Renewable Energy Engineering

Fully updated, this edition includes new chapters on energy storage, off-grid systems and microgrids; revised coverage of wind, hydro, photovoltaic, solar thermal, marine and bioenergy; and online exercises, datasets and solutions for instructors. Quantitative, accessible and ideal for senior and graduate students across all STEM backgrounds.

List of contents

1. Energy in the modern world; 2. Wind energy; 3. Hydro power; 4. The solar energy resource; 5. Photovoltaic systems; 6. Solar thermal systems; 7. Marine energy; 8. Bioenergy; 9. Development and appraisal of renewable energy projects; 10. Electrical energy systems; 11. Storage of renewable energy; 12. Off-grid systems, microgrids and community energy systems; Tutorial I. Electrical engineering; Tutorial II. Heat transfer; Tutorial III. Simple behaviour of fluids; Index.

About the author

Nick Jenkins is Professor of Renewable Energy at Cardiff University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the IET and the Royal Academy of Engineering.Janaka Ekanayake is Senior Professor and the Chair of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET, IESL and the Sri Lanka National Academy of Sciences.

Summary

Fully updated, this edition includes new chapters on energy storage, off-grid systems and microgrids; revised coverage of wind, hydro, photovoltaic, solar thermal, marine and bioenergy; and online exercises, datasets and solutions for instructors. Quantitative, accessible and ideal for senior and graduate students across all STEM backgrounds.

Product details

• Authors: Janaka Ekanayake, Janaka (University of Peradeniya Ekanayake, Ekanayake Janaka, Nick Jenkins, Nick (Cardiff University) Jenkins, Nick (Cardiff University) Ekanayake Jenkins, Jenkins Nick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009295765
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0929576-5
• No. of pages: 530
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; SCIENCE / Energy, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Energy, power generation, distribution and storage, For higher / tertiary / university education, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Power generation & distribution