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Energy Systems Engineering: Evaluation and Implementation

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ISBN-10: 0071495932

ISBN-13: 9780071495936

Edition: 2008

Authors: Francis Vanek, Louis D. Albright

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A Unique Systems Approach to Energy Engineering, Covering Carbon-Based, Nuclear, and Renewable Sources! An essential reference for all engineers and students working with energy systems, Energy Systems Engineering presents a systems approach to future energy needs, covering carbon-based, nuclear, and renewable energy sources. This unique guide explores the latest technology within each energy systems area, the benefits and liabilities of each, the challenges posed by changing energy supplies, the negative impacts from energy consumption, especially CO2 emissions, and the ways in which a portfolio of new technologies can address these problems. Filled with over 200 detailed illustrations and…    
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List price: $89.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 5/19/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Francis M. Vanek, Ph.D., is a lecturer and research assistant in the Departments of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Systems Engineering Program at Cornell University, where he specializes in energy efficiency, alternative energy, and energy for transportation. He is also a consultant with Taitem Engineering in Ithaca.Louis D. Albright, Ph.D., is a professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).Largus T. Angenent, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Biological and…    

Introduction
A systems Approach to Energy
Challenges Climate Change Fossil fuels, relative CO2 emissions, and modeling of consumption and remaining reserves
Fossil fuel combustion technologies
Carbon Sequestration Nuclear Energy
The solar energy resource
Solar technology
Wind Power Energy technologies for transportation
Systems Issues for Transportation Energy
Other technologies and applications
Conclusion: Toward a Sustainable Future