Electric power generation : the changing dimensions /

• Main Author: Tagare, D. M.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Press ; [2011]; Hoboken : Wiley, [2011]
• Series: IEEE Press series on power engineering.
• Subjects: Electric power production.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electrical.; Electronic books.

"This book offers an analytical overview of established electric generation processes, along with the present status & improvements for meeting the strains of reconstruction. These old methods are hydro-electric, thermal & nuclear power production. The book covers climatic constraints;...

Table of Contents:

• Electricity History : A Review and the Road Ahead
• Risks, Operation, and Maintenance of Hydroelectric Generators
• Hydroelectric Generation : Pumped Storage, Minor Hydroelectric, and Oceanic-Based Systems
• Thermal Power Generation-Steam Generators
• Thermal Station Power Engineering
• Environmental Constraints in Thermal Power Generation-Acid Rain
• Environmental Constraints in Thermal Power Generation-Carbon and the Kyoto Proposals
• Nuclear Power Generation
• Wind Power Generation
• Photovoltaic Energy-Solar Cells and Solar Power Systems
• Direct Conversion into Electricity-Fuel Cells
• Hybrid Systems
• Combined Generation-Cogeneration
• Distributed Generation (DG) and Distributed Resources (DR)
• Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems
• Energy Storage-Power Storage Super Capacitors
• Hydrogen Era
• Basic Structure of Power Marketing
• Looking into the Future.