TY - BOOK AU - Dinçer,İbrahim AU - Zamfirescu,Calin TI - Sustainable energy systems and applications SN - 9780387958613 (electronic bk.) AV - TJ808 .D56 2011eb U1 - 621.042 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Sustainable development KW - Energy development KW - Electric power-plants KW - Environmental aspects KW - Clean energy industries KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Thermodynamic fundamentals -- Energy and environment perspectives -- Global warming and climate change -- Energy conservation -- Sustainable development and energy policies -- Fossil fuels and alternative fuels -- Ammonia as a potential substance -- Nuclear energy -- Renewable energies -- District energy systems -- Energy storage -- Integrated multigeneration energy systems -- Hydrogen and fuel cell systems -- Carbon dioxide technologies -- Life-cycle assessment -- Industrial energy -- Sectorial energy and exergy utilization -- Economic analysis N2 - Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications presents analyses of sustainable energy systems and their applications, providing new understandings, methodologies, models and applications along with descriptions of several illustrative examples and case studies. This textbook aims to address key pillars inthe field, such as: better efficiency, cost effectiveness, use of energy resources, environment, energy security, and sustainable development. It also includes some cutting-edge topics, such ashydrogen and fuel cells, renewable, clean combustion technologies, CO2 abatement technologies, and some potential tools for design, analysis and performance improvement. The book also: Discusses producing energy by increasing systems efficiencyin generation, conversion, transportation and consumption Analyzesthe conversion of fossil fuels to clean fuels for limiting pollution and creating a better environment Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications is a research-based textbook which can be used by senior undergraduate and graduatestudents, engineers, practitioners, scientists, andresearchers in the area of sustainable energy systems UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95861-3 UR - http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95861-3 UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/3993 ER -