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Fully revised and updated, this second edition provides students with a quantitative and accessible introduction to the renewable technologies at the heart of efforts to build a sustainable future. Key features include new chapters on essential topics in energy storage, off-grid systems, microgrids and community energy; revised chapters on energy and grid fundamentals, wind energy, hydro power, photovoltaic and solar thermal energy, marine energy and bioenergy; appendices on foundational topics in electrical engineering, heat transfer and fluid dynamics; discussion of how real-world projects are developed, constructed and operated; over 60 worked examples linking theory to real-world engineering applications; and over 150 end-of-chapter homework problems, with solutions for instructors. Accompanied online at www.cambridge.org/jenkins2e by extended exercises and datasets, enabling instructors to create unique projects and coursework, this new edition remains the ideal multi-disciplinary introduction to renewable energy, for senior undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and the physical sciences.
Sommario
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.
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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.
Riassunto
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.
