Renewable energy : power for a sustainable future / edited by Godfrey Boyle.

Contributor(s): Boyle, Godfrey | Open University .

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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Open University, 1996Description: xii, 479 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 019856452X ; 0198564511 .Subject(s): Renewable energy sources

DDC classification: 333.794

Contents:

Overview -- Solar thermal energy -- Solar photovoltaics -- Biomass -- Hydroelectricity -- Tidal power -- Wind energy -- Wave energy -- Geothermal energy -- Integration.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Bishopstown Library Lending	333.794 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00014897

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The prospect of producing clean, sustainable power in substantial quantities from renewable energy sources is arousing interest world-wide. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the principal renewable energy sources: solar thermal, biomass, tidal, wave, photovoltaic, hydro, wind, and geothermal. With the aid of detailed illustrations and tables of data, it explains the physical and technological principles underlying each source and examines its environmental impact and future prospects.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview -- Solar thermal energy -- Solar photovoltaics -- Biomass -- Hydroelectricity -- Tidal power -- Wind energy -- Wave energy -- Geothermal energy -- Integration.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

1 The context of renewable energies
2 Cost and resource assessment
3 Solar thermal energy
4 Solar photovoltaics
5 Energy from biomass
6 Hydroelectricity
7 Tidal power
8 Wind energy
9 Wave energy
10 Geothermal energy
11 Integration of renewable energy sources "

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This is a comprehensive treatment of all non-fossil-fuel-based "renewable" energy sources. Solar thermal energy includes situations where the heat generated by the sun is used more or less directly to heat houses or water, or to generate steam to produce electricity. Solar voltaics energy uses the sun's energy, focused on a semiconductor cell, to produce electrical power directly. Biomass includes wood, hay, or animal wastes burned or processed to produce thermal energy. Hydroelectricity is produced from flowing water used to turn turbines to generate electricity; tidal power also uses flowing water to turn turbines. Wind energy uses flowing air currents to turn turbines, and wave energy uses the wave motion of the sea to power generators. In geothermal energy, the heat from the earth's interior is used to produce power. Each of these technologies has its own chapter; two final chapters discuss the possible integration of these systems into the present power grid and the economics of the energy equation. The authors write primarily for college students, but the material is well illustrated and would be useful for anyone investigating this field. Extensive chapter bibliographies. General readers; undergraduate, graduate, and two-year technical program students. J. C. Comer; emeritus, Northern Illinois University