Renewable Energy Sources: Their Impact on Global Warming and PollutionToday, the tide has turned so strongly in favour of renewables that for the first time since the dawn of the fossil fuel era over two hundred years ago renewable energy technologies have started attracting more investment globally than that in the fossil fuel-based technologies. This text provides a comprehensive and wide ranging introduction to various renewable energy technologies and their applications, such as solar, wind, biomass, biogas, wave, geothermal, tidal and small hydel. It provides a thorough understanding of the basic energy conversion processes taking place in various renewable energy-based equipment like heat engines, photovoltaics, wind turbines, windmills, wave machines, and so on. The text also deals with the impact of renewable energy sources on global warming and pollution. The book is intended for courses in Environmental Sciences, Environmental/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering and Energy Studies at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It will also serve as a useful reference for scientists, technocrats and environmentalists. |
Contents
The Extent of the Problem 725 | 7 |
Direct Solar Energy 2654 | 26 |
Biomass Energy 5574 | 55 |
Biogas Energy 75124 | 75 |
Wind Energy 125145 | 125 |
Wave Energy 146156 | 146 |
Tidal Energy 157167 | 157 |
Geothermal Energy 168190 | 168 |
Small Hydro 191206 | 191 |
Hydrogen as a Renewable Energy Source 207216 | 207 |
Storage of Intermittentlygenerated Renewable Energy 217227 | 217 |
Decarbonization of Fossil Fuel Use by C02 Capture 228238 | 228 |
Is the Use of Renewable Energy Sources an Answer | 239 |
References 283315 | 283 |
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Renewable Energy Sources: Their Impact on Global Warming and Pollution Tasneem Abbasi,S. A. Abbasi No preview available - 2011 |