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A definitive guide to energy systems engineeringthoroughly updated for the latest technologies
Thoroughly revised to include the latest advances, Energy Systems Engineering: Evaluation and Implementation, Third Edition, clearly addresses project scope estimation, cost, energy consumption, and technical efficiency. Example problems demonstrate the performance of each technology and teach, step-by-step, how to assess strengths and weaknesses. Hundreds of illustrations and end-of-chapter exercises aid in your understanding of the concepts presented. Valuable appendices contain reference tables, unit conversions, and thermodynamic constants.
Coverage includes:
Systems and economic tools
Climate change and climate modeling
Fossil fuel resources
Stationary combustion systems
Carbon sequestration
Nuclear energy systems, including small-scale nuclear fusion
Solar resources
Solar photovoltaic technologies
Active and passive solar thermal systems
Wind energy systems and wind turbine designs for lower wind speeds
Bioenergy resources and systems
Waste-to-energy conversion
Transportation energy technologies, including electric vehicles
Systems perspective on transportation energy
Creating the twenty-first-century energy system