"Low-Temperature Energy Systems with Applications of Renewable Energy is a new and useful book published by Academic Press (an imprint of Elsevier), written by a trio of geothermal experts and champions: Drs. Andriy Redko, Oleksandr Redko, and Ronald DiPippo. After reading the excellent summaries ending all nine chapters, I had new respect for the flexibility of geothermal systems and two questions: who decides what low and high mean in an energy project and what is a low-temperature energy system?" --Susan Fox Hodgson, Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin, Vol 49, No.1
1. Principles and operation of refrigeration and heat pump systems 2. Characteristics of low-temperature energy sources for heat pumps 3. Effective use of heat pumps for various heating applications4. Heat pumps in the drying industry5. Heating with geothermal systems6. Geothermal energy in combined heat and power systems7. Biofuels conversion: energy-saving processes and use of biogas8. Hybrid systems with renewable energy sources9. Industrial waste heat resources
Redko Andriy is a Doctor of technical sciences at Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture, and Professor in the department of Heat, gas supply, ventilation and using WHR. He defended his PhD dissertation on the problem of gypsum dehydration in a boiling bed under pressure and he is currently researching processes of heat treatment and combustion of various fuels in a boiling bed.
Redko Oleksandr is Doctor of technical sciences and Professor, department of Heat, gas supply, ventilation and using WHR at the Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture. He defended his Dr. S thesis on the problem of intensification of heat processes in a boiling bed and is currently researching processes of low-grade fuel combustion in a boiling bed.
Ronald DiPippo is a geothermal expert and renewable energy consultant.. He is also Chancellor Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, United States.