Renewable energy technologies and resources / Nader Anani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anani, Nader, author.

Series:

Artech House power engineering series.

Artech House power engineering series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Distribution:

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2019]

Place of Publication:

Boston : Artech House, [2020]

Summary:

This exciting new book presents an excellent coverage of renewable energy technologies and resources. The book focuses on photovoltaics, hydro, tidal, wind, and biomass systems. It explains the scientific principles and physical systems used for harvesting and harnessing of renewable resources and makes comprehensive use of worked examples and problems. Readers will also learn how to effectively calculate the cost and payback time for a given renewable energy plant by understanding the factors affecting the cost of generating electricity from a renewable energy system. The book uses a simplified mathematical approach and provides appropriate background material.The ultimate objective of the book is to provide a concise text book for university students on science and engineering courses as well as for professional practitioners.

Contents:

Renewable Energy Technologies and Resources

Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Learning Outcomes

1.2 Overview

1.3 Introduction

1.4 Energy, Work, and Power

1.5 Basic Forms of Energy

1.5.1 Kinetic Energy

1.5.2 Gravitational Energy

1.5.3 Electrical Energy

1.5.4 Nuclear Energy

1.6 Capacity Factor and Efficiency

1.7 Current Use of Energy

1.8 Fossil Fuels and Greenhouse Effect

1.9 Renewable Energy Sources

1.9.1 Solar Energy

1.9.2 Hydropower

1.9.3 Wind Power

1.9.4 Wave Power

1.9.5 Biomass

1.9.6 Tidal Energy

1.9.7 Geothermal

1.10 Summary

1.11 Problems

References

2 Photovoltaics: Background Material

2.1 Learning Outcomes

2.2 Overview

2.3 Introduction

2.4 Coulomb's Law

2.5 Static Electric Field

2.6 Static Electric Potential

2.7 The Concept of Static Potential Barrier

2.8 Intrinsic Semiconductors

2.9 Holes and Electrons as Charge Carriers

2.10 Extrinsic Semiconductors

2.11 Pn-Junction Diode

2.11.1 Pn-Junction under Reverse-Bias Condition

2.11.2 Pn-Junction under Forward-Bias Condition

2.12 Semiconductor Diode as a Circuit Element

2.13 Solving Diode Circuit Problems

2.13.1 Load-Line Method

2.13.2 Trial and Error Method

2.14 Large Signal Diode Models

2.14.1 The Ideal Diode Model

2.14.2 The Battery Plus Ideal Diode Model

2.14.3 The Battery Plus Resistance Plus Ideal Diode Model

2.15 Problems

3 Photovoltaics: Characteristics and Circuit Modeling of the PV Cell

3.1 Learning Outcomes

3.2 Overview

3.3 Introduction

3.4 Electromagnetic Energy

3.5 Spectral Irradiance, Insolation, and Radiation

3.6 The Photovoltaic Effect

3.7 Photovoltaic Materials

3.8 The Bandgap Energy Theory

3.9 Energy from the Sun and its Spectrum

3.10 Theoretical Maximum Efficiency of PV Cells

3.11 Operation of a Generic PV Cell

3.12 Terminal Characteristic of a PV Cell

3.13 Standard Test Conditions

3.14 Equivalent Circuit Models of a PV Cell

3.14.1 Ideal Model

3.14.2 Ideal Model Plus Parallel Resistance Model

3.14.3 Ideal Model Plus a Series Resistance

3.14.4 Ideal Model Plus Parallel Resistance Plus Series Resistance

3.15 Summary

3.16 Chapter Problems

4 Photovoltaics: PV Arrays Operation and Characteristics

4.1 Learning Outcomes

4.2 Overview

4.3 Introduction

4.4 Photovoltaic Arrays

4.5 Fill Factor and Efficiency

4.6 Effects of Temperature and Insolation on the I-V and P-V Characteristics

4.7 Effects of Partial Shading on the I-V and P-V Characteristics and Bypass Diodes

4.8 Blocking Diode

4.9 Summary

4.10 Problems

5 Photovoltaics: PV Generating Systems

5.1 Learning Outcomes

5.2 Overview

5.3 Introduction

5.4 Stand-alone Photovoltaic Generating Systems

5.4.1 Directly Coupled PV system

5.4.2 Directly Coupled PV System with Battery

5.4.3 Hybrid System

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

1-5231-3276-0

1-63081-575-6