TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goswami,D.Yogi
AU  - Kreith,Frank
TI  - Energy conversion
T2  - Mechanical engineering series
SN  - 9781420044317 (alk. paper)
AV  - TK2896 .E485 2008
U1  - 621.042 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Energy conversion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction; D. Yogi Goswami --; 1.1; Energy use by sectors --; 1.2; Electrical capacity additions to 2030 --; 1.3; Present status and potential of renewable energy --; 1.4; Role of energy conservation --; 1.5; Energy conversion technologies --; sect. 1; Energy resources --; 2; Fossil ruels --; 2.1; Coal; Robert Ruether --; 2.2; Environmental aspects; Richard Banjura --; 2.3; Oil; Philip C. Crouse --; 2.4; Natural gas; Philip C. Crouse --; 3; Biomass energy; Ralph P. Overend and Lynn L. Wright --; 3.1; Biomass feedstock technologies --; 3.2; Biomass conversion technologies --; 3.3; Nuclear resources; James S. Tulenko --; 4.1; The nuclear fuel cycle --; 4.2; Processing of nuclear fuel --; 5; Solar energy resources; D. Yogi Goswami --; 5.1; Solar energy availability --; 5.2; Earth-Sun relationships --; 5.3; Solar time --; 5.4; Solar radiation on a surface --; 5.5; Solar radiation on a horizontal surface --; 5.6; Solar radiation on a tilted surface --; 5.7; Solar radiation measurements --; 5.8; Solar radiation data --; 6; Wind energy resources; Dale E. Berg --; 6.1; Wind origins --; 6.2; Wind power --; 6.3; Wind shear --; 6.4; Wind energy resource --; 6.5; Wind characterization --; 6.6; Wind energy potential --; 7; Geothermal energy; Joel L. Renner and Marshall J. Reed --; 7.1; Heat flow --; 7.2; Types of geothermal systems --; 7.3; Geothermal energy potential --; 7.4; Geothermal applications --; 7.5; Environmental constraints --; 7.6; Operating conditions --; sect. 2; Energy conversion --; 8; Steam power plant; John Kern --; 8.1; Introduction --; 8.2; Rankine cycle analysis --; 8.3; Topping and bottoming cycles --; 8.4; Steam boilers --; 8.5; Steam turbines --; 8.6; Heat exchangers, pumps, and other cycle components --; 8.7; Generators --; 9; Gas turbines; Steven I. Freedman --; 9.1; Overview --; 9.2; History --; 9.3; Fuels and firing --; 9.4; Efficiency --; 9.5; Gas turbine cycles --; 9.6; Cycle configurations --; 9.7; Components used in complex cycles --; 9.8; Upper temperature limit --; 9.9; Materials --; 9.10; Combustion --; 9.11; Mechanical product features --; 10; Internal combustion engines; David E. Klett and Elsayed M. Afify --; 10.1; Introduction --; 10.2; Engine types and basic operation --; 10.3; Air standard power cycles --; 10.4; Actual cycles --; 10.5; Combustion in IC engines --; 10.6; Exhaust emissions --; 10.7; Fuels for SI and CI engines --; 10.8; Intake pressurization-supercharging and turbocharging --; 11; Hydraulic turbines; Roger E.A. Arndt --; 11.1; General description --; 11.2; Principles of operation --; 11.3; Factors involved in selecting a turbine --; 11.4; Performance evaluation --; 11.5; Numerical simulation --; 11.6; Field tests --; 12; Stirling engines; William B. Stine --; 12.1; Introduction --; 12.2; Thermodynamic implementation of the Stirling cycle --; 12.3; Mechanical implementation of the Stirling cycle --; 12.4; Future of the Stirling engine --; 13; Advanced fossil fuel power systems; Anthony F. Armor --; 13.1; Introduction --; 13.2; Fuels for electric power generation in the U.S. --; 13.3; Coal as a fuel for electric power (World Coal Institute 2000) --; 13.4; Clean coal technology development --; 13.5; Pulverized-coal plants --; 13.6; Emissions controls for pulverized coal plants --; 13.7; Fluidized bed plants --; 13.8; Gasification plants --; 13.9; Combustion turbine plants --; 13.10; Central station options for new generation --; 13.11; Summary --; 14; Combined-cycle power plants; Alex Lezuo --; 14.1; Combined-cycle concepts --; 14.2; Combined-cycle thermodynamics --; 14.3; Combined-cycle arrangements --; 14.4; Combined heat and power from combined-cycle plants --; 14.5; Environmental aspects --; 15; Energy storage technologies; Roel Hammerschlag and Christopher P. Schaber --; 15.1; Overview of storage technologies --; 15.2; Principal forms of stored energy --; 15.3; Applications of energy storage --; 15.4; Specifying energy storage devices --; 15.5; Specifying fuels --; 15.6; Direct electric storage --; 15.7; Electrochemical energy storage --; 15.8; Mechanical energy storage --; 15.9; Direct thermal storage --; 15.10; Thermochemical energy storage --; 16; Nuclear power technologies; Edwin A. Harvego and Kenneth D. Kok --; 16.1; Introduction --; 16.2; Development of current power-reactor technologies --; 16.3; Next-generation technologies --; 16.4; Generation-IV technologies --; 16.5; Fuel cycle --; 16.6; Nuclear waste --; 16.7; Nuclear power economics --; 16.8; Conclusions --; 17; Nuclear fusion; Thomas E. Shannon --; 17.1; Introduction --; 17.2; Fusion fuel --; 17.3; Confinement concepts --; 17.4; Tokamak reactor development --; 17.5; Fusion energy conversion and transport --; 18; Solar thermal energy conversion --; 18.1; Active solar heating systems; T. Agami Reddy --; 18.2; Solar heat for industrial processes; Riccardo Battisti, Hans Schweiger, and Werner Weiss --; 18.3; Passive solar heating, cooling, and daylighting; Jeffrey H. Morehouse --; 18.4; Solar cooling; D. Yogi Goswami and Sanjay Vijayaraghavan --; 19; Concentrating solar thermal power; Manuel Romero-Alvarez and Eduardo Zarza --; 19.1; Introduction and context --; 19.2; Solar concentration and CSP systems --; 19.3; Solar concentrator beam quality --; 19.4; Solar concentration ratio : principles and limitations of CSP systems --; 19.5; Solar thermal power plant technologies --; 19.6; Parabolic trough solar thermal power plants --; 19.7; Central receiver solar thermal power plants --; 19.8; Volumetric atmospheric receivers : PHOEBUS and Solair --; 19.9; Solar air preheating --; 19.10; Dish/Stirling systems --; 19.11; Market opportunities --; 19.12; Conclusions --; 20; Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology, and application --; 20.1; Photovoltaics; Roger Messenger and D. Yogi Goswami --; 20.2; Thin-film PV technology; Hari M. Upadhyaya, Takhir M. Razykov, and Ayodhya N. Tiwari --; 20.3; Concentrating PV technologies; Roland Winston, Robert McConnell, and D. Yogi Goswami --; 21; Wind energy conversion; Dale E. Berg --; 21.1; Introduction --; 21.2; Wind turbine aerodynamics --; 21.3; Wind turbine loads --; 21.4; Wind turbine structural dynamic considerations --; 21.5; Peak power limitation --; 21.6; Turbine subsystems --; 21.7; Other wind-energy conversion considerations --; 22; Biomass conversion processes for energy recovery --; 22.1; Energy recovery by anaerobic digestion; Massoud Kayhanian and George Tchobanoglous --; 22.2; Power generation; Robert C. Brown --; 22.3; Biofuels; Robert C. Brown --; 23; Geothermal power generation; Kevin Kitz --; 23.1; Introduction --; 23.2; Definition and use of geothermal energy --; 23.3; Requirements for commercial geothermal power production --; 23.4; Exploration and assessment of geothermal resources --; 23.5; Management of the geothermal resource for power production --; 23.6; Geothermal steam supply (from wellhead to turbine) --; 23.7; Geothermal power production-steam turbine technologies --; 23.8; Geothermal power production-binary power plant technologies --; 23.9; Environmental impact --; 23.10; Additional information on geothermal energy --; 24; Waste-to-energy combustion; Charles O. Velzy and Leonard M. Grillo --; 24.1; Introduction --; 24.2; Waste quantities and characteristics --; 24.3; Design of WTE facilities --; 24.4; Air pollution control facilities --; 24.5; Performance --; 24.6; Costs --; 24.7; Status of other technologies --; 24.8; Future issues and trends --; 25; Ocean energy technology; Desikan Bharathan and Federica Zangrando --; 25.1; Ocean thermal energy conversion --; 25.2; Tidal power --; 25.3; Wave power --; 25.4; Concluding remarks --; 26; Fuel cells; Xianguo Li --; 26.1; Introduction --; 26.2; Principle of operation for fuel cells --; 26.3; Typical fuel cell systems --; 26.4; Performance of fuel cells --; 26.5; Fuel cell electrode processes --; 26.6; Cell connection and stack design considerations --; 26.7; Six major types of fuel cells --; 26.8; Summary --; 27; Direct energy conversion --; 27.1; Thermionic energy conversion; Mysore L. Ramalingam --; 27.2; Thermoelectric power conversion; Jean-Pierre Fleurial --; 27.3; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; William D.; Jackson --; Appendices; Nitin Goel --; Appendix 1. The international system of units, fundamental constants, and conversion factors --; Appendix 2. Solar radiation data --; Appendix 3. Properties of gases, vapors, liquids, and solids --; Appendix 4. Ultimate analysis of biomass fuels
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