TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kishore, V. V. N. Ed.
TI  - Renewable energy engineering and technology : a knowledge compendium
SN  - 8179930939
U1  - 333.79 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - India
PB  - TERI Press
KW  - Business enterprises--Finance
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Renewable energy sources--Technological innovations
KW  - Industrial development
KW  - Human geography
N1  - 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  13 3 Review of basic scientific and engineering principles  19 4 The solar energy resource  181 5 Solar photovoltaic technology  239 6 Solar thermal engineering  329 7 Elements of passive solar architecture  399 8 Wind energy resources  445 9  Introduction to wind turbine technology  503 10 Small hydro: resource and technology  541 11 Geothermal energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and ocean thermal energy 593 12 Bio-energy resources  625 13 Thermochemical conversion of biomass  705 14 Biochemical methods of conversion  795 15 Liquid fuels from biomass: fundamentals, process chemistry, and technologies  857 Index  919
ER  -