1st Edition

Advanced Non-Thermal Power Generation Systems

By Yatish T. Shah Copyright 2024
582 Pages 106 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

582 Pages 106 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

582 Pages 106 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Generally, sources for power generation are broken down into two categories: thermal and non-thermal. Thermal sources for power generation include combustion, geothermal, solar, nuclear, and waste heat, which essentially provide heat as a means for power generation. This book examines non-thermal (mechanical, electrochemical, nanoscale self-powered, and hybrid) sources of power generation and... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Advanced Wind Power Systems

Chapter 3 Advances in Hydroelectricity

Chapter 4 Advances in Fuel Cells for Power Generation

Chapter 5 Advances in Multi-Functional and Hybrid Fuel Cells

Chapter 6 Self-Powered Electrochemical Systems and Nanogenerators

Biography

Yatish T. Shah received his BSc in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and MS and ScD in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA). He has more than 40 years of academic and industrial experience in energy-related areas. He was chairman of the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Drexel University, Philadelphia; chief research officer at Clemson University, South Carolina; and provost at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, and Norfolk State University, Virginia. He was also a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge (UK) and a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkley, and Institut fur Technische Chemie der Universitat Erlangen, Nurnberg, Germany. He has previously written 13 books related to energy, most of which are under the Sustainable Energy Strategies book series (by Taylor & Francis), of which he is the editor. He has also published more than 250 refereed reviews, book chapters, and research technical publications in the areas of energy, environment, and reaction engineering. He is an active consultant to numerous industries and government organizations in energy areas.