
Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems
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This book begins by introducing students to the important field of sustainability and then presents comprehensive coverage of solar, wind, hydropower, biomass and bio-fuels, geothermal, nuclear, and ocean-based energy technologies. This new edition features recent advances in batteries and other storage technologies, electricity transmission, electric vehicles, and beneficial electrification and demand response in buildings, as well as approaches for reducing emissions from shipping and aviation. It introduces new material on low-carbon building materials, heat pumps, and the practical design aspects of solar photovoltaic systems. This book also covers economics and energy systems analysis methods such as life cycle assessment and greenhouse gas accounting, including detailed examples of design and financial analysis using the System Advisor Model (SAM).
This book is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate engineering students taking courses in Renewable Energy, Energy Systems, and Energy Conversion.
Instructors will have access to a Solutions Manual and Figure Slides for their course.
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Jana B. Milford is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Environmental Engineering Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she worked from 1994 to 2022. Her research and teaching interests have focused on air quality modeling and data analysis, environmental impacts of energy systems, and environmental law and policy. She has also worked as a congressional fellow and analyst at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut, and a senior scientist and staff attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund. She has served as a member of the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission, the Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the National Academy of Sciences, the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Review Committee of the Health Effects Institute. She holds a BS in Engineering Science from Iowa State University, a MS in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and a JD from the University of Colorado School of Law.
Frank Kreith taught at the University of California, Lehigh University, and the University of Colorado, as a Professor Emeritus of Engineering. From 1988 to 2001, he was the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International (ASME) legislative fellow for Energy and Environment at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) where he provided assistance on energy, transportation, and environmental protection to legislators in all 50 state governments. Prior to joining NCSL in 1988, Kreith was the chief of thermal research at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), currently the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. During his tenure at SERI, he participated in the Presidential Domestic Energy Review, served as an energy advisor to the Governor of Colorado, and was the editor of the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. He was the author of over a hundred peer-reviewed articles and textbooks on heat transfer, solar energy, and transportation. He was the recipient of the Charles Greeley Abbot Award from the American Solar Energy Society and the Max Jakob Award from ASME-AIChE, and in 1997, he received the Washington Award for "unselfish and preeminent service in advancing human progress." In 1998, Kreith was awarded the ASME Medal for research, publications, and public service, and in 2004, he was named ASME Honorary Member. In 2005, the ASME established the Frank Kreith Energy Award in recognition of Kreith's contribution to heat transfer and renewable energy.
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