Fully revised and updated, this second edition provides students with a quantitative and accessible introduction to the renewable technologies at the heart of efforts to build a sustainable future. Key features include new chapters on essential topics in energy storage, off-grid systems, microgrids and community energy; revised chapters on energy and grid fundamentals, wind energy, hydro power, photovoltaic and solar thermal energy, marine energy and bioenergy; appendices on foundational topics in electrical engineering, heat transfer and fluid dynamics; discussion of how real-world projects are developed, constructed and operated; over 60 worked examples linking theory to real-world engineering applications; and over 150 end-of-chapter homework problems, with solutions for instructors. Accompanied online at www.cambridge.org/jenkins2e by extended exercises and datasets, enabling instructors to create unique projects and coursework, this new edition remains the ideal multi-disciplinary introduction to renewable energy, for senior undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and the physical sciences.
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1. Energy in the modern world; 2. Wind energy; 3. Hydro power; 4. The solar energy resource; 5. Photovoltaic systems; 6. Solar thermal systems; 7. Marine energy; 8. Bioenergy; 9. Development and appraisal of renewable energy projects; 10. Electrical energy systems; 11. Storage of renewable energy; 12. Off-grid systems, microgrids and community energy systems; Tutorial I. Electrical engineering; Tutorial II. Heat transfer; Tutorial III. Simple behaviour of fluids; Index.
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Quantitative, accessible, multidisciplinary and fully updated, with new coverage of energy storage, microgrids and off-grid systems.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781009295765
Publisert
2024-03-28
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
1130 gr
Høyde
253 mm
Bredde
179 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
530

Biographical note

Nick Jenkins is Professor of Renewable Energy at Cardiff University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the IET and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Janaka Ekanayake is Senior Professor and the Chair of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET, IESL and the Sri Lanka National Academy of Sciences.