Energy technology and engineering Books

Book SynopsisThis book offers an in-depth historical and technical description of Iran's nuclear program in political, economic, and strategic contexts. The author points out this issue's connections with the evolution of global and regional strategic balances, as well as the stability of the international regime against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.Trade Review“This is a … comprehensive review of Iran's policy history of creating a nuclear energy capability. … The author includes a great deal of insight about the inner workings of the Iranian government system, adding to the book’s value. … Anyone interested in the question of nuclear energy in Iran and the Middle East must be aware of this book. It is indispensable. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates and above.” (S. R. Silverburg, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)“This book develops Iran’s path in the nuclear energy field from the first steps under Shah Reza Pahlavi in the 70s to the definition of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) in April 2015 … . It is clear that the book is the result of an accurate and pains-taking research path, undoubtedly making it a great tool for those who want to go into the deepest details of the story.” (Greta Zunino, The International Spectator, Vol. 51 (4), 2016)Table of Contents1. The Nuclear Program of the Shah (1957-79) 2. The Impact of the Revolution (1979-89) 3. Progressive Consolidation (1989-98) 4. Expansion and Disclosure (1998-2003) 5. Diplomacy at Work (2003-05) 6. Sanctions and Tensions (2005-08) 7. Possible Military Dimensions 8. Negotiations and Pressures (2008-12) 9. Prudence and Hope

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Book SynopsisThis handbook deals with the subject of how an individual can interconnect and inspect grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic power plants, which includes pre-commissioning and post-commissioning inspection of the grid. It further discusses the maintenance of personal health and safety at the project site. Table of Contents1. Role of Rooftop Solar Grid Engineer. 2. Introduction to Rooftop Solar PV Sector in India. 3. Rooftop solar pv Ecosystem. 4. Pre-commissioning Inspection of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Power Plant. 5. Post-commissioning Inspection of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Power Plant. 6. Maintain Work Safety of Solar PV System. 7. Annexure 1 – Sample Test Certificates of Solar PV Modules and Grid Connected Inverter. 8. Annexure 2 – Guidelines for on Grid Solar Rooftop PV System on Net-metering Basis for BESCOM Officials. 9. Annexure 3 – Guidelines for Utility Personnel – Installation Process of Solar Rooftop PV Systems for JVVNL.

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Book SynopsisAxial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) brushless machines are modern electrical machines with a lot of advantages over their conventional counterparts. This timeless and revised second edition deals with the analysis, construction, design, control and applications of AFPM machines.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1.1 Scope; 1.2 Features; 1.3 Development of AFPM Machines; 1.4 Types of Axial Flwr PM Machines; 1.5 Topologies and Geometries; 1.6 Rotor Dynamics; 1.7 Axial Magnetic Field Excited by PMs; 1.8 PM Eddy-Current Brake as the Simplest AFPM Brushless Machine; 1.9 AFPM Machines versus RFPM Machines; 1.10 Power Limitation of AFPM Machines; Numerical Examples; 2 Principles of AFPM Machines; 2.1 Magnetic Circuits; 2.1.1 Single-Sided Machines; 2.1.2 Double-Sided Machines With Internal PM DiscRotor; 2.1.3 Double-Sided Machines With Internal Ring-Shaped Core Stator; 2.1.4 Double-Sided Machines With Internal Slotted Stator; 2.1.5 Double-Sided Machines With Internal Coreless Stator; 2.1.6 Multidisc Machines; 2.2 Windings; 2.2.1 Three-Phase Windings Distributed in Slots; 2.2.2 Toroidal Winding; 2.2.3 Coreless Stator Winding; 2.2.4 Non-Overlap (Salient Pole) Windings; 2.3 Torque Production; 2.4 Magnetic Flux; 2.5 Electromagnetic Torque and EMF; 2.6 Losses and Efficiency; 2.6.1 Stator Winding Losses; 2.6.2 Stator Core Losses; 2.6.3 Core Loss Finite Element Model; 2.6.4 Losses in Permanent Magnets; 2.6.5 Rotor Core Losses; 2.6.6 Eddy Current Losses in Stator Conductors; 2.6.7 Rotational Losses; 2.6.8 Losses for Nonsinusoidal Current; 2.6.9 Efficiency; 2.7 Phasor Diagrams; 2.8 Sizing Equations; 2.9 Armature Reaction; 2.10 AFPM Motor; 2.10.1 Sine-Wave Motor; 2.10.2 Square-Wave Motor; 2.11 AFPM Synchronous Generator; 2.11.1 Performance Characteristics of a Stand Alone Generator; 2.11.2 Synchronization With Utility Grid; Numerical Examples; 3 Materials and Fabrication; 3.1 Stator Cores; 3.1.1 Nonoriented Electrical Steels; 3.1.2 Amorphous Ferromagnetic Alloys; 3.1.3 Soft Magnetic Powder Composites; 3.1.4 Fabrication of Stator Cores; 3.2 Rotor Magnetic Circuits; 3.2.1 PM Materials; 3.2.2 Characteristics of PM Materials; 3.2.3 Operating Diagram; 3.2.4 Permeances for Main and Leakage Fluxes; 3.2.5 Calculation of Magnetic Circuits With PMs; 3.2.6 Fabrication of Rotor Magnetic Circuits; 3.3 Windings; 3.3.1 Conductors; 3.3.2 Fabrication of Slotted Windings; 3.3.3 Fabrication of Coreless Windings; Numerical Examples; 4 AFPM Machines With Iron Cores; 4.1 Geometries; 4.2 Commercial AFPM Machines With Stator Ferromagnetic Cores; 4.3 Some Features of Iron-Cored AFPM Machines; 4.4 Magnetic Flux Density Distribution in the Air Gap; 4.5 Calculation of Reactances; 4.5.1 Synchronous and Armature Reaction Reactances; 4.5.2 Stator Leakage Reactance; 4.6 Performance Characteristics; 4.7 Performance Calculation; 4.7.1 Sine-Wave AFPM Machine; 4.7.2 Synchronous Generator; 4.7.3 Square-Wave AFPM Machine; 4.8 Finite Element Calculations; Numerical Examples; 5 AFPM Machines Without Stator Cores; 5.1 Advantages and Disadvantages; 5.2 Commercial Coreless Stator AFPM Machines; 5.3 Coreless Stator AFPM Microgenerators; 5.4 Performance Calculation; 5.4.1 Steady-State Performance; 5.4.2 Dynamic Performance; 5.5 Calculation of Coreless Winding Inductances; 5.5.1 Classical Approach; 5.5.2 FEM Approach; 5.6 Performance Characteristics; 5.7 Performance of Coreless Non-Overlap Winding AFPM Machines; 5.8 Eddy Current Losses in the Stator Windings; 5.8.1 Eddy Current Loss Resistance; 5.8.2 Reduction of Eddy Current Losses; 5.8.3 Reduction of Circulating Current Losses; 5.8.4 Measurement of Eddy Current Losses; 5.9 Armature Reaction; 5.10 Mechanical Design Features; 5.10.1 Mechanical Strength Analysis; 5.10.2 Imbalanced Axial Force on the Stator; 5.11 Thermal Problems; Numerical Examples; 6 AFPM Machines Without Stator and Rotor Cores; 6.1 Advantages and Disadvantages; 6.2 Topology and Construction; 6.3 Air Gap Magnetic Flux Density; 6.4 Electromagnetic Torque and EMF; 6.5 Commercial Coreless AFPM Motors; 6.6 Case Study: Low-Speed AFPM Coreless Brushless Motor; 6.6.1 Performance Characteristics; 6.6.2 Cost Analysis; 6.6.3 Comparison With Cylindrical Motor With Laminated Stator and Rotor Cores; 6.7 Case Study: Low-Speed Coreless AFPM; Brushless Generator; 6.8 Characterist

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Book Synopsis Current worldwide trends are not sustainable. The Club of Rome''s warnings published in the book Limits to Growth are still valid. Remedies that are acceptable for the great majority tend to make things worse. We seem to be in a philosophical crisis.  Pope Francis says it clearly: our common home is in deadly danger. Analyzing the philosophical crisis, the book comes to the conclusion that the world may need a new enlightenment; one that is not based solely on doctrine, but instead addresses a balance between humans and nature, as well as a balance between markets and the state, and the short versus long term. To do this we need to leave behind working in silos in favor of a more systemic approach that will require us to rethink the organization of science and education. However, we have to act now; the world cannot wait until 7.6 billion people have struggled to reach a new enlightenment.  This book is full of optimistic case studies and policy proposTrade Review“The new book is essential reading for all of us. … The book offers many positive, practical examples, success stories and opportunities. Many areas of action concern policies at EU level and are of direct relevance to the current policy debate, for example, a move towards a circular economy can help overcome mineral scarcity, significantly lower carbon emissions and increase the number of jobs or regenerative agriculture can stop soil erosion, enhance yields and build carbon in the soil.” (Rod Janssen, energyindemand.com, April, 2018)Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Executive Summary Part One - C’mon! Don’t tell me the current trends are sustainable! 1.1 Introduction: The World in Disarray 1.2 Limits to Growth - how relevant was its message? 1.3 Planetary Boundaries 1.4 The Anthropocene 1.5 The Climate Challenge 1.6 Other disasters ahead 1.7 Unsustainable population growth – and urbanisation 1.8 Unsustainable agriculture and food system 1.9 Trade versus environment 1.10 The 2030 Agenda – the devil is in implementation 1.11 Do we like disruptions? The case of the digital revolution 1.12 From Empty World to Full World Part Two - C’mon! Don’t stick to outdated philosophies! 2.1 Laudato Sí: The Pope raises His voice 2.2 Change the Story, Change the Future 2.3 1991: „The First Global Revolution“ 2.4 Capitalism got arrogant 2.5 The failure of the market doctrine 2.6 Philosophical errors of the market doctrine 2.7 Reductionist philosophy is shallow and inadequate 2.8 Gaps between Theory, Education and Social Reality 2.9 Tolerance and long-term perspectives 2.10 We may need a New Enlightenment Part Three Come On! Join us on an exciting journey towards a sustainable world! 3.1 A regenerative economy 3.2 Development Alternatives 3.3 The Blue Economy 3.4 Decentralized energy 3.5 Some agricultural success stories 3.6 Regenerative urbanization: Ecopolis 3.7 Climate: Some good news, but bigger challenges 3.8 Circular economy requires a new economic logic 3.9 Five-fold resource productivity 3.10 Healthy disruption 3.11 Reform of the financial sector 3.12 Reform of the economic set-up 3.13 Benign investment 3.14 Measuring well-being rather than GDP 3.15 Civil Society, Social Capital and Collective Leadership 3.16 Global Governance 3.17 National level action: China and Bhutan 3.18 Education for a sustainable civilization Conclusion: We invite readers to ‘come on’IndexBlurbs

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Book SynopsisEnergy drives the economy, economics informs policy, and policy affects social outcomes. Since the oil crises of the 1970s, pundits have debated the validity of this sequence, but most economists and politicians still ignore it. Thus, they delude the public about the underlying influence of energy costs and constraints on economic policies that address such pressing contemporary issues as income inequality, growth, debt, and climate change. To understand why, Carey King explores the scientific and rhetorical basis of the competing narratives both within and between energy technology and economics. Energy and economic discourse seems to mirror Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion: For every narrative there is an equal and opposite counter-narrative. The competing energy narratives pit "drill, baby, drill!" against renewable technologies such as wind and solar. Both claim to provide secure, reliable, clean, and affordable energy to support economic growth with the most benefit to society, but how? To answer this question, we need to understand the competing economic narratives, techno-optimism and techno-realism. Techno-optimism claims that innovation overcomes any physical resource constraints and enables the social outcomes and economic growth we desire. Techno-realism, in contrast, states that no matter what energy technologies we use, feedbacks from physical growth on a finite planet constrain economic growth and create an uneven distribution of social impacts. In The Economic Superorganism, you will discover stories, data, science, and philosophy to guide you through the arguments from competing narratives on energy, growth, and policy. You will be able to distinguish the technically possible from the socially viable, and understand how our future depends on this distinction. Trade Review1. “In exploring the debate between technological optimism and technological realism, concerning the importance of market forces vs. limits, The Economic Superorganism is a book that will endure in relevance.” --- Joseph Tainter, Professor of Environment and Society, Author of The Collapse of Complex Societies 2. “This book is panoramic in its vision of recasting economic discourse … the book is readable by the scholar and the informed citizen, willing to question the orthodoxy of natural resources management within contemporary economic doctrines.” --- Saleem H. Ali, Blue & Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware 3. “This book deserves to be widely read by energy and climate scientists, policy makers, reporters, and economists.” --- Richard Heinberg, Author and Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute 4. “This is a must read for those thinking seriously about our future, but be forewarned, you will likely have to rethink your own views.” --- John Day, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment, Louisiana State University 5. “Carey King indicates the weak points in the narratives of mainstream economics, which hardly cares about fundamental natural laws. The book is well written, and the reader feels the intellectual fire that moves its author. I highly recommend it.” --- Dr. Reiner Kümmel, Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Würzburg 6. “The Economic Superorganism offers a fresh perspective on the sometimes heated, sometimes myopic policy debate over the feasibility of a green energy transition.” --- David Spence, Baker Botts Chair in Law, the University of Texas at Austin School of Law 7. “Growth-addicted politicians and bureaucrats are running planet Earth on premises and principles drawn from the ecological vacuity of neoliberal economics. As Carey King deftly reveals, this is analogous flying a 787 Dreamliner using the intellectual equivalent of a 1955 Volkswagen Beetle driver’s manual.” --- William Rees, professor emeritus and former director of the School of Community and Regional Planning at University of British Columbia; creator and co-developer of ecological footprint analysis. 8. “The Economic Superorganism provides a refreshing perspective, a wealth of good basic information, and insights into the disagreements and narratives surrounding energy and its role in society.” --- Charles A. S. Hall, Professor Emeritus, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 9. “Carey King has produced a very valuable overview of energy issues, together with their economic, social, general business and financial implications.” --- Professor Michael Jefferson, ESCP Europe Business School, Former Chief Economist, The Royal Dutch/Shell Group10 “The Economic Superorganism is a deep meditation on the facts and fictions around energy, food, economic and climate systems past and future. King has a deductive approach that assumes nothing but intelligence.” --- Raj Patel, Research Professor, University of Texas at Austin 11. “The Economic Superorganism convincingly explains how and why economics must be forced to confront the essential role of energy, fossil or renewable, in industrial civilisation and the dilemmas that poses for our growth-obsessed social system.” --- Professor Steve Keen, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security, University College London. Table of ContentsPreface: Why we need to understand the Truthiness of Energy Part I: BackgroundChapter 1: History of Energy, Background of ways of thinking about the future and various people making "truthy" statements.Chapter 2: Story 1: Fossil Fuels: why they are seen as good and badChapter 3: Story 2: Renewable Energy: why it is seen as good and badPart II: The broader perspective within which energy systems resideChapter 4: Other relevant trends of the world (population and demographics, water, land, debt and interest rates, climate - we really are in an unprecedented situation)Chapter 5: Systems thinking and understanding interdependence of world systemsChapter 6: How Macroeconomic modeling works now: World, we have a problem (ignores too many relevant trends, discuss implications of current macroeconomic modeling for low-carbon transition that say anything is possible).Chapter 7: Why the problem with Stories 1 & 2 is the same: Finite Earth, minimum in energy and food costs, overhead, debt, and other trends discussed in this Part 2.Chapter 8: The economists’ delusions and distractions: confidence, political will, technological optimism, “better finance”, etc. These are all part of Story 1 and/or Story 2 (with a little tweak we can just keep going)Part III: The Earth is finite and both Stories (1 = fossil, 2 = renewable) have constraints ignored by most economistsChapter 9: Paying attention to the obvious fact: the Earth is finite, it takes time to change, you need to recognize when this fact is becoming relevant. It is relevant now, independent of climate change. Here is where I discuss that the cost of ``energy and food'' (relative to GDP and incomes) as core resources for humans is behind the two major turning points in post-WW II society: (i) early 1970s, (ii) 2000s (leading to financial crisis)Chapter 10: Why we are shifting to renewables and low-variable cost society (low interest rates, depletion, net energy, size of energy and food sector); Comparing Renewables and Fossil (net energy, fixed vs. variable costs, other systems metrics). This is an expected trend of capitalism (per Karl Marx).Chapter 11: Likely upcoming decisions society will have to consider. Discuss the uncertainties and ideas to look out for. Consumers versus technology. Moving to less ownership and more services. How to think of political governance and accountability. Beware of truthiness.Chapter 12: Metrics, models, and ideas to watch. We need a new set of sound economic principles that are ready for a world of slower/declining growth and unpayable debt. We need to create better macroeconmic models and scenarios since the current macroeconomic approaches (for low-carbon transition) are not feasible.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook is a concise introduction to heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on the fundamentals and industrial implementation. It is written in a clear manner using language that is easily accessible to undergraduate students in chemical engineering and industrial chemistry. The textbook includes exercise problems and practice software. New in this edition are sections on catalyst preparation and manufacture, kinetic parameter estimation, and catalytic transport-line reactors. Solutions to all the example problems are now provided.

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Book SynopsisThis updated edition of the industry standard reference on power system frequency control provides practical, systematic and flexible algorithms for regulating load frequency, offering new solutions to the technical challenges introduced by the escalating role of distributed generation and renewable energy sources in smart electric grids. The author emphasizes the physical constraints and practical engineering issues related to frequency in a deregulated environment, while fostering a conceptual understanding of frequency regulation and robust control techniques. The resulting control strategies bridge the gap between advantageous robust controls and traditional power system design, and are supplemented by real-time simulations. The impacts of low inertia and damping effect on system frequency in the presence of increased distributed and renewable penetration are given particular consideration, as the bulk synchronous machines of conventional frequency control are rendered ineffective in emerging grid environments where distributed/variable units with little or no rotating mass become dominant. Frequency stability and control issues relevant to the exciting new field of microgrids are also undertaken in this new edition. As frequency control becomes increasingly significant in the design of ever-more complex power systems, this expert guide ensures engineers are prepared to deploy smart grids with optimal functionality.Table of ContentsPower System Control: An Overview.- Real Power Compensation and Frequency Control.- Frequency Response Characteristics and Dynamic Performance.- PI Based Frequency Control Design.- Frequency Regulation with Time Delays.- Multi-Objective Control Based Frequency Regulation.- Agent Based Robust Frequency Regulation.- Application of Structured Singular Values in LFC Design.- Frequency Control in Emergency Conditions.- The Impacts of Distributed Generation.- Renewable Energy Options and Frequency Regulation.- Frequency Control Analysis and Design in Microgrids.

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Book SynopsisThe raw numbers of high-energy-density physics are amazing: shock waves at hundreds of km/s (approaching a million km per hour), temperatures of millions of degrees, and pressures that exceed 100 million atmospheres. This title surveys the production of high-energy-density conditions, the fundamental plasma and hydrodynamic models that can describe them and the problem of scaling from the laboratory to the cosmos. Connections to astrophysics are discussed throughout. The book is intended to support coursework in high-energy-density physics, to meet the needs of new researchers in this field, and also to serve as a useful reference on the fundamentals. Specifically the book has been designed to enable academics in physics, astrophysics, applied physics and engineering departments to provide in a single-course, an introduction to fluid mechanics and radiative transfer, with dramatic applications in the field of high-energy-density systems. This second edition includes pedagogic improvements to the presentation throughout and additional material on equations of state, heat waves, and ionization fronts, as well as problem sets accompanied by solutions.Table of ContentsIntroduction to High-Energy-Density Physics.- Descriptions of Fluids and Plasmas.- Properties of High-Energy-Density Plasmas.- Shocks and Rarefactions.- Hydrodynamic Instabilities.- Radiative Transfer.- Radiation Hydrodynamics.- Creating High-Energy-Density Conditions.- Inertial Confinement Fusion.- Experimental Astrophysics.- Relativistic High-Energy-Density Systems.- Appendix A: Constants, Acronyms, and Standard Variables.- Appendix B: Sample Mathematica Code.- Appendix C: List of the Homework Problems and Solutions to Selected Problems.

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Book SynopsisDiese bislang einzige einfuhrende Fachbuch in deutscher Sprache behandelt die Grundlagen zur Entwicklung von Flugtriebwerkssystemen, zur Ermittlung ihrer Leistungscharakteristiken sowie weitergehende Betrachtungen uber das Funktionsverhalten und uber die Berechnung und Ausfuhrung einzelner Triebwerkskomponenten. Die Darstellung ermoglicht dem Leser - ohne Beschaftigung mit Detailfragen - einen Gesamtuberblick uber die Grundlagen der Flugtriebwerkstechnik. Die zweite Auflage wurde uberarbeitet und aktualisiert.Table of ContentsI. Triebwerkssysteme.- 1 Einführung.- 1.1 Luftraum.- 1.2 Triebwerksanforderungen.- 1.3 Triebwerksarten.- 2 Kolbenmotor.- 2.1 Saugmotor.- 2.2 Motor mit mechanischer Aufladung.- 2.3 Motor mit Abgasturboaufladung.- 3 Grundlagen der Gasturbinentriebwerke.- 3.1 Thermogasdynamik.- 3.2 Kreisprozesse.- 3.2.1 Idealprozesse.- 3.2.2 Realprozeß.- 4 Turbinen-Luftstrahltriebwerke.- 4.1 Kenngrößen.- 4.2 Vorauslegung.- 4.3 Kennfelder der Strömungsmaschinen.- 4.3.1 Verdichterkennfeld.- 4.3.2 Turbinenkennfeld.- 4.4 Triebwerkskennfelder.- 5 Propeller-Turbinen-Luftstrahltriebwerke.- 5.1 Propeller.- 5.2 Leistungsaufteilung.- 6 Zweistrom-Turbinen-Luftstrahltriebwerke.- 6.1 Ausführungen.- 6.2 Leistungsaufteilung.- 6.3 Kennfeldberechnung.- 7 Maßnahmen zur Schubverstärkung.- 7.1 Wassereinspritzung.- 7.2 Nachverbrennung.- 8 Triebwerke für den Senkrechtstart.- 8.1 Hub-Marsch-Triebwerke.- 8.2 Hubtriebwerke.- 9 Staustrahltriebwerke.- 9.1 Kreisprozeß.- 9.2 Triebwerkskennfelder.- 10 Raketentriebwerke.- 10.1 Kenngrößen.- 10.2 Antriebsbedarf.- 10.3 Flüssigkeitsraketen.- 10.4 Feststoffraketen.- 10.5 Hybridraketen.- II. Triebwerkskomponenten.- 11 Triebwerkseinläufe.- 11.1 Berechnungsgrundlagen.- 11.1.1 Diffusor.- 11.1.2 Verdichtungsstöße.- 11.2 Ausführungen.- 11.2.1 Unterschalleinlauf.- 11.2.2 Überschalleinlauf.- 12 Strömungsmaschinen.- 12.1 Berechnungsgrundlagen.- 12.1.1 Verdichter.- 12.1.2 Turbinen.- 12.2 Ausführungen.- 13 Brennkammern.- 13.1 Berechnungsgrundlagen.- 13.1.1 Thermochemie.- 13.1.2 Thermogasdynamik.- 13.2 Ausführungen.- 14 Schubdüsen.- 14.1 Berechnungsgrundlagen.- 14.2 Ausführungen.- Literaturverzeiehnis.

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Book SynopsisDie Reduktion von Treibhausgasemissionen ist ein zentraler Bestandteil der Umweltpolitik. Die dominierenden Emissionen sind in Deutschland mit der Nutzung von Energie verbunden. Zur Unterstützung von Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und anderen interessierten Gruppierungen bei der Erarbeitung möglichst rationeller Emissionsminderungsstrategien haben acht führende wissenschaftliche Institutionen im IKARUS-Projekt energiewirtschaftliche Modelle und eine umfassende Technik- und Rahmendatenbank entwickelt. Deren Inhalte, Potential, aber auch Grenzen werden hier beschrieben und anhand von Beispielen verdeutlicht.Table of Contents1 Ausgangslage und Übersicht.- 2 Beispiele für die Nutzung von IKARUS.- 2.1 Das IKARUS-Informationssystem.- 2.2 Technikorientierte Klimagasreduktionsstrategien für Deutschland.- 2.3 Nationale Klimapolitik mit CO2- oder Energie­steuern? Ein bewertender Vergleich für die deutsche Volkswirtschaft.- 3 Sektorspezifische Beiträge zur Treibhausgas-Reduktion.- 3.1 Energieumwandlungstechniken als Elemente in Minderungs-strategien energiebedingter Klimagasemissionen.- 3.2 Die Rolle der erneuerbaren Energien.- 3.3 Energieverbrauchsstrukturen und -tendenzen im Sektor Kleinverbraucher.- 3.4 Klimaschutzpotentiale im Bereich Raumwärme.- 3.5 Energieeffizienz, Strukturwandel und Produktionsent-wicklung der deutschen Industrie.- 3.6 Energie- und Emissionsszenarien im Sektor Verkehr.- 3.7 Querschnittstechniken zur Energieumwandlung.- 4 Internationale Verifikation von Vereinbarungen zum Klimaschutz.- Autorenverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisEinführung.- Gesetze und Vorschriften.- Recyclinggerechtes Gestalten.- Recyclingprozesse.- Verwertungsverfahren und Deponie.- Werkstoffrecycling.- Ökologische Bilanzierung.- Logistik.- Produktrecycling.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Gesetze und Vorschriften.- Recyclinggerechtes Gestalten.- Recyclingprozesse.- Verwertungsverfahren und Deponie.- Werkstoffrecycling.- Ökologische Bilanzierung.- Logistik.- Produktrecycling.

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Book SynopsisNowadays, Smart Grid has become an established synonym for modern electric power systems. Electric networks are fed less and less by large, centrally planned fossil and nuclear power plants but more and more by millions of smaller, renewable and mostly weather-dependent generation units. A secure energy supply in such a sustainable and ecological system requires a completely different approach for planning, equipping and operating the electric power systems of the future, especially by using flexibility provisions of the network users according to the Smart Grid concept. The book brings together common themes beginning with Smart Grids and the characteristics of power plants based on renewable energy with highly efficient generation principles and storage capabilities. It covers the advanced technologies applied today in the transmission and distribution networks and innovative solutions for maintaining today’s high power quality under the challenging conditions of large-scale shares of volatile renewable energy sources in the annual energy balance. Besides considering the new primary and secondary technology solutions and control facilities for the transmission and distribution networks, prospective market conditions allowing network operators and the network users to gain benefits are also discussed. The growing role of information and communication technologies is investigated. The importance of new standards is underlined and the current international efforts in developing a consistent set of standards are updated in the second edition and described in detail. The updated presentation of international experiences to apply novel Smart Grid solutions to the practice of network operation concludes this book.Table of ContentsVision and Strategy for the Electricity Networks of the Future.- Smart Generation – Resources and Potentials.- Modern UHV/ EHV /HV Technologies and the Smart Grid Challenges in Transmission.- Design of Distribution Networks and the impact of new Network Users.- Smart Operation and Observability at the Transmission Level.- The 3 Pillars of Smart Distribution.- Design of the Smart Energy Market.- Advanced Information & Communication Technologies: the Backbone of Smart Grids.- Smart Grids Worldwide.- Bibliography.

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