Renewable energy resources /
By: Twidell, John.
Contributor(s): Weir, Tony.
Publisher: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Edition: Third edition.Description: xxxi, 784 p. : ill. (some color) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415584371 (hardback); 9780415584371:; 041558437X (hardback); 9780415584388 (pb); 0415584388 (pb).Subject(s): Renewable energy sources -- Energy engineering | Renewable energy sources | Sustainability -- Green DesignDDC classification: 621.042Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 621.042 TWI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0092460 | ||
Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 621.042 TWI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0092461 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Figure of photo acknowledgments -- List of symbols -- List of abbreviations -- 1 : principles of renewable energy -- 2 : solar radiation and the greenhouse effect -- 3 : solar water heating -- 4 : other solar thermal applications -- 5 : photovoltaic (PV) power technology -- 6 : hydropower -- 7 : wind resource -- 8 : wind power technology -- 9 : biomass resources from photosynthesis -- 10 : bioenergy technologies -- 11 : wave power -- 12 : tidal-current and tidal-range power -- 13 : ocean gradient energy : OTEC and osmotic power -- 14 : geothermal energy -- 15 : energy systems : integration, distribution and storage -- 16 : using energy efficiently -- 17 : institutional and economic factors -- Review 1 : electrical power for renewables -- Review 2 : essentials of fluid dynamics -- Review 3 : heat transfer -- Review 4 : solid-state physics for photovoltaics -- Review 5 : units, labels and conversions : the algebraic method -- Appendices -- Supplementary material.
Completely revised and updated, this new edition provides comprehensive coverage of available renewable technologies starting from basic scientific and engineering principles.