Energy and the Environment

By Pramod Kumar, Vipin Kumar

Edited by Pravin Kumar Sachan

Environmental biotechnology is a vast and rapidly growing field which continues to revolutionise the understanding of basic life sustaining processes in the environment by identifying and exploiting the biomolecules and their utilities to provide clean technologies in order to counter environmental…

Paperback – 2019-08-01 
WPI Publishing
Energy and the Environment

By Vaughn Nelson, Kenneth Starcher

The utilization of wind power and other renewable energy sources has been growing at a phenomenal rate. Wind Energy, Third Edition explores the wind industry from its inception in the 1970s to today; presents the design, aerodynamics, operation, control, applications, as well as different types of…

Hardback – 2018-11-12
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Frank Spellman

What is forest-based biomass energy and why should we care? Written by environmental expert Frank Spellman, Forest-Based Biomass Energy: Concepts and Applications details how forest biomass can be converted to energy and energy products, including direct combustion, pellets, gasification, and…

Paperback – 2017-11-22
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Frank Vignola, Joseph Michalsky, Thomas Stoffel

The rather specialized field of solar and infrared radiation measurement has become more and more important in the face of growing demands by the renewable energy and climate change research communities for data that are more accurate and have increased temporal and spatial resolution. Updating…

Paperback – 2017-10-27
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Daryl Ronald Myers

Written by a leading scientist with over 35 years of experience working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Solar Radiation: Practical Modeling for Renewable Energy Applications brings together the most widely used, easily implemented concepts and models for estimating broadband and…

Paperback – 2017-03-29
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By David R. Boden

Geothermal energy stands out because it can be used as a baseload resource. This book, unlike others, examines the geology related to geothermal applications. Geology dictates (a) how geothermal resources can be found, (b) the nature of the geothermal resource (such as liquid- or vapor-dominated)…

Hardback – 2016-11-07
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Bikash Pandey, Ajoy Karki

Providing essential theory and useful practical techniques for implementing hydroelectric projects, this book outlines the resources, power generation technologies, applications, and strengths and weaknesses for hydroelectric technologies. Emphasizing the links between energy and the environment,…

Hardback – 2016-10-06
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Vaughn C. Nelson, Kenneth L. Starcher

Explore a Major Component of Renewable Energy Introduction to Bioenergy takes a look at energy from biomass (thermal energy, power, liquid fuels, and biogas) and envisions a sustainable future fueled by renewable energy. From production to conversion to heat, power, and biofuel, this book breaks…

Hardback – 2016-06-28
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Vaughn C. Nelson, Kenneth L. Starcher

Introduction to Renewable Energy, Second Edition covers the fundamentals of renewable energy and serves as a resource to undergraduates in renewable energy courses, non-specialists within the energy industries, or anyone working to support the successful implementation of renewable energy. The…

Hardback – 2015-11-23
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Frank R. Spellman

Renewable Energy Has a Good Side and a Bad Side… Evaluate Both All energy sources affect the environment in which we live. While fossil fuels may essentially do more harm, renewable energy sources can also pose a threat to the environment. Allowing for the various renewable energy sources: solar,…

Hardback – 2014-12-02
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By William E. Glassley

An In-Depth Introduction to Geothermal Energy Addressing significant changes in the energy markets since the first edition, Geothermal Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment, Second Edition expounds on the geothermal industry, exploring the expansion, growth, and development of geothermal…

Hardback – 2014-10-13
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Kenneth J. Skipka, Louis Theodore

  The Energy Problem Energy Resources: Availability, Management, and Environmental Impacts identifies historical increases in demand and a continuing lack of viable management policies for regional and global energy problems. Considering the state and consumption of energy resources on a…

Hardback – 2014-04-22
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Michael Curley

Environmental finance is about creating the greatest environmental benefit for the largest number of people at the lowest possible cost. That is the first and most important principle listed in Finance Policy for Renewable Energy and a Sustainable Environment. Focusing on what the author considers…

Hardback – 2014-03-18
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

By Robert Foster, Majid Ghassemi, Alma Cota

Drawing on the authors’ extensive research and project implementation around the globe, Solar Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment covers solar energy resources, thermal and photovoltaic systems, and the economics involved in using solar energy. It provides background theory on solar energy…

Hardback – 2009-08-18
CRC Press
Energy and the Environment

Edited by John Byrne, Daniel Rich

Despite recent oil price reductions, analysts see potential for another energy crisis by the early 1990s, unless corrective action is taken soon. The United States' energy dependence has increased: we now rely on imports for as much as 70 percent of our needs. Meanwhile, capital markets and…

Paperback – 1988-07-31
Routledge
Energy and the Environment