Description
Book SynopsisThis fourth volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Alternative Engergy Production describes and compares the environmental and economic impacts of renewable and conventional power generation technologies.
Table of ContentsContributors.
Preface.
1: Economic Comparisons of Power Generation Technologies (Todd S. Nemec).
2: Solar Energy Applications (Jan F. Kreider).
3: Fuel Cells (Matthew M. Mench).
4: Geothermal Resources and Technology: An Introduction (Peter D. Blair).
5: Wind Power Generation (Todd S. Nemec).
6: Cogeneration (Jerald A. Caton).
7: Hydrogen Energy (E. K. Stefanakos, D. Y. Goswami, S. S. Srinivasan, and J. T. Wolan).
8: Clean Power Generation from Coal (James W. Butler and Prabir Basu).
9: Using Waste Heat from Power Plants (Herbert A. Ingley III).
Appendix A: Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Collector Manufacturing Activities 2005.
Appendix B: Survey of Geothermal Heat Pump Shipments, 1990–2004.
Index.
