Advanced Energy Systems

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This text deals with advanced energy systems that are sensitive to the environment, such as combined-cycle power plants. The text analyzes major advanced power generation technologies, and it gives an outlook to the future of power engineering. Among the features of this book are over 50 solved problems, examples included at the end of each chapter, a state-of-the-art analysis of advanced energy and emerging technologies, and full figures, appendices, and references.
 

Contents

Work and Power
5
Combustion Stoichiometry
18
Closure
34
CHAPTER 4
39
Flue Gas Treatment for NO Emissions Control
48
Steam Power Plant Technology
57
Advanced Supercritical Reheat Cycles
70
Closure
86
FuelCell Characteristics
188
Fuel Cell Based Power Plants
195
Closure
208
Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology
214
IGCC Technology
228
Hybrid Combined Cycles
236
CHAPTER 10
243
Thermal Energy Storage
250

Regenerative Gas Turbine Cycle
100
SteamInjected Gas Turbines
118
CombinedCycle Power Plant Configurations
136
CombinedCycle System Design Considerations
151
Steam Turbine Based Cogeneration Plants
164
CombinedCycle Cogeneration Plants
173
Closure
181
Thermochemical Energy Storage
257
Closure
265
Temperature Conversion from Celsius Scale to Fahrenheit Scale
271
Average Constant Pressure Molar Specific Heat of Ideal Gases
272
Mollier EnthalpyEntropy Diagram for Steam Critical Point 374 15C
278
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