Renewable energy conversion, transmission, and storage /
Strategies for the conversion, transmission and storage of renewable energy.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
©2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Basic principles of energy conversion
- Thermodynamic engine cycles
- Direct thermoelectric conversion
- Engine conversion of solar energy
- Heat pumps geothermal and ocean-thermal energy conversion
- Basic description of flow-driven converters
- Propeller-type converters
- Cross-wind and other alternative converter concepts
- Hydro and tidal energy conversion
- Magneto hydrodynamic converters
- Wave energy converters
- Photovoltaic conversion
- Photo-electrochemical conversion
- Solar thermal conversion
- Solar thermal conversion
- Solar thermal electricity generators
- Solar cooling and other application
- Fuel cells
- Other electrochemical energy conversion
- Combustion
- Biological conversion into gaseous fuels
- Biological conversion into liquid fuels
- Thermochemical conversion into gaseous and other fuels
- Heat transmission
- Power transmission
- Fuel transmission
- Heat capacity storage
- Latent heat and chemical transformation storage
- Pumped hydro storage
- Flywheels
- Compressed gas storage
- Battery storage
- Other storage forms.