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082 _a333.79
_bKIS
100 _aKishore, V. V. N.Ed.
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245 _aRenewable energy engineering and technology :
_bprinciples and practice
260 _bTERI
_c2010
_aNew Delhi
300 _axxii,890p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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
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891 _aFT
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