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Distributed renewable energies for off-grid communities : strategies and technologies toward achieving sustainability in energy generation and supply /
Energy is directly related to the most critical economic and social issues which affect sustainable development such as mobility, food production, environmental quality, regional and global security issues. Two-thirds of the new demand will come from developing nations, with China accounting for 30%...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK ; Waltham, MA :
Elsevier,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
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- Front Cover; Distributed Renewable Energies For Off-Grid Communities: Strategies and Technologies toward Achieving Sustainability in Energy Generation and Supply; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter One- Scope of the Book; 1.1. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY GENERATION; 1.2. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SUPPLY; 1.3.COMMUNITY POWER; 1.4. OFF-GRID SYSTEMS; REFERENCES; Chapter Two- Restructuring Future Energy Generation and Supply; 2.1. BASIC CHALLENGES; 2.2. CURRENT ENERGY SUPPLIES; 2.3. PEAK OIL; 2.4. AVAILABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES; REFERENCES.
- Chapter Three- Road Map of Distributed Renewable Energy Communities3.1. ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; 3.2.COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; 3.3. FACING THE CHALLENGES; 3.4. THE CONCEPT OF FAO, UN INTEGRATED ENERGY COMMUNITIES (IEC); 3.5. GLOBAL APPROACH; 3.6. BASIC AND EXTENDED NEEDS; 3.7. TYPICAL ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; 3.8. SINGLE AND MULTIPLE-PHASE ISLAND GRID; 3.9. REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter Four- Planning of Integrated Renewable Communities; 4.1. SCENARIO 1; 4.2. SCENARIO 2; 4.3. CASE STUDY I: IMPLEMENTATION OF IEF UNDER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF CENTRAL EUROPE.
- 4.4. CASE STUDY II: ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONSREFERENCE; Chapter Five- Determination of Community Energy and Food Requirements; 5.1. MODELING APPROACHES; 5.2. DATA ACQUISITION; 5.3. DETERMINATION OF ENERGY AND FOOD REQUIREMENTS; 5.4. ENERGY POTENTIAL ANALYSIS; 5.5. DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING FOR ENERGY UTILIZATION; 5.6. WIND ENERGY; 5.7. BIOMASS; REFERENCES; Chapter Six- Energy Basics, Resources, Global Contribution and Applications; 6.1. BASICS OF ENERGY; 6.2. GLOBAL CONTRIBUTION; 6.3. RESOURCES AND APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter Seven- Solar Energy; 7.1. PHOTOVOLTAIC.
- 7.2. CONCENTRATING SOLAR THERMAL POWER (CSP)7.3. SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTORS; 7.4. SOLAR COOKERS AND SOLAR OVENS; REFERENCES; Chapter Eight- Wind Energy; 8.1. GLOBAL MARKET; 8.2. TYPES OF WIND TURBINES; 8.3. SMALL WIND TURBINES; 8.4. GOOGLE SUPERHIGHWAY, USA; REFERENCES; Chapter Nine- Biomass and Bioenergy; 9.1. CHARACTERISTICS AND POTENTIALS; 9.2. SOLID BIOFUELS; 9.3. CHARCOAL; 9.4. BRIQUETTES; 9.5. PELLETS; 9.6. BIOGAS; 9.7. ETHANOL; 9.8. BIO-OILS; 9.9. CONVERSION SYSTEMS TO HEAT, POWER AND ELECTRICITY; 9.10.COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP); 9.11. STEAM TECHNOLOGY; 9.12. GASIFICATION; 9.13. PYROLYSIS; 9.14. METHANOL.
- 9.15. SYNTHETIC OIL9.16. FUEL CELLS; 9.17. THE STIRLING ENGINE; 9.18. ALGAE; 9.19. HYDROGEN; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter Ten- Hydropower; 10.1. HYDROELECTRICITY; 10.2. MICROHYDROPOWER SYSTEMS; 10.3. TURBINE TYPES; 10.4. POTENTIAL FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter Eleven- Marine Energy; 11.1. OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; 11.2. TECHNOLOGIES; 11.3. OCEAN TIDAL POWER; 11.4. OCEAN WAVE POWER; 11.5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; REFERENCES; Chapter Twelve- Geothermal Energy; 12.1. ORIGIN OF GEOTHERMAL HEAT; 12.2. GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY; 12.3. TYPES OF GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS.