Geothermal, wind and solar energy applications in agriculture and aquaculture / editors: Jochen Bundschuh, Guangnan Chen, D. Chandrasekharam, Janusz Piechocki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bundschuh, Jochen, editor.

Chandrasekharam, D., editor.

Chen, Guangnan, 1962- editor.

Piechocki, Janusz, editor.

Series:

Sustainable energy developments ; Volume 13.

Sustainable Energy Developments ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and energy.

Geothermal resources.

Wind power.

Solar energy in agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations, graphs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2017]

Summary:

The aim of this book is to critically review recent developments in solar, wind and geothermal energy applications in agriculture and the agro-food sector such as processing, distribution, retail, preparation and cooking.

Contents:

chapter 1 Solar, wind and geothermal energy applications in agriculture: back to the future? / Jochen Bundschuh, Guangnan Chen, Barbara Tomaszewska, Noreddine Ghaffour, Shahbaz Mushtaq, Ihsan Hamawand, Kathryn Reardon-Smith, Tek Maraseni, Thomas Banhazi, Hacene Mahmoudi, Mattheus Goosen and Diogenes L. Antille

chapter 2 Agriculture sector modernization and renewable energy development: perspectives from developing countries / Robert K. Dixon and Ming Yang

chapter 3 Linking food and nutrition security, urban and peri-urban agriculture, and sustainable energy use: experiences from South America / Deborah Hines and Sarah Balistreri

chapter 4 Renewable energy use for aquaponics development on a global scale towards sustainable food production / Ragnheidur Thorarinsdottir, Daniel Coaten, Edoardo Pantanella, Charlie Shultz, Henk Stander and Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir

chapter 5 Renewable energy use and potential in remote central Australia / Yiheyis Maru, Supriya Mathew, Digby Race and Bruno Spandonide

chapter 6 Opportunities of adopting renewable energy for the nursery industry in Australia / Guangnan Chen, Erik Schmidt, Tek Maraseni, Jochen Bundschuh, Thomas Banhazi and Diogenes L. Antille

chapter 7 Fundamentals of solar energy / Maciej Klein, Kamil Lapin´ski, Katarzyna Siuzdak and Adam Cenian

chapter 8 Renewable energy technologies for greenhouses in semi-arid climates / Francisco Javier Cabrera, Jorge Antonio Sanchez-Molina, Guillermo Zaragoza, Manuel Perez-Garcia and Francisco Rodriguez-Diaz

chapter 9 Solar photocatalytic disinfection of water for reuse in irrigation / Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez, Maria Inmaculada Polo-Lopez, Sixto Malato, Alba Ruiz-Aguirre and Guillermo Zaragoza

chapter 10 Solar PV for water pumping and irrigation / Istvan Patay, Istvan Seres and Jochen Bundschuh

chapter 11 Solar drying / Om Prakash, Anil Kumar and Atul Sharma

chapter 12 Small-scale wind power energy systems for use in agriculture and similar applications / Wojciech Miskowski, Krzysztof Nalepa, Pawel Pietkiewicz and Janusz Piechocki

chapter 13 Windmills for water pumping, irrigation and drainage / Istvan Patay and Norbert Schrempf

chapter 14 Lakes as a heat source for heat pumps – a model study to determine the ecological impact of summer heat transfer / Renata Brzozowska, Maciej Neugebauer and Janusz Piechocki.

Notes:

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-15896-5

1-351-65814-X

1-351-65815-8

9781315158969

OCLC:

992580504