دانلود کتاب Alternative Energy Sources 2012 edition 1

Alternative Energy Sources are designed to provide the reader with a clear view of the role that each form of alternative energy may play in providing the energy needs of human society in the near future (20-50 years). The first two chapters on Energy Demand and Supply and Environmental Impacts outline why alternative energy is so important for the future. Chapter Three introduces the laws of energy conversion processes, as well as the limits of converting one form of energy into another. The section on electrical energy provides a quantitative background on the capacity/potential of each energy source to produce energy. Chapters four, five, and six explain fission and fusion nuclear energy, the power plants that may produce energy from these sources, and the issues that will frame the public debate on nuclear energy. The following five chapters include descriptions of the most common renewable energy sources (wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and hydroelectric) for some of the less common ones (such as tidal and wave energy). The focus in these chapters will be on the global potential of each resource, the engineering/technical systems used to harness the potential of each source, and technological developments that will contribute to a wider use of resources and their associated environmental impacts on a larger scale. use. The last three chapters are: "Energy Storage", which will become an important issue if renewables are used on a large scale. The fourteen chapters in the book have been chosen so that one can fit into a university semester about this book. At the end of each chapter, there are 10-20 problems and 1-3 proposals for semester projects that can be assigned to students for further research.