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Alternative energy demystified / Stan Gibilisco.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibilisco, Stan, author.
- Series:
- McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering
- McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series
- Demystified
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renewable energy sources.
- Power resources.
- Electric power.
- Fuel.
- Fossil fuels.
- Electric vehicles.
- Hybrid electric vehicles.
- Wind power.
- Water-power.
- Solar energy.
- Nuclear energy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Internet resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 electronic text (xii, 353 pages)) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]
- Contents:
- Heating: the basics and the primitives
- Heating with oil and gas
- Heating and cooling with electricity
- Passive-solar heating
- Alternative indoor climate control
- Conventional propulsion
- Propulsion with methane, propane, and biofuels
- Propulsion with electricity, hydrogen, and fuel cells
- Advanced propulsion methods
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- Electricity from water and wind
- Electricity from atoms and sunshine
- Illumination technology
- Advanced electrification methods
- Final exam
- Answers to quizzes and final exam.
- Notes:
- Print version c2013.
- "Hard stuff made easy"--Cover.
- Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Aug. 12, 2013.
- ISBN:
- 9780071794336
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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