Marine Current Energy Converters at Forefront of New Energy Technologies

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Renewable Energy, 4e by Bent Sorensen

Renewable Energy, 4e by Bent Sorensen has been structured around three parts in order to assist readers in focusing on the issues that impact them the most for a given project or question.

Waltham, MA (PRWEB) August 01, 2011

According to the Elsevier journal, Renewable Energy, at present a small number of full-scale marine current energy converters are undergoing sea trials to demonstrate commercial viability of the technology. Elsevier Science & Technology Books’ Academic Press imprint has new and forthcoming titles on a wide range of new energy technologies.

Renewable Energy, 4e by Bent Sorensen has been structured around three parts in order to assist readers in focusing on the issues that impact them the most for a given project or question. PART I covers the basic scientific principles behind all major renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind and biomass. PART II provides in-depth information about how these raw renewable sources can actually be converted into useful forms, transmitted into the grid and stored for future utilization. Finally, PART III undertakes the aspects of energy planning, environmental impacts and socio-economic issues on regional and global levels.

Geothermal Reservoir Engineering by Malcolm Alister Grant & Paul F Bixley is a practical guide to the issues and tasks geothermal engineers encounter in the course of their daily jobs. The book focuses particularly on the evaluation of potential sites and provides detailed guidance on the field management of the power plants built on them. With over 100 pages of new material informed by the breakthroughs of the last 25 years, Geothermal Reservoir Engineering remains the only training tool and professional reference dedicated to advising both new and experienced geothermal reservoir engineers
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Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis by Prabir Basu offers engineers and scientists a “hands on” reference for understanding and successfully overcoming the technical hurdles of biomass gasification mainly producing clean gas which is free of particulates and tars bed agglomeration and biomass feeding/handling. In this book, readers find a versatile resource that not only explains the basic principles of energy conversion and biomass conversion systems but also provides valuable insight into the design of biomass gasifiers. Thorough in his coverage, the author provides many worked out design problems, step-by-step design procedures, and real data on commercially operating systems. In addition, the book contains four valuable appendices that eliminate the need to search for essential information.

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Degradation by Matthew M. Mench, Emin Caglan Kumbur & T. Nejat Veziroglu directly addresses the state-of-the-art advances in durability within every fuel cell stack component. Designed to be relevant to the professional community, in addition to researchers, this book will serve as a valuable reference, featuring topics covered nowhere else, and a one-stop-shop to create a solid platform for understanding this important area of development. The reference covers aspects of durability in the entire fuel cell stack. Each chapter also includes vision of pathways forward and an explanation of the tools needed to continue along the path toward commercialization.

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