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Storing energy : with special reference to renewable energy sources / Trevor M. Letcher, Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Letcher, T. M. (Trevor M.), author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy storage.
- Renewable energy sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 565 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Energy Storage discusses the needs of the world’s future energy and climate change policies, covering the various types of renewable energy storage in one comprehensive volume that allows readers to conveniently compare the different technologies and find the best process that suits their particularly needs. Each chapter is written by an expert working in the field and includes copious references for those wishing to study the subject further. Various systems are discussed, including mechanical/kinetic, thermal, electrochemical and other chemical, as well as other emerging technologies. Incorporating the advancements in storing energy as described in this book will help the people of the world further overcome the problems related to future energy and climate change. Covers most types of energy storage that is being considered today, and allows comparisons to be made Each chapter is written by a world expert in the field, providing the latest developments is this fast moving and vital field Covers technical, environmental, social and political aspects related to the storing of energy and in particular renewable energy
- Contents:
- part A. Introduction
- part B. Electrical energy storage techniques gravitational/mechanical/thermomechanical
- part C. Electrochemical
- part D. Thermal
- part E. Chemical
- part F. Integration
- part G. International issues and the politics of introducing renewable energy schemes.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780128034491
- 0128034491
- 9780128034408
- 0128034408
- OCLC:
- 956735856
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