Power generation technologies

This revised third edition of Power Generation Technologies explores even more renewable technologies in detail, from traditional fossil fuels and the more established alternatives such as wind and solar power, to emerging renewables such as biomass and geothermal energy. The book also features new...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Breeze, Paul A. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom : Newnes, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]
EditionThird edition.
Subjects
Electric power production.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780128182550
0128182555
0081026315
9780081026311
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 449 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to electricity generation
  • Electricity generation and the environment
  • Coal-fired power plants
  • Natural gas-fired gas turbines and combined cycle power plants
  • Piston engine-based power plants
  • Combined heat and power
  • Fuel cells
  • Hydropower
  • Tidal barrage power plants
  • Power system energy storage technologies
  • Wind power
  • Geothermal power
  • Solar power
  • Marine power generation technologies
  • Biomass-based power generation
  • Power from waste
  • Nuclear power.

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