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Energy costs, international developments and new directions /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
[2009]
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| Colección: | Energy science, engineering and technology series.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ENERGY COSTS, INTERNATIONALDEVELOPMENTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; OPPORTUNITIES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGYIN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF SUDAN; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HYDROPOWER; 2.1. Water Resources; 2.2. Hydropower Development; 2.3. Growth of Electricity Sector; 2.4. Small Hydropower; 2.5. Environment; 2.6. Future Outlook; 3. BIOMASS ENERGY POTENTIAL; 3.1. Bioenergy; 3.2. Waste Policy in Context; 3.3. Energy from Agricultural Biomass; 4. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 4.1. Heat Pumps; 4.2. Heat Pump Principles; 4.3. Refrigeration; 4.4. Water Source Heat Pump; 4.5. Geothermal Aquifers.
- 4.6. Costs of GSHP5. SOLAR ENERGY; 5.1. Solar Energy Applications; 5.1.1. Solar cookers; 5.1.2. Industrial solar water heaters (SWHs); 5.1.3. Solar stills; 5.1.4. Solar dryers for peanut crops; 5.1.5. PV solar lighting systems.; 5.1.6. PV solar water pumps; 5.1.7. PV solar refrigerators; 5.1.8. PV communication systems; 5.2. The Future; 5.3. Greenhouses Applications; 5.3.1. Principle of greenhouse; 5.3.2. Heating the greenhouse or conservatory; 5.3.3. Indoor environment control; 6. ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING; 7. CONCLUSIONS; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCES.
- NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SYSTEMSAND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROLABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Efficiency Use of Energy; 1.2. Utilise Renewable Energy; 1.3. Reduce Transport Energy; 1.4. Increase Awareness; 2. ENERGY FROM WASTE; 2.1. Waste Shredding; 2.2. Biomass CHP; 3. WIND ENERGY; 4. SOLAR ENERGY; 5. HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL; 6. GASIFICATION; 7. ENERGY RECOVERY; 8. GEOTHERMAL HEAT; 9. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; 10. ENERGY EFFICIENCY; 10.1. Energy Supply; 10.2. Refrigeration; 10.3. Temperature Distributions; 10.4. Thermodynamic Analysis of Refrigeration Cycles; 11. ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE.
- 11.1. Natural Disasters12. CONCLUSIONS; 12.1. Utilisation of Renewable Energy; 12.1.1. Policy and environment; 12.1.2. Solar electrical technology; 12.1.3. Solar thermal technology; 12.1.4. Solar and low energy architecture; 12.1.5. Wind energy technology and applications; 12.1.6. Biomass conversion; 12.1.7. Fuel cells and hydrogen technology; 12.1.8. Marine/ocean energy; REFERENCES; BRIDGING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RURALCOMMUNITIES: SOCIAL LEARNING AS A CATALYST; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE CHINESE CONTEXT; OBJECTIVES AND CASE STUDY SETTING; RESEARCH FINDINGS.
- ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMRECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; BRAINWASHING THROUGH TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS; LEARNING FROM NEIGHBOURS; ATTITUDES TOWARDS STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT IN SUDAN; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; 3. SUSTAINABILITY; 4. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVES; (1) Implementing Ecologically Sustainable Industrial Development Strategies; (2) Applying Cleaner Production Processes and Techniques.