E L Wolf

Gebundenes Buch

Physics and Technology of Sustainable Energy

Beschreibung

Upper level textbook on the science and technologies needed for renewable energy. It looks at energy transmitted from the sun as radiation through the Earth's atmosphere. The book covers turbine technology, hydroelectric power and pumped-hydro energy storage.

Autor

Edward L. Wolf is a Fellow of the American Physical Society whose research in the area of condensed matter physics contributed strongly to the understanding of superconductive tunnelling junctions and the superconducting proximity effect. Dr. Wolf is author of more than 100 refereed research papers and, more recently, of five monographs in areas related to nanotechnology as well as to superconductive electron tunnelling spectroscopy. Dr. Wolf has held positions in industry, two years as Program Director at the National Science Foundation, and academic appointments at the Iowa State University Ames Laboratory of the US Dept. of Energy as well as at Polytechnic University and New York University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 172mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 980g
• ISBN-13: 9780198769804
• ISBN-10: 0198769806
• Artikelnr.: 51250815