Energy Conversion

By - Goswami D. Yogi & Kreith Frank[ed]

Floor - Floor 2

Published - Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]

ISBN 10 - 1466584823

ISBN 13 - 9781466584822

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Energy conversion.

Shelf No - 10

common.call_no - 621.042 ENE 2017

common.edition - 2nd ed

common.physical_description - xiii, 1193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Book Information

Completely revised and updated, this second edition surveys the latest advances in energy conversion from a wide variety of currently available energy sources. It describes energy sources such as fossil fuels, biomass including refuse-derived biomass fuels, nuclear, solar radiation, wind, geothermal, and ocean, then provides the terminology and units used for each energy resource and their equivalence. It includes an overview of the steam power cycle, gas turbines, internal combustion engines, hydraulic turbines, Stirling engines, advanced fossil fuel power systems, and combined-cycle power plants. It outlines the development, current use, and future of nuclear fission.

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