Renewable energy its physics, engineering, use, environmental impacts, economy, and planning aspects

• Main Author: S²rensen, Bent 1941-
• Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
• Format: Electronic Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Boston Elsevier Academic Press c2004
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Subjects: Ανανεώσιμες πηγές ενέργειας

This third edition of Renewable Energy is undoubtedly one of the most complete accounts of the subject, from source through to extraction and use. The book is academically rigorous, but accessible. The author first describes the effect of the sun on the atmosphere and the creation of wind and waves,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Units and Conversion Tables; Perspective; The Origin of Renewable Energy Flows; The Individual Energy Sources; The Energy Conversion Processes; Energy Transmission and Storage; Energy Supply Systems; Socio-Economic Assessment of Energy Supply Systems; Winding Up; References; Subject Index
• Perspectives
• The origin of renewable energy flows
• The individual energy sources
• The energy conversion processes
• Energy transmission and storage
• Energy supply systems
• Socio-economic assessment of energy supply systems
• Winding up