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Fundamentals of renewable energy processes.

by Da Rosa, Aldo Vieira, author.

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London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2022]

Renewable energy sources.

Power (Mechanics)

Environmental engineering.

xxi, 922 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Fourth edition / Aldo Vieira da Rosa, Juan Carlos Ordonez.

Part 1. Heat engines: -- A minimum of theromodynamics and the kinetic theory of gases -- Mechanical heat engines -- Ocean thermal energy converters -- Thermoelectricity -- Thermionics -- AMTEC -- Radio-noise generators -- Part 2. The World of Hydrogen: -- Fuel cells -- Hydrogen production -- Hydrogen storage -- Part 3. Energy from the Sun: -- Solar radiation -- Biomass -- Photovoltaic converters -- Part 4. Wind and Water: -- Wind erergy -- Ocean engines -- Part 5. Land and Beyond -- Nuclear energy -- Storage of energy.

Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Fourth Edition provides accessible coverage of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa’s classic and comprehensive resource has provided thousands of engineers, scientists, students and professionals alike with a thorough grounding in the scientific principles underlying the complex world of renewable energy technologies. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised by new author Juan Ordonez, Director of the Energy and Sustainability Center at Florida State University, and includes new worked examples, more exercises, and more illustrations to help facilitate student learning. (Publisher)

Previous edition: 2013.

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