Presents a review of energy storage systems; oil shale extraction and applications; properties and sources of diesel fuels; and, the rational use of renewable energy on Earth. This book discusses fermentable sugar production from lignocellulois biomass in the production of renewable biofuels and other bio-products.

Presents a comprehensive review of energy security in sustainability; hydroelectric power plants verses nature in the Czech Republic; the role of crop residues and second generation energy crops in biofuel production; electricity from renewable energy sources; technologies for CO2 capture in power plants; and, electricity distribution networks.

Presents a comprehensive review of renewable energy sources, the environment and sustainable development. In this book, various scenarios are extrapolated in order to assess the potential environmental impact of increasing world population and consumption throughout the 21st century and a general overview of the world-wide trend in fossil fuels.

This book presents a comprehensive review of nuclear engineering; developments in oil shale; use of grassland in ecology management; solar collector slope; electron acceptors for bulk heterojuntion solar cells; voltage control of micro hydro turbine generators; and, the direct power control of doubly fed induction generators.

This title presents a review of improvements of HVAC conditions; biological monitoring using wildlife; second law based methods for improvement of energy systems; the expression of wind power; and the history and evolution of fusion power plant studies.

This book presents a comprehensive review of nuclear energy safety; public policies for renewable energy support and deployment of renewable energy technologies; microalgae as a source of biofuel; trigeration systems; cost allocations of electricity and heat; wholesale electricity markets and electricity networks; and, the application of membrane reactors to distributed cogenerative systems.

This book presents a comprehensive review of energy research studies from authors across the globe, including exhaust gases from internal combustion engines and gas turbines that burn both fossil and biomass derived fuels; saving energy in the residential sector; drilling, growing or conserving our way to greater energy independence; the properties, engineering and applications of butanol; research on the relationship between thermal inertia and thermal comfort adaptive models and a new method to reduce HVAC energy consumption.

Presents a review of energy research studies, including research in thermoelectric power generation; thermal energy and sustainable development in the Sudan; nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for Li-Ion batteries; resonant wireless power transmission; energy reduction in the building sector; and, power transmission over optical fibres.

This book presents a comprehensive review of energy research studies from authors across the globe, including recent research in renewable energy, emerging energy technologies and sustainable development; the production of biofuels in the Italian energy system; hydrogen production in the dark fermentation process; price effects of biofuel tax credits and blending mandates; wind power as an economically viable and environmentally sustainable source of renewable energy; and using aquatic plants as biofuel sources.