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Fundamentals of renewable energy processes /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Da Rosa, Aldo Vieira
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2009]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Renewable energy sources.
Power (Mechanics)
Environmental engineering.
Table of Contents:
  • Generalities
  • pt. 1. Heat engines. A minimum of thermodynamics and of the kinetic theory of gases
  • Mechanical heat engines
  • Ocean thermal energy converters
  • Thermoelectricity
  • Thermionics
  • AMTEC
  • Radio-noise generators
  • pt. 2. The world of hydrogen. Fuel cells
  • Hydrogen production
  • Hydrogen storage
  • pt. 3. Energy from the sun. Solar radiation
  • Biomass
  • Photovoltaic converters
  • pt. 4. Wind and water. Wind energy
  • Ocean engines.