Environmentally Conscious Alternative Energy Production
| Series: | Industrial biotechnology |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Subject: | Electric power production, Electric power production--Environmental asp, Renewable energy sources, Global warming--Prevention, Sustainable engineering |
| Authors: | Myer Kutz |
| Pages: | 336 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9780471739111 |
| Call No: | TK 1005. E58 2007 |
This 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. Major topic areas include: Economic comparisons of power generation technologies, Efficiency comparisons of power generation technologies, Methods of improving the environmental impact of conventional technologies, Solar thermal systems, Photovoltaics, Fuel cell technologies, Geothermal power generation, Hydroelectric power generation, Wind power generation, Cogeneration, The hydrogen economy, Energy efficient building design, Industrial energy conservation, and Codes, standards and legislation, and others.