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For over 60 years, scientists and engineers have been trying to crack a seemingly intractable problem: how to build practical devices that exploit nuclear fusion. Access to electricity has facilitated a standard of living that was previously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603868174Author Nikola TeslaFormat HardbackPage Count 52Imprint Watchmaker PublishingPublisher Watchmaker PublishingWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Transforming our energy supplies to be more sustainable is seen by many to be the biggest challenge of our times. In this comprehensive textbook, L. D. Danny Harvey sets out in unprecedented detail the path we must take to minimize the effects that the...

This book is a concise reader-friendly introductory guide to understanding renewable energy technologies. By using simplified classroom-tested methods developed while teaching the subject to engineering students, the authors explain in simple language an...

Producing electricity from the sun using photovoltaic (PV) systems has become a major industry worldwide. But designing, installing and maintaining such systems requires knowledge and training, and there have been few easily accessible, comprehensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786197258103Author DIMI Avram MseFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Digital Publishing LtdPublisher Digital Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Our Renewable Energy Future focuses on clean energy technology evolution and where our energy system is going. While its foundation is technology innovation, it brings a unique perspective that technology alone is not what has brought about the explosive...

Unlike many textbooks or popular science books, A Simple Guide to Popular Physics has truly been crafted for the uninitiated or those spooked by the subject's complexity. Harris's inviting guide promises to give "absolute beginners" from "teens to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803692890Author D J HaskellFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Torrefaction of Biomass for Energy Applications: From Fundamentals to Industrial Scale explores the processes, technology, end-use, and economics involved in torrefaction at the industrial scale for heat and power generation. Its authors combine their...

By 6:00 a.m. on the morning of March 28, 1979, the reactor core at Three Mile Island was thirty minutes away from a meltdown, an apocalypse that would render a huge swath of eastern Pennsylvania permanently uninhabitable. The control room crew,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784545932Imprint Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LtdPublisher Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd

The next few decades will see a profound energy transformation throughout the world. By the end of the century, we will shift from fossil fuel dependence to reply primarily on renewable sources like solar, wind biomass, and geothermal power. Driven by...

Can renewable energy provide reliable power? Will it need extensive backup? The energy available from wind, waves, tides and the sun varies in ways that may not match variations in energy demand. Assimilating these fluctuations can affect the operation...

A hydrogen economy, in which this one gas provides the source of all energy needs, is often touted as the long-term solution to the environmental and security problems associated with fossil fuels. However, before hydrogen can be used as fuel on a global...

Understanding Nuclear Reactors provides a non-mathematical understanding of how nuclear reactors operate. It describes the components, the Pressure Vessel, the Pressuriser to control the pressure in a Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR), and the Steam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786197258097Author DIMI Avram MseFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Digital Publishing LtdPublisher Digital Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

DC electric power distribution systems have higher efficiency, better current carrying capacity and faster response when compared to conventional AC systems. They also provide a more natural interface with many types of renewable energy sources...

This book explains the hazards associated with electricity in its many forms, including electromagnetic radiation. It describes methods of reducing risks to health and to the environment, giving rules and codes of practice to be followed. Guidelines are...

A new edition of the classic text explaining the fundamentals of competitive electricity markets now updated to reflect the evolution of these markets and the large scale deployment of generation from renewable energy sources The introduction of...

A reliable, accessible and comprehensive guide for students of photovoltaic applications and renewable energy engineering. This thoroughly considered textbook from a group of leading influential and award-winning authors is brimming with information and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786751362Author Matyáš NamaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Palazzo Editions LtdPublisher Palazzo Editions Ltd

A companion to Embedded Generation (IET, 2000), this book is a timely publication for an evolving industry. Renewable energy, ancillary services and deregulation of the power industry are changing electricity delivery networks. Microgrids, smartgrids and...

This book explains the science of photovoltaics (PV) in a way that most people can understand, using the curriculum which reflects the core modules of the NABCEP Associate Exam. Whether or not you are taking the NABCEP Associate Exam, learning the...

This book covers the recent research advancements in the area of charging strategies that can be employed to accommodate the anticipated high deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in smart grids. Recent literature has focused on various...

To reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if...

Based on the fundamentals of electromagnetics, this clear and concise text explains basic and applied principles of transformer and inductor design for power electronic applications. It details both the theory and practice of inductors and transformers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611041804Author Edward LeedskalninFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Cedar Lake ClassicsPublisher Cedar Lake ClassicsWeight(grams) 100g

Solar radiation data is important for a wide range of applications, e.g. in engineering, agriculture, health sector, and in many fields of the natural sciences. A few examples showing the diversity of applications may include: architecture and building...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116820Author Bryan BurroughFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Alpha BooksPublisher Alpha BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 25mm

For centuries, human activity has been dominated by the need to fuel human civilization. Energy is unique: no other physical resource in society has had such a wide-ranging impact on our ecosystems, economy, public health, and personal liberties. And as...

Power Systems Fresh perspective on power systems, dealing with uncertainty, power electronics, and electricity markets Power Systems is a highly accessible textbook on a subject that helps students understand how power systems work and the fundamental...

High Voltage Power Network Construction examines the key requirements, considerations, complexities and constraints relevant to the task of high voltage power network construction - from design, finance, contracts and project management to installation...

Based upon the author's wide experience in a broad range of projects, this invaluable book sets the scene and places rock installation in the context of the offshore industry today. This is an industry where health, safety and environmental...

Now in its fourth edition, this textbook remains the indispensable text to guide readers through automotive or mechanical engineering, both at university and beyond. Thoroughly updated, clear, comprehensive and well-illustrated, with a wealth of worked...

In this updated and revised second edition, authors Michael Tusiani and Gordon Shearer build upon the knowledge contained in their comprehensive and valuable reference LNG: A Nontechnical Guide.The book uses everyday language and real-world examples to...

The global economy and our way of life are based on the exploitation of fossil fuels, which not only threaten massive environmental and social disruption through global warming but, at present rates of consumption, will run out within decades, causing...

Large-scale battery packs are needed in hybrid and electric vehicles, utilities grid backup and storage, and frequency-regulation applications. In order to maximize battery-pack safety, longevity, and performance, it is important to understand how...

"Incorporating the career of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the creator of the nuclear navy, Tucker's work importantly recalls a forgotten warning from nuclear history."-Gilbert Taylor, BooklistOn January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho,...

Power from Steam is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in 50 years, following the development of the reciprocating steam engine. Hills covers its history from its earliest form to the beginning of the twentieth century when it was...