Nicholas Jenkins (Cardiff University), Janaka Ekanayake (Sri Lanka University of Peradeniya)

Renewable Energy Engineering

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a quantitative yet accessible overview of renewable energy engineering practice including wind, hydro, solar thermal, photovoltaic, ocean and bioenergy. Suitable for engineering undergraduates as well as graduate students from other numerate degrees, the text is supported by worked examples, tutorial chapters providing background material and end-of-chapter problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 192mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1002g
• ISBN-13: 9781107028487
• ISBN-10: 1107028485
• Artikelnr.: 45543856

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Jenkins is Professor of Renewable Energy at Cardiff University. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Energy in the modern world
2. Wind energy
3. Hydro power
4. The solar energy resource
5. Photovoltaic systems
6. Solar thermal energy
7. Marine energy
8. Bioenergy
9. Development and appraisal of renewable energy projects
10. Electrical energy systems
Tutorial I. Electrical engineering
Tutorial II. Heat transfer
Tutorial III. Simple behaviour of fluids.