Introduction / D. Yogi Goswami1: |
Energy Use by Sectors / 1.1: |
Electrical Capacity Additions to 2030 / 1.2: |
Present Status and Potential of Renewable Energy / 1.3: |
Role of Energy Conservation / 1.4: |
Energy Conversion Technologies / 1.5: |
Energy Resources / Section I: |
Fossil Fuels / 2: |
Coal / Robert Reuther2.1: |
Environmental Aspects / Richard Bajura2.2: |
Oil / Philip C. Crouse2.3: |
Natural Gas / 2.4: |
Biomass Energy / Ralph P. Overend ; Lynn L. Wright3: |
Biomass Feedstock Technologies / 3.1: |
Biomass Conversion Technologies / 3.2: |
Nuclear Resources / James S. Tulenko4: |
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle / 4.1: |
Processing of Nuclear Fuel / 4.2: |
Solar Energy Resources / 5: |
Solar Energy Availability / 5.1: |
Earth-Sun Relationships / 5.2: |
Solar Time / 5.3: |
Solar Radiation on a Surface / 5.4: |
Solar Radiation on a Horizontal Surface / 5.5: |
Solar Radiation on a Tilted Surface / 5.6: |
Solar Radiation Measurements / 5.7: |
Solar Radiation Data / 5.8: |
Wind Energy Resources / Dale E. Berg6: |
Wind Origins / 6.1: |
Wind Power / 6.2: |
Wind Shear / 6.3: |
Wind Energy Resource / 6.4: |
Wind Characterization / 6.5: |
Wind Energy Potential / 6.6: |
Geothermal Energy / Joel L. Renner ; Marshall J. Reed7: |
Heat Flow / 7.1: |
Types of Geothermal Systems / 7.2: |
Geothermal Energy Potential / 7.3: |
Geothermal Applications / 7.4: |
Environmental Constraints / 7.5: |
Operating Conditions / 7.6: |
Energy Conversion / Section II: |
Steam Power Plant / John Kern8: |
Rankine Cycle Analysis / 8.1: |
Topping and Bottoming Cycles / 8.3: |
Steam Boilers / 8.4: |
Steam Turbines / 8.5: |
Heat Exchangers, Pumps, and Other Cycle Components / 8.6: |
Generators / 8.7: |
Gas Turbines / Steven I. Freedman9: |
Overview / 9.1: |
History / 9.2: |
Fuels and Firing / 9.3: |
Efficiency / 9.4: |
Gas Turbine Cycles / 9.5: |
Cycle Configurations / 9.6: |
Components Used in Complex Cycles / 9.7: |
Upper Temperature Limit / 9.8: |
Materials / 9.9: |
Combustion / 9.10: |
Mechanical Product Features / 9.11: |
Internal Combustion Engines / David E. Klett ; Elsayed M. Afify10: |
Engine Types and Basic Operation / 10.1: |
Air Standard Power Cycles / 10.3: |
Actual Cycles / 10.4: |
Combustion in IC Engines / 10.5: |
Exhaust Emissions / 10.6: |
Fuels for SI and CI Engines / 10.7: |
Intake Pressurization-Supercharging and Turbocharging / 10.8: |
Hydraulic Turbines / Roger E.A. Arndt11: |
General Description / 11.1: |
Principles of Operation / 11.2: |
Factors Involved in Selecting a Turbine / 11.3: |
Performance Evaluation / 11.4: |
Numerical Simulation / 11.5: |
Field Tests / 11.6: |
Stirling Engines / William B. Stine12: |
Thermodynamic Implementation of the Stirling Cycle / 12.1: |
Mechanical Implementation of the Stirling Cycle / 12.3: |
Future of the Stirling Engine / 12.4: |
Advanced Fossil Fuel Power Systems / Anthony F. Armor13: |
Fuels for Electric Power Generation in the U.S / 13.1: |
Coal as a Fuel for Electric Power (World Coal Institute 2000) / 13.3: |
Clean Coal Technology Development / 13.4: |
Pulverized-Coal Plants / 13.5: |
Emissions Controls for Pulverized Coal Plants / 13.6: |
Fluidized Bed Plants / 13.7: |
Gasification Plants / 13.8: |
Combustion Turbine Plants / 13.9: |
Central Station Options for New Generation / 13.10: |
Summary / 13.11: |
Combined-Cycle Power Plants / Alex Lezuo14: |
Combined-Cycle Concepts / 14.1: |
Combined-Cycle Thermodynamics / 14.2: |
Combined-Cycle Arrangements / 14.3: |
Combined Heat and Power from Combined-Cycle Plants / 14.4: |
Energy Storage Technologies / Rod Hammerschlag ; Christopher P. Schaber14.5: |
Overview of Storage Technologies / 15.1: |
Principal Forms of Stored Energy / 15.2: |
Applications of Energy Storage / 15.3: |
Specifying Energy Storage Devices / 15.4: |
Specifying Fuels / 15.5: |
Direct Electric Storage / 15.6: |
Electrochemical Energy Storage / 15.7: |
Mechanical Energy Storage / 15.8: |
Direct Thermal Storage / 15.9: |
Thermochemical Energy Storage / 15.10: |
Nuclear Power Technologies / Edwin A. Harvego ; Kenneth D. Kok16: |
Development of Current Power-Reactor Technologies / 16.1: |
Next-Generation Technologies / 16.3: |
Generation-IV Technologies / 16.4: |
Fuel Cycle / 16.5: |
Nuclear Waste / 16.6: |
Nuclear Power Economics / 16.7: |
Conclusions / 16.8: |
Nuclear Fusion / Thomas E. Shannon17: |
Fusion Fuel / 17.1: |
Confinement Concepts / 17.3: |
Tokamak Reactor Development / 17.4: |
Fusion Energy Conversion and Transport / 17.5: |
Solar Thermal Energy Conversion / 18: |
Active Solar Heating Systems / T. Agami Reddy18.1: |
Solar Heat for Industrial Processes / Riccardo Battisti ; Hans Schweiger ; Werner Weiss18.2: |
Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting / Jeffrey H. Morehouse18.3: |
Solar Cooling / Sanjay Vijayaraghavan18.4: |
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power / Manuel Romero-Alvarez ; Eduardo Zarza19: |
Introduction and Context / 19.1: |
Solar Concentration and CSP Systems / 19.2: |
Solar Concentrator Beam Quality / 19.3: |
Solar Concentration Ratio: Principles and Limitations of CSP Systems / 19.4: |
Solar Thermal Power Plant Technologies / 19.5: |
Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plants / 19.6: |
Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power Plants / 19.7: |
Volumetric Atmospheric Receivers: PHOEBUS and Solair / 19.8: |
Solar Air Preheating Systems for Combustion Turbines: The SOLGATE Project / 19.9: |
Dish/Stirling Systems / 19.10: |
Market Opportunities / 19.11: |
Photovoltaics Fundamentals, Technology and Application / 19.12: |
Photovoltaics / Roger Messenger20.1: |
Thin-Film PV Technology / Hari M. Upadhyaya ; Takhir M. Razykov ; Ayodhya N. Tiwari20.2: |
Concentrating PV Technologies / Roland Winston ; Robert McConnell20.3: |
Wind Energy Conversion / 21: |
Wind Turbine Aerodynamics / 21.1: |
Wind Turbine Loads / 21.3: |
Wind Turbine Structural Dynamic Considerations / 21.4: |
Peak Power Limitation / 21.5: |
Turbine Subsystems / 21.6: |
Other Wind-Energy Conversion Considerations / 21.7: |
Biomass Conversion Processes For Energy Recovery / 22: |
Energy Recovery by Anaerobic Digestion / Massoud Kayhanian ; George Tchobanoglous22.1: |
Power Generation / Robert C. Brown22.2: |
Biofuels / 22.3: |
Geothermal Power Generation / Kevin Kitz23: |
Definition and Use of Geothermal Energy / 23.1: |
Requirements for Commercial Geothermal Power Production / 23.3: |
Exploration and Assessment of Geothermal Resources / 23.4: |
Management of the Geothermal Resource for Power Production / 23.5: |
Geothermal Steam Supply (from Wellhead to Turbine) / 23.6: |
Geothermal Power Production-Steam Turbine Technologies / 23.7: |
Geothermal Power Production-Binary Power Plant Technologies / 23.8: |
Environmental Impact / 23.9: |
Additional Information on Geothermal Energy / 23.10: |
Waste-to-Energy Combustion / Charles O. Velzy ; Leonard M. Grillo24: |
Waste Quantities and Characteristics / 24.1: |
Design of WTE Facilities / 24.3: |
Air Pollution Control Facilities / 24.4: |
Performance / 24.5: |
Costs / 24.6: |
Status of Other Technologies / 24.7: |
Future Issues and Trends / 24.8: |
Ocean Energy Technology / Desikan Bharathan ; Federica Zangrando25: |
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion / 25.1: |
Tidal Power / 25.2: |
Wave Power / 25.3: |
Concluding Remarks / 25.4: |
Fuel Cells / Xianguo Li26: |
Principle of Operation for Fuel Cells / 26.1: |
Typical Fuel Cell Systems / 26.3: |
Performance of Fuel Cells / 26.4: |
Fuel Cell Electrode Processes / 26.5: |
Cell Connection and Stack Design Considerations / 26.6: |
Six Major Types of Fuel Cells / 26.7: |
Direct Energy Conversion / 26.8: |
Thermionic Energy Conversion / Mysore L. Ramalingam27.1: |
Thermoelectric Power Conversion / Jean-Pierre Fleurial27.2: |
Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation / William D. Jackson27.3: |
Appendices / Nitin Goel |
The International System of Units, Fundamental Constants, and Conversion Factors / Appendix 1: |
Properties of Gases, Vapors, Liquids and Solids / Appendix 2: |
Ultimate Analysis of Biomass Fuels / Appendix 4: |
Index |
Introduction / D. Yogi Goswami1: |
Energy Use by Sectors / 1.1: |
Electrical Capacity Additions to 2030 / 1.2: |