TY  - GEN
AU  - Kishore, V. V. N.Ed.
TI  - Renewable energy engineering and technology : : principles and practice
SN  - 9788179932216
U1  - 333.79 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - TERI
KW  -  
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 			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

ER  -