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Advanced energy systems / Nikolai V. Khartchenko, Vadym M. Kharchenko.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kharchenko, N. V. (Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich), author.
- Kharchenko, Vadym M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Mechanics).
- Electric power production.
- Environmental engineering.
- Environmental engineering--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Electric power production--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Genre:
- Problems and exercises.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 595 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- This text provides a comprehensive, fully updated treatment of advanced conventional power generation and cogeneration plants, as well as alternative energy technologies. Organized into two parts: Conventional Power Generation Technology and Renewable and Emerging Clean Energy Systems, the book covers the fundamentals, analysis, design, and practical aspects of advanced energy systems, thus supplying a strong theoretical background for highly efficient energy conversion. Containing over 50 solved examples, plus problem sets, full figures, appendices, references, and property data, this practical guide to modern energy technologies serves energy engineering students and professionals alike in design calculations of energy systems.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Energy Conversion, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Mechanics
- Chapter 2 Fuel Combustion and Gasification
- Chapter 3 Steam Power Plant Technology
- Chapter 4 Gas Turbine Power Generation Technology
- Chapter 5 Gas Turbine-Based Combined-Cycle Power Plants
- Chapter 6 Cogeneration and Combined Heat and Power
- Chapter 7 Mitigation of Power Plant Environmental Impact
- Chapter 8 Solar Thermal Energy Technology
- Chapter 9 Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants
- Chapter 10 Hydro Power, Wind, Geothermal, Marine, and Biomass Energy Systems
- Chapter 11 Advanced Energy Storage Systems
- Chapter 12 Oxyfuel Combustion, Carbon Capture and Storage, and Cleaner Coal Technologies
- Chapter 13 Emerging Clean Energy Technologies
- Chapter 14 Energy Efficiency.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anthony Thomas Abraham Collection Endowment Fund in Energy Infrastructure.
- ISBN:
- 9781439886588
- 143988658X
- OCLC:
- 869728533
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