Advanced energy systems (2^nd Ed.) Energy Technology Series

This second edition to a popular first provides a comprehensive, fully updated treatment of advanced conventional power generation and co-generation plants, as well as alternative energy technologies. Organized into three parts: Advanced fossil Fuel, Fired, Power Generation, Advanced Renewable Energy Systems, and Clean Energy Systems, this book serves as a textbook for students in Energy Engineering courses, as well as professionals in the field. It covers the fundamentals, analysis, design, and practical aspects of advanced energy systems, thus providing a strong theoretical background for highly efficient energy conversion. It contains solved examples, basic and complicated, and problem sets within each chapter.

Introduction: Fundamentals of Energy. Fuel Combustion and Gasification. Reduction of Energy Systems' Environmental Impact 4.Steam Power Plant Technology. Gas Turbine Power Generation Technology. Gas Turbine Based Combined-Cycle Power Plants. Cogeneration. Fuel Cell and MHD-Based Power Plants. Clean Coal Power Generation Technology. Advanced Energy Storage Systems. Appendix A: Unit Conversion Factors. Appendix B: Physical Constants. Appendix C: Temperature Conversion from Celsius Scale to Farenheit Scale. Appendix D: Average Constant Pressure Molar Specific Heat of Ideal Gases. Appendix E: Average Constant Pressure Molar Specific Heat of Ideal Gases and Water Vapor. Appendix F: Thermodynamic Properties of Saturated Water and Saturated Water Vapor: Temperature Table. Appendix G: Thermodynamic Properties of Saturated Water and Saturated Water Vapor: Pressure Table. Appendix H: Thermophysical Properties of Water. Appendix I: Thermophysical Properties of Air. Appendix J: Thermophysical Properties of Saturated Water Vapor. Appendix K: Mollier Enthalpy-Entropy Diagram for Steam. Index.

Energy engineering students and professionals.