Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive reference covering critical research, laboratory and industry developments on renewable energy technological, production, conversion, storage, and management, including solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy and hydrogen production, and large-scale development of renewable energy technologies and their impact on the global economy and power capacity. Technological advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, regulations, and policies.
Each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management and supports them with global case studies demonstrating practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through life cycle analysis.
The book is of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Acknowledgment - p. xiii 9. Chapter 1. Solar cooling research and technology - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Energy analysis of hybrid solar thermal plants (PV/T) - p. 45 11. Chapter 3. Technological and design solutions for enhancement of photovoltaic producibility - p. 91 12. Chapter 4. Application of hydrothermal processes to biomass and organic wastewaters to produce sustainable energy - p. 149 13. Chapter 5. Recent advances and technology trends of wind turbines - p. 177 14. Chapter 6. Underground energy: utilization of geothermal shallow heat pumps - p. 211 15. Chapter 7. Worldwide research trends on hydropower - p. 249 16. Chapter 8. Recent progress in thermochemical heat storage: materials and applications - p. 281 17. Chapter 9. Polymer electrolyte membranes in fuel cell applications - p. 311 18. Chapter 10. Design and implementation of a power supervisory of a controlled greenhouse in the north of Tunisia - p. 353 19. Chapter 11. Pakistan energy situation, policy, and issues - p. 387 20. Index - p. 429
Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive reference covering critical research, laboratory and industry developments on renewable energy technological, production, conversion, storage, and management, including solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy and hydrogen production, and large-scale development of renewable energy technologies and their impact on the global economy and power capacity. Technological advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, regulations, and policies.
Each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management and supports them with global case studies demonstrating practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through life cycle analysis.
The book is of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Acknowledgment - p. xiii 9. Chapter 1. Solar cooling research and technology - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Energy analysis of hybrid solar thermal plants (PV/T) - p. 45 11. Chapter 3. Technological and design solutions for enhancement of photovoltaic producibility - p. 91 12. Chapter 4. Application of hydrothermal processes to biomass and organic wastewaters to produce sustainable energy - p. 149 13. Chapter 5. Recent advances and technology trends of wind turbines - p. 177 14. Chapter 6. Underground energy: utilization of geothermal shallow heat pumps - p. 211 15. Chapter 7. Worldwide research trends on hydropower - p. 249 16. Chapter 8. Recent progress in thermochemical heat storage: materials and applications - p. 281 17. Chapter 9. Polymer electrolyte membranes in fuel cell applications - p. 311 18. Chapter 10. Design and implementation of a power supervisory of a controlled greenhouse in the north of Tunisia - p. 353 19. Chapter 11. Pakistan energy situation, policy, and issues - p. 387 20. Index - p. 429
