reader through energy storage and grid integration, hydrogen as an energy carrier in the grid, hybrid energy systems, energy storage and hydrogen in transportation, and decarbonizing industries with hydrogen integration. The policy and regulatory framework, and economic and environmental impact are covered in detail, before a chapter that brings together various real-word case studies, analyzing the strategies, challenges, and outcomes of those projects. Finally, future trends and challenges in energy storage and hydrogen integration are explored. This is a valuable resource for all those looking to gain fundamental, practical knowledge of the integration of energy storage and hydrogen technologies, including researchers, students, engineers, scientists, industry professionals, consultants, and policy makers.

Safety and Reliability of Offshore Renewable Energies

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Rouzbeh Abbassi + 3 more
English

Safety and Reliability of Offshore Renewable Energies is a thorough and up-to-date resource that investigates the critical aspects of risk and reliability, to ensure asset durability and long-term performance while developing safe operations in the dynamic and challenging context of offshore renewable energy systems. The book begins with an overview of offshore renewable energy systems, before offering systematic, detailed coverage of regulatory standards for safety and reliability, environmental impacts of operations, risk assessment and management, human factors and safety culture, optimization of infrastructure plans, asset management and maintenance, and decommissioning of offshore renewable infrastructure. This is followed by in-depth chapters focusing on reliability and safety in specific areas, including wind farms, offshore hydrogen, wave and tidal energy, and floating PV systems. Finally, safety and risk in multi-purpose and co-located offshore facilities, an important emerging trend, is discussed. With the additional aim of bridging the gap between industry and academia, this book is of interest to all those involved in offshore renewable energy, including researchers, students, faculty, engineers, consultants, industry professionals, and policy makers.

Biogas

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
William Gustavo Sganzerla
English

Biogas: A Sustainable Approach for Renewable Energy provides an updated and comprehensive overview of biogas and biorefinery, with a particular focus on the circular economy. The book provides practical knowledge from operating biogas plants, including analytical techniques, operational parameters, and microbial community dynamics of biogas production, providing readers with a deep understanding of the most suitable conditions for anaerobic digestion and fermentation processes. The book covers the main biomass feedstocks for biogas production, such as agricultural and livestock wastes, industrial waste feedstocks, sewage sludge and microalgae. The most recent biogas purification technologies for biomethane production are analyzed, as well as the production of biogenic carbon dioxide from biogas. In addition, chapters dedicated to techno-economic and life cycle analysis of biogas production offer readers new insights into the future development of new biogas projects. Finally, an overview of several operating full-scale biogas plants provides a complete understanding of all the topics necessary for the full operation of a biogas plant. Biogas: A Sustainable Approach for Renewable Energy is an invaluable and practical resource to anyone interested in biogas production. Graduate and post-graduate students will benefit from detailed explanations of the fundamental concepts, while researchers, scientists and policymakers will find updated overviews of biogas and biogas production, and industry practitioners and experts will benefit from new concepts for the implementation of new biogas projects.

Green Hydrogen Energy Systems

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Alexandros Arsalis + 8 more
English

Green Hydrogen Energy Systems delves into the most important green hydrogen generation, storage, and utilization methods and technologies. Taking an energy systems approach, the book provides a holistic review of green hydrogen energy systems, integrating the principles, configurations, progress, and applications, supported by technoeconomic analyses and performance data. The book addresses common challenges and explains the processes for developing and building basic and advanced green hydrogen energy systems, providing the necessary tools to analyze the processes involved, with a detailed discussion of all key technologies that are related to green hydrogen energy systems. The book provides a detailed description of the fundamentals of each hydrogen technology, including thermodynamics, kinetics, energy loss mechanisms, and cost. Also considered are aspects such as the release or use of heat, the need for clean water to use in water electrolyzers, and how these impact system configurations. Moreover, relevant system analysis tools and techniques are provided. Each process and model used in green hydrogen energy systems is explained in detail, along with relevant calculation methods, and supported by typical data deriving from these systems. An overview of active research projects, case studies, and manufacturers is also provided, which includes real-world performance data. Finally, the book offers dedicated chapters on hydrogen hubs and valleys, health and safety, and hydrogen economics. Written by an expert team working across complementary areas of hydrogen engineering, Green Hydrogen Energy Systems offers an invaluable resource to students, researchers, scientists, and professionals interested in understanding or developing hydrogen energy systems, and will be of interest to anyone involved in the hydrogen economy.

PEM Fuel Cells Performance

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Mehrzad Shams + 1 more
English

PEM Fuel Cell Performance: Simulation and Optimization by AI presents novel approaches and methods to improve the performance of PEM fuel cells through multi-objective optimization, computational fluid dynamics, artificial intelligence, and exergy analysis. The book provides solutions to specific problems related to the design and optimization of the PEM fuel cell and its elements, supported by examples, case studies, and numerical simulations. Readers are introduced to the potentials and challenges of PEM fuel cells for various sectors, such as transport, power generation, or hydrogen production. PEM fuel cell performance and optimization is discussed at each stage, covering the design, development, testing, and operation of PEM fuel cell systems and components. For students, the book reviews the basics and applications of PEMFCs and explains the fundamental concepts and theories behind PEMFC performance, supported by exercises and example codes. For researchers the book offers solutions to the challenges in designing and optimizing the PEM fuel cell and its components, and in applying novel approaches and methods to improve performance. This includes examples, case studies, and numerical simulations that illustrate the solutions to specific problems and the applications of novel techniques. Finally, the book provides a guide for engineers and practitioners seeking to enhance the performance, efficiency, durability, and cost-effectiveness of fuel cell systems. This includes practical guidance on elements such as the electrodes, gas diffusion layers, flow fields, two-phase flow, thermal management, and operating conditions. PEM Fuel Cell Performance: Simulation and Optimization by AI offers a valuable guide to students, researchers, engineers, and practitioners working on PEM fuel cells and will be of benefit to interdisciplinary experts working in electrochemistry, materials science, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and electrical engineering.

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