Sørensen, Bent,  1941- <br/><br/>
Renewable energy conversion, transmission, and storage / 
Bent Sørensen. 
 - Amsterdam ;  Boston :  Elsevier/Academic Press,  c2007. 
 - x, 327 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index. 
<br/><br/>Basic principles of energy conversion -- Thermodynamic engine cycles -- Direct thermoelectric conversion -- Engine conversion of solar energy -- Heat pumps geothermal and ocean-thermal energy conversion -- Basic description of flow-driven converters -- Propeller-type converters -- Cross-wind and other alternative converter concepts -- Hydro and tidal energy conversion -- Magneto hydrodynamic converters -- Wave energy converters -- Photovoltaic conversion -- Photo-electrochemical conversion -- Solar thermal conversion -- Solar thermal conversion -- Solar thermal electricity generators -- Solar cooling and other application -- Fuel cells -- Other electrochemical energy conversion -- Combustion -- Biological conversion into gaseous fuels -- Biological conversion into liquid fuels -- Thermochemical conversion into gaseous and other fuels -- Heat transmission -- Power transmission -- Fuel transmission -- Heat capacity storage -- Latent heat and chemical transformation storage -- Pumped hydro storage -- Flywheels -- Compressed gas storage -- Battery storage -- Other storage forms. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780123742629 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0123742625 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007045721 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Renewable energy sources.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TJ808  / .S67 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.042