Renewable Energy Production and Distribution: Recent Developments covers critical research and industry developments on renewable energy, including technological, production, conversion, storage and management. This updated volume provides recent developments in solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy production and hydrogen production, with the addition of fuel cell technology for this new release. Technology advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, and regulations and policies. Each chapter examines advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management.
Global case studies demonstrate practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through lifecycle analysis. The book will be 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. Renewable Energy Production and Distribution - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xv 8. Chapter 1 Utilization of mono and hybrid nanofluids in solar thermal collectors - p. 3 9. Chapter 2 Solar air heater performance improvement by photovoltaic-powered thermoelectric heat pumping - p. 45 10. Chapter 3 A grid connected PV system based on a reduced delta inverter - p. 71 11. Chapter 4 An experimental test bench for emulating the standard characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) systems - p. 107 12. Chapter 5 Green pellets production and applications in energy sector - p. 139 13. Chapter 6 Hydrogen production by supercritical water gasification - p. 189 14. Chapter 7 Wind energy in Jordan and Palestine - p. 229 15. Chapter 8 Tapping hot rocks - p. 273 16. Chapter 9 Retrofitting and Refurbishment of hydropower plants - p. 301 17. Chapter 10 Thermocline packed bed thermal energy storage system - p. 325 18. Chapter 11 Long-term load forecasting in the smart grid framework using time series and econometric approaches - p. 389 19. Chapter 12 A short review of grid voltage sags and current control techniques of voltage source inverters in distributed power generation systems - p. 415 20. Chapter 13 Sustainable renewable energy policies and regulations, recent advances, and challenges - p. 449 21. Index - p. 467
Renewable Energy Production and Distribution: Recent Developments covers critical research and industry developments on renewable energy, including technological, production, conversion, storage and management. This updated volume provides recent developments in solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy production and hydrogen production, with the addition of fuel cell technology for this new release. Technology advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, and regulations and policies. Each chapter examines advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management.
Global case studies demonstrate practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through lifecycle analysis. The book will be 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. Renewable Energy Production and Distribution - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xv 8. Chapter 1 Utilization of mono and hybrid nanofluids in solar thermal collectors - p. 3 9. Chapter 2 Solar air heater performance improvement by photovoltaic-powered thermoelectric heat pumping - p. 45 10. Chapter 3 A grid connected PV system based on a reduced delta inverter - p. 71 11. Chapter 4 An experimental test bench for emulating the standard characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) systems - p. 107 12. Chapter 5 Green pellets production and applications in energy sector - p. 139 13. Chapter 6 Hydrogen production by supercritical water gasification - p. 189 14. Chapter 7 Wind energy in Jordan and Palestine - p. 229 15. Chapter 8 Tapping hot rocks - p. 273 16. Chapter 9 Retrofitting and Refurbishment of hydropower plants - p. 301 17. Chapter 10 Thermocline packed bed thermal energy storage system - p. 325 18. Chapter 11 Long-term load forecasting in the smart grid framework using time series and econometric approaches - p. 389 19. Chapter 12 A short review of grid voltage sags and current control techniques of voltage source inverters in distributed power generation systems - p. 415 20. Chapter 13 Sustainable renewable energy policies and regulations, recent advances, and challenges - p. 449 21. Index - p. 467
