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Renewable Energy Engineering: Solar, Wind, Biomass, Hydrogen and Geothermal Energy Systems
Researchers, politicians and lay persons around the world agree that renewable energy technologies will play an increasingly important role in strengthening national economies in the future. The renewable energy industry has the potential to significantly increase power capacity of several countries and subsequently create many jobs.This book examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems. Readers will learn about theoretical and applied perspectives which are key to addressing the major issues associated with such systems. Chapters cover solar energy systems, thermal energy storage, bioenergy, hydrogen production, geothermal energy and measurement techniques for these energy systems. Students in engineering programs, and engineers working in academia and the renewable energy sector will be able to broaden their understanding of complex renewable energy projects through the comprehensive overview of both the fundamental concepts and the technical issues covered in the text.
415 pages, Paperback
Published November 5, 2018
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October 27, 2019
While it is dense book definitely not meant for the common reader, it is a pretty decent book for people who want to learn more about different energy systems.
It goes into sufficient breath and depth about different technologies. So it is definitely very useful to have structured information of these topics on hand while information comes in all kinds of bits and pieces online. It serves well as a conceptual overview and outlines key topics so that I can probe further.
But because it is a collection of writings from several authors, it does have its inconsistencies in the presentation on contents - some are more technically involved than others. Wind is pretty underwhelming and Biomass is pretty overwhelming in terms of its technical rigor.
It is also important to note the things that are not discussed in the book although it is titled "Solar, Wind, Hydrogen, Geothermal Energy Systems". For example, only solar thermal is discussed and only shallow geothermal is discussed. So while the title casts a broad net, it comes with blind spots that are not addressed it is important to know what is neglected in the book as well. While it is probably good to discuss certain things in more depth, "Selected topics" will be a more accurate description.
Because of all these imperfections to a rather big price tag of a book I was deciding between a 3 star and a 4 star. I went for 4 as I thought that I still learnt a lot!
It goes into sufficient breath and depth about different technologies. So it is definitely very useful to have structured information of these topics on hand while information comes in all kinds of bits and pieces online. It serves well as a conceptual overview and outlines key topics so that I can probe further.
But because it is a collection of writings from several authors, it does have its inconsistencies in the presentation on contents - some are more technically involved than others. Wind is pretty underwhelming and Biomass is pretty overwhelming in terms of its technical rigor.
It is also important to note the things that are not discussed in the book although it is titled "Solar, Wind, Hydrogen, Geothermal Energy Systems". For example, only solar thermal is discussed and only shallow geothermal is discussed. So while the title casts a broad net, it comes with blind spots that are not addressed it is important to know what is neglected in the book as well. While it is probably good to discuss certain things in more depth, "Selected topics" will be a more accurate description.
Because of all these imperfections to a rather big price tag of a book I was deciding between a 3 star and a 4 star. I went for 4 as I thought that I still learnt a lot!
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