Clean energy for sustainable development : comparisons and contrasts of new approaches / edited by Mohammad G. Rasul, Abul Kalam Azad, Subhash Sharma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rasul, Mohammad G., 1963- editor.

Azad, Abul Kalam, editor.

Sharma, Subhash, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Energy development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (632 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Clean Energy for Sustainable Development: Comparisons and Contrasts of New Approaches presents information on the fundamental challenge that the energy sector faces with regard to meeting the ever growing demand for sustainable, efficient, and cleaner energy. The book compares recent developments in the field of energy technology, clean and low emission energy, and energy efficiency and environmental sustainability for industry and academia. Rasul, Azad and Sharma, along with their team of expert contributors, provide high-end research findings on relevant industry themes, including clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies, renewable energy technologies and their applications, biomass and biofuels for sustainable environment, energy system and efficiency improvement, solar thermal applications, and the environmental impacts of sustainable energy systems. This book uses global institutes and case studies to explore and analyze technological advancements alongside practical applications. This approach helps readers to develop and affirm a better understanding of the relevant concepts and solutions necessary to achieve clean energy and sustainable development in both medium and large-scale industries. Compares in-depth research on a wide range of clean technologies, from global institutes in Australia, Europe, and India Evaluates the recent developments in clean technologies against the efficiency of tried and tested applications Considers case studies on the advancements of sustainable energy into industry from around the world

Contents:

Sustainable energy resources: prospects and policy

Environmental impact assessment of different renewable energy resources: a recent development

Clean and sustainable energy technologies

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS): future prospects of carbon-negative technologies

Solar Kilns: a green technology for the Australian agricultural and forest industries

Small-scale dish-mounted solar thermal Brayton cycle

Heat-driven cooling technologies

Solar pyrolysis: converting waste into asset using solar energy

Grid integration of wind energy systems: control design, stability, and power quality issues

The hybrid solar power/wind system for energy production, observation, application, and simulation

Study on wind energy potential by eight numerical methods of Weibull distribution

Prospect of the legume tree Pongamia pinnata as a clean and sustainable biodiesel feedstock

Biodiesel from Queensland Bush Nut (Macadamia integrifolia)

Assessment of physical, chemical, and tribological properties of different biodiesel fuels

Biodiesel production through chemical and biochemical transesterification: trends, technicalities, and future perspectives

Mesoporous catalysts for biodiesel production: a new approach

Edible and nonedible biodiesels feedstocks: microalgae and future of biodiesel

Potential of biodiesel as fuel for diesel engine

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 24, 2016).

OCLC:

992804464