Title:
Renewable Energy Systems edited by Martin Kaltschmitt, Nickolas J. Themelis, Lucien Y. Bronicki, Lennart Söder, Luis A. Vega.
Main Entry:
Kaltschmitt, Martin. editor.
Themelis, Nickolas J. editor.
Bronicki, Lucien Y. editor.
Söder, Lennart. editor.
Vega, Luis A. editor.
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Publisher:
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Date:
2013.
Publication Place:
New York, NY :
ISBN:
9781461458203
Subject:
Renewable energy sources.
Sustainable development.
Energy.
Energy Systems.
Renewable and Green Energy.
Sustainable development.
Renewable and Green Energy.
Contents:
Part I: Geothermal Power Stations -- Engineered Geothermal Systems, Development and Sustainability of -- Geothermal Energy Utilization -- Geothermal Energy, Nature, Use, and Expectations -- Geothermal Energy, Geology and Hydrology of -- Geothermal Field and Reservoir Monitoring -- Geothermal Power Capacity, Sustainability and Renewability of -- Geothermal Power Conversion Technology -- Geothermal Power Economics -- Geothermal Power Stations, Introduction to -- Geothermal Resources Worldwide, Direct Heat Utilization of -- Geothermal Resources, Drilling for -- Geothermal Resources, Environmental Aspects of -- Hydrothermal Systems, Geochemistry of -- Reservoir Engineering in Geothermal Fields -- Part II: Ocean Energy -- Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Environmental Challenges -- Ocean Energy, Introduction -- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion -- Offshore Wind Energy Technology Trends, Challenges, and Risks -- Tidal Energy -- Part III: Renewable Energy from Biomass -- Algae, a New Biomass Resource -- Biodiesel -- Bioethanol from Celluloses -- Bioethanol from Starch -- Bioethanol from Sugar: the Brazilian Experience -- Biofuels: A Technical, Economic and Environmental Comparison -- Biofuels: Upgraded New Solids -- Biogas for Electricity Generation, Hi-tech Applications -- Biogas Production and Energy crops -- Biogas Production Developing Countries -- Biogas Substrates from Municipalities and Industries -- Biomass as Renewable Source of Energy, Possible Conversion Routes -- Biomass Combustion for Electricity Generation -- Biomass Energy Heat Provision for Cooking and Heating in Developing Countries -- Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Large-Scale Systems -- Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Small-Scale Systems -- Biomass Energy Small-Scale Combined Heat and Power Systems -- Biomass Gasification for Electricity and Fuels, Large Scale -- Biomass Gasification for Rural Electrification, Small Scale -- Biomass Production -- Biomass Provision and Use, Sustainability Aspects -- Biomass Pyrolysis -- Biomass Resources, Worldwide -- Biomass to Liquid (BtL), Concepts and Their Assessment -- Biomass Use on a Global Scale -- Biomethane from Anaerobic Processes -- Biosynthetic Natural Gas -- Co-combustion of wood in Coal-Fired Large-Scale Power Plants -- Hydrogen from Biomass -- Lignocellulosic Energy Crops, Production and Provision -- Plant Oil Fuels Combined Heat and Power (CHP) -- Renewable Energy from Biomass, Introduction -- Solid Biofuels, Fuels and Their Characteristics -- Part IV: Waste to Energy -- Gasification and Liquefaction Alternatives to Incineration in Japan -- Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction by Waste-to-Energy -- Hitachi Zosen Inova Technology -- Incinerator Grate Combustion Phenomena -- Life Cycle Comparison of Waste-to-Energy to Sanitary Landfill -- Martin Waste-to-Energy Technology -- Plasma-Assisted Waste-to-Energy Processes -- Thermal Treatment of Waste: Key Element for Sustainable Waste Management -- Waste Management for Sustainable Society -- Waste-to Energy: Decreasing the Entropy of Solid Wastes and Increasing Metal Recovery -- Waste-to-Energy Ash Management in Europe -- Waste-to-Energy Ash Management in the United States -- Waste-to-Energy Facilities as Power Plants -- Waste-to-Energy for District Heating -- Waste-to-Energy Using Refuse-Derived Fuel -- Waste-to-Energy, Introduction -- Waste-to-Energy: Energy Resource in Solid Wastes -- Waste-to-Energy: Fluidized Bed Technology -- Part V: Wind Power -- Electricity Generation with Small Wind Turbines -- Global Wind Power Installations -- Meterology and Wind Power -- Offshore Wind Power -- Wind Power Balancing -- Wind Power Generator Systems and Local Power System Interconnection -- Wind Power Grid Integration: Transmission Planning -- Wind Power, Aerodynamics and Blade Technology -- Wind Power, Introduction -- Wind Power: Basic Challenge Concerning Social Acceptance -- Wind Power: Economy, Market, Subsidies, Payment Mechanisms, and Capacity Credit -- Wind Turbine Noise Emissions.
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