TY - BOOK AU - Belu,Radian TI - Energy storage, grid integration, energy economics, and the environment / T2 - Nano and energy series SN - 9780367261405 U1 - 333.79 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Energy storage KW - Electric power distribution KW - Power resources KW - Economic aspects KW - Environmental aspects N1 - 1. Energy Storage Systems2. Batteries, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Energy3. Biomass, Biofuels, Waste-to-Energy Recovery4. Electric Utility Integration of Renewable Energy Systems5. Economics, Energy Management and Conservation6. Distributed Generation and Microgrids7. Renewable Energy Environmental Impacts N2 - The book covers energy storage systems, bioenergy and hydrogen economy, grid integration of renewable energy systems, distributed generation, economic analysis, and environmental impacts of renewable energy systems. The overall approaches are interdisciplinary and comprehensive, covering economic, environmental, and grid integration issues as well as the physical and engineering aspects. Core issues discussed include mechanical, electrical, and thermal energy storage systems, batteries, fuel cells, biomass and biofuels, hydrogen economy, distributed generation, a brief presentation of microgrids, and in-depth discussions of economic analysis and methods of renewable energy systems, environmental impacts, life-cycle analysis, and energy conservation issues. With several solved examples, holistic material presentation, in-depth subject matter discussions and self-content material presentation, this textbook will appeal strongly to students and professional and nonprofessional readers who wish to understand this fascinating subject. Readers are encouraged to solve the problems and questions, which are useful ways to understand and apply the concepts and the topics included ER -