Renewable Energy Technologies
A Practical Guide for Beginners
Published on 30. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-81-203-3434-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a highly accessible introduction to the multi-disciplinary field of renewable energy sources-an area which is becoming increasingly important. It is intended to serve as a textbook for undergraduate electrical and mechanical engineering students, but will also be useful for courses in environmental science.
It will help those new to the subject to understand the basic energy conversion processes involved in various renewable energy based equipment, such as solar photovoltaics, solar water heaters, wind turbines, and biomass plants. For each technology, several possible system configurations and their usages are considered. Step-by-step procedures are given to design and cost estimate renewable energy based systems. Numerous end of chapter problems are given to reinforce concepts, and for getting used to system design and system costing procedures.
Besides students, this book will also be useful for anyone interested in learning and practising renewable energy technologies.
It will help those new to the subject to understand the basic energy conversion processes involved in various renewable energy based equipment, such as solar photovoltaics, solar water heaters, wind turbines, and biomass plants. For each technology, several possible system configurations and their usages are considered. Step-by-step procedures are given to design and cost estimate renewable energy based systems. Numerous end of chapter problems are given to reinforce concepts, and for getting used to system design and system costing procedures.
Besides students, this book will also be useful for anyone interested in learning and practising renewable energy technologies.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-81-203-3434-2 (9788120334342)
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Chetan Singh Solanki, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He is the recipient of Young Scientist Award from European Material Research Society (2003), Young Investigator Award from IIT Bombay (2009) and several other awards for paper presentations. He has authored many books published by PHI Learning, New Delhi. The Hindi version of his book Renewable Energy Technologies-A Practical Guide for Beginners got the first prize from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in 2011. His research areas include high efficiency c-Si cells, thin film c-Si cells, concentrator cells and modules and nano-materials for solar cells. Dr. Solanki is currently one of the principal investigators of the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE), funded by the MNRE, Government of India.