Renewable energy engineering and technology :
Kishore, V. V. N.Ed.
Renewable energy engineering and technology : principles and practice - New Delhi TERI 2010 - xxii,890p.
CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Contributors xv
1 Energy and development: concerns of the current millennium 1
2 Renewable energy utilization: desirability, feasibility, and the niches 15
3 Review of basic scientific and engineering principles 21
4 The solar energy resource 183
5 Solar photovoltaic technology 229
6 Solar thermal engineering 319
7 Elements of passive solar architecture 389
8 Wind energy resources 435
9 Introduction to wind turbine technology 487
10 Small hydro: resource and technology 525
11 Geothermal energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and ocean thermal energy 561
12 Bio-energy resources 593
13 Thermochemical conversion of biomass 673
14 Biochemical methods of conversion 763
15 Liquid fuels from biomass: fundamentals, process chemistry, and technologies 825
Index 885
9788179932216
333.79 / KIS
Renewable energy engineering and technology : principles and practice - New Delhi TERI 2010 - xxii,890p.
CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Contributors xv
1 Energy and development: concerns of the current millennium 1
2 Renewable energy utilization: desirability, feasibility, and the niches 15
3 Review of basic scientific and engineering principles 21
4 The solar energy resource 183
5 Solar photovoltaic technology 229
6 Solar thermal engineering 319
7 Elements of passive solar architecture 389
8 Wind energy resources 435
9 Introduction to wind turbine technology 487
10 Small hydro: resource and technology 525
11 Geothermal energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and ocean thermal energy 561
12 Bio-energy resources 593
13 Thermochemical conversion of biomass 673
14 Biochemical methods of conversion 763
15 Liquid fuels from biomass: fundamentals, process chemistry, and technologies 825
Index 885
9788179932216
333.79 / KIS