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Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes contains the technical details necessary to understand the engineering principles that govern renewable energy application at many different levels. Focused on the fundamental mechanisms and processes that underpin energy management, it gives students the foundation of all energy process courses. This text is organized by the main forms of energy – heat engines, hydrogen energy, energy from the sun, and w. . . Read more>>
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When Rosa’s book is so incredibly interesting that it’s hard to put down. It’s packed with enough insight and interesting facts that professionals will also find much new and exciting here. Unlike energy texts targeted a general audience, aims this one tall, pale junior or senior engineering or physical science majors. (The only comparable text which I know is Gilbert Masters’ “Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems.” Masters and da Rosa, both emeriti faculty at Stanford.) From the TOC:
Ch . 1 generalities
Ch. 2 Minimum Thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gases
CH. 3 Mechanical combustion engine
Ch. 4 Ocean thermal energy converters
Ch. 5 Thermoelectricity
Ch. 6 Thermionic
Ch. 7 AMTEC
Ch. 8 Radio-noise generators
Ch. 9 Fuel
Ch. 10 Hydrogen production
Ch. 11 Hydrogen storage
Ch. 12 Solar radiation
Ch. 13 Biomass
Ch. 14 Photovoltaic inverters
Non-majors have several very well-written alternatives to choose from:
Energy: Its Use and the Environment, Hinrichs and Klein Bach 4th, 2006, ISBN 0495010855
Energy: physical, environmental and social impacts, Aubrecht, 3rd, 2005, ISBN 0130932221
Energy Systems and Sustainability, Boyle / Everett / Ramage, 2003, ISBN 0199261792
Potential disadvantages of the last book for American audiences is the lack of end-of-chapter questions and exercises and a natural bias towards British examples .
Rating: 5 / 5