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Books in Renewable energy and alternative technologies

Showcasing solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and emerging energy solutions, this collection supports researchers, engineers, and policymakers driving the transition to cleaner energy. Featuring innovative technologies, system integration, and policy frameworks, these resources facilitate sustainable energy deployment, addressing climate change and energy security with practical, real-world insights and case studies.

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    • Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 1

      Fundamentals
      • 1st Edition
      • Volodymyr Yartys
      • English
      Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 1: Fundamentals comprehensively describes the synthesis and rich chemistry of the most important group of hydrogen storage materials: metal hydrides. This book is one of a pair of companion volumes, with the other being Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2: Applications.In Volume 1, an international team of renowned experts explores solid state materials for hydrogen storage with storage capacities reaching 18.5 wt. % H. The content covers fundamentals of metal–hydrogen systems, binary and ternary hydrides, metal deuterides and tritides, complex metal aluminium hydrides, complex metal hydridoborates, structural chemistry of metal hydrides, and computational studies of metal–hydrogen systems as hydrogen storage materials.

    • Green Hydrogen Energy Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • Alexandros Arsalis + 8 more
      • English
      Green Hydrogen Energy Systems explores the vital technologies and methods for generating, storing, and utilizing green hydrogen. By adopting an energy systems approach, the book offers a comprehensive review of green hydrogen systems, integrating principles, configurations, progress, and applications, bolstered by technoeconomic analyses and performance data. Addressing common challenges, it explains processes for developing and constructing basic and advanced green hydrogen systems. The book details the fundamentals of hydrogen technologies, including thermodynamics, kinetics, energy loss mechanisms, and costs.It covers aspects such as heat release, clean water usage in electrolyzers, system configurations, and includes real-world performance data, case studies, hydrogen hubs, safety, and economics.

    • Geothermal Systems in the Energy Transition Era

      Applications, Benefits, Challenges and Future Outlook
      • 1st Edition
      • Mamdouh Assad + 1 more
      • English
      Geothermal Systems in the Energy Transition Era: Applications, Benefits, Challenges and Future Outlook offers a comprehensive synthesis of the fundamentals, advancements, and contemporary applications of geothermal energy in a single volume. Emphasizing the clean and sustainable nature of geothermal energy, the book explores sources, heat exchanger basics, power generation, heating and cooling applications, thermodynamics of geothermal absorption chillers, hybrid energy systems, and smart optimization applications. The text culminates in discussions on challenges and opportunities for geothermal system development, underlining its importance in meeting global energy demands sustainably and supporting the UNSDGs.This book illuminates the diverse applications, performance factors, environmental and economic considerations of geothermal energy systems, highlighting their role in meeting the world's growing energy needs sustainably. It aims to provide students and industry professionals with a holistic understanding of this dynamic field and its significant impact, addressing the lack of comprehensive, up-to-date resources on geothermal energy systems.

    • Geoengineering of Hydrogen Energy

      • 1st Edition
      • Hadi A. Belhaj + 1 more
      • English
      Geoengineering of Hydrogen Energy dispenses fundamental knowledge on hydrogen geostorage that is paired with recent advances to form a cohesive resource designed to further understanding of a topic essential to the energy transition. Drawing from a synthesis of contemporary global laboratory investigations, modeling approaches and breakthroughs, pilots, case studies, and hydrogen storage projects, this unified volume collects, filters, and summarizes developments to deliver a comprehensive resource in this fast-growing field. Throughout, the book considers critical questions of viability and sustainability with a goal of increasing understanding of fundamentals and furthering applications of hydrogen subsurface storage.Led by an accoladed engineering expert with over 40 years of combined industrial and academic experience, this book fills the knowledge gap of currently fragmented literature to connect this valuable aspect of hydrogen energy to the full-scale energy transition scope. It meets the diverse needs of academia and industry by providing a combination of hydrogen subsurface storage basics, advances, and applications, making it suitable for university students interested in energy, environmental, and industrial disciplines, and relevant to energy engineering researchers and practicing energy engineers.

    • CFD Simulations for Advances of Solar Thermal Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • Abdallah Bouabidi
      • English
      CFD Simulations of Advances of Solar Thermal Systems offers readers the tools needed to optimize the performance of solar thermal systems with low costs through CFD applications and simulations. This book aims to advance the enhancement and affordability of solar thermal systems via CFD applications. Each chapter contains overviews paired with relevant illustrations, diagrams, and calculations describing each system. Sections then progress into intersectionality and application of CFDs for each, including advances -- all woven into a volume that flows from chapter to chapter with a consistent structure that delivers readers a valuable, easy-to-follow, practical reference.Production of clean energy is a global goal. Several clean energy sources are available, including geothermal, wind, hydropower, and solar energy. The challenge is to develop efficient methods and processes for beneficial, rapidly scaled, safe and economically viable exploitation of these resources. Solar energy represents one of the most important renewable sources of clean energy. Solar energy is exploited using various methods – solar thermal systems convert solar energy to thermal energy via solar collectors, solar air heaters, solar chimney power plants, solar dishes, solar cookers, and solar parabolic concentrators.

    • Agriculture-Bioenergy Nexus

      Transforming Waste into Wealth
      • 1st Edition
      • Shashi Kant Bhatia + 2 more
      • English
      Agriculture-Bioenerg... Nexus: Transforming Waste into Wealth comprehensively explores agricultural waste-to-bioenergy, covering everything from fundamental principles to advanced technologies and real-world applications. The book provides readers with case studies, practical insights, and actionable guidance for practitioners, investors, and policymakers. It illustrates the application of theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios, offering a holistic understanding of bioenergy conversion processes, challenges, and opportunities of agricultural waste. Additionally, the book offers detailed technoeconomic analysis to aid decision-making, sustainable environmental practices, and actionable insights for planning and executing bioenergy projects. It bridges disciplines, fostering a holistic understanding that connects agriculture, bioenergy, and environmental science.

    • Industrial Decarbonization and the Energy Transition

      Innovative Solutions for a Carbon-Free, Sustainable, and Clean Environment
      • 1st Edition
      • Suresh Sundaramurthy + 2 more
      • English
      Industrial Decarbonization and the Energy Transition: Innovative Solutions for a Carbon-Free, Sustainable, and Clean Environment presents comprehensive and practical insights into emerging technologies and strategies that drive industrial decarbonization, clean energy production, and the global energy transition.This book outlines a detailed roadmap to achieving net zero emissions, addressing key areas such as the decarbonization of agri-nutrients, sustainable aviation fuel production, and the transformation of the refinery sector. It explores the economic and environmental dimensions of industrial decarbonization, the application of artificial intelligence in chemical industries, carbon capture and utilization, circular economy models, and techno-economic assessments.The authors have extensive industrial and research experience. Each chapter offers a realistic perspective on the challenges and opportunities of decarbonization and the energy transition across diverse industrial sectors.This book serves as a valuable reference for engineers, researchers, R&D professionals, and industry experts engaged in sustainable process development, as well as academic scholars and advanced students focusing on energy transition, renewable energy, decarbonization technologies, and sustainability.

    • Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy

      Emerging Technologies and Strategies for Bioenergy and Bioproduct Innovation
      • 1st Edition
      • Amro Hassanein
      • English
      Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy: Emerging Technologies and Strategies for Bioenergy and Bioproduct Innovation presents the latest scientific insights, technical developments, and real-world strategies transforming anaerobic digestion (AD) into a cornerstone of the circular bioeconomy.The book covers agriculture, industry, and municipal wastewater sectors, bridging knowledge gaps between laboratory research and scalable industrial deployment, and exploring current barriers and breakthroughs in feedstock preprocessing, microbial electrochemical technologies, dark fermentation, bioplastics, and nutrient recycling. It also addresses the economic and policy frameworks that influence AD adoption, supported by robust life cycle and techno-economic analyses .Through clear, interdisciplinary chapters contributed by global experts, this volume offers an updated overview of AD's technological landscape and its role in the energy transition, resource efficiency, and environmental sustainability.

    • Bioproducts from Lignocellulosic Biomass

      • 1st Edition
      • Minaxi Sharma + 4 more
      • English
      Bioproducts from Lignocellulosic Biomass is part of a companion set of three books that explores the various possibilities of adding value to lignocellulosic biomass materials by transforming them into bioproducts, biofuels, and biomaterials. With an emphasis on microbial biotechnological solutions, each volume examines how renewable natural resources, agriculture waste management, and valorization of agro-wastes can sustainably produce energy and fuels, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and biomaterials. This book addresses all aspects of value-added bioproducts production from lignocellulosic materials.The opening chapter of the book reviews the fundamentals of biotechnology and biochemistry and provides an overview of lignocellulose, its properties, potential use, volume of production and by-products, and economical importance. Following this, chapters provide critical reviews of the latest developments in lignocellulosic biomass conversion into value-added products and provide step-by-step guidance on key processes and methods, including genetic engineering approaches, microbial pathways, thermochemical routes, and pre-treatment technologies. Various technological approaches are explained, including novel, eco-friendly methods for biomass conversion that reduce waste, and the role of microorganisms and their mechanisms are explored in depth.

    • Ethanol Biofuel in Combustion Engines

      From Production to Practical Applications
      • 1st Edition
      • Yacine Rezgui
      • English
      Ethanol Biofuel in Combustion Engines: From Production to Practical Applications delves deeply into the intricate processes involved in ethanol production and its utilization within various engine types. This book provides both theoretical insights and practical guidance, making it an essential resource for researchers, engineers, and policymakers striving to understand and implement biofuel technology effectively. Beyond production and combustion, the book explores the chemical reactions and kinetic models underpinning ethanol’s performance. It also examines its applications across spark ignition, compression ignition, and low-temperature combustion engines, emphasizing its versatility as a sustainable energy source.

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