Introduction to Renewable Power Systems and the Environment with R

ISBN-13: 9781138197343 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 439 str.

Miguel F. Acevedo

Opis

This textbook introduces the fundamentals of renewable electrical power systems examining their direct relationships with the environment. It covers conventional power systems and opportunities for increased efficiencies and friendlier environmental interactions. While presenting state-of-the-art technology, the author uses a practical interdisciplinary approach explaining electrical, thermodynamics, and environmental topics within every chapter. This approach allows students to feel comfortable moving across these disciplines. The added value are the examples of software programs using open source systems which serve as learning tools for the concepts and techniques described in the book.

Spis treści

Basics of environmental systems, thermodynamics, and electric circuits; Carbon cycle, magnetic circuits, and entropy; Steam processes and three-phase circuits; Natural gas, Brayton cycle, and power quality; The electric power grid; Solar resources and power from PV; Wind resources and wind power; Hydroelectric power generation; Other major sources: geothermal and nuclear sources ; Off the grid, rural areas, and standalone applications; Fuel cells; Distributed generation; Biomass, agriculture, and food; Other topics, applications, and prospects; Economics and Financing; Introduction to R

O autorze

Miguel F. Acevedo has 40 years of academic experience, the last 24 of these at the University of North Texas (UNT) where he is currently a faculty member. His career has been interdisciplinary and especially at the interface of science and engineering. He has served UNT as faculty member in the department of Geography, the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences of the Biology department, and more recently in the Electrical Engineering department. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley (1980) and master degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Berkeley (M.E., 1978) and the University of Texas at Austin (M.S., 1972). Before joining UNT, he was at the Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, where he taught since 1973 in the School of Systems Engineering, the graduate program in Tropical Ecology, and the Center for Simulation and Modeling. He has served on the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and on many review panels of the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has received numerous research grants, and written several textbooks, numerous journal articles, as well as many book chapters and proceeding articles. UNT has recognized him with the Regents Professor rank, the Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education, and the Regent’s Faculty Lectureship.