Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes (4^th Ed.)

Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Fourth Edition, winner of a 2022 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association, provides accessible coverage of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa?s classic and comprehensive resource has provided thousands of engineers, scientists, students and professionals alike with a thorough grounding in the scientific principles underlying the complex world of renewable energy technologies. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised by new author Juan Ordonez, Director of the Energy and Sustainability Center at Florida State University, and includes new worked examples, more exercises, and more illustrations to help facilitate student learning.

1. Introduction
PART I: HEAT ENGINES
2. A Minimum of Thermodynamics and of the Kinetic Theory of Gases
3. Mechanical Heat Engines
4. Ocean Thermal Energy Converters
5. Thermoelectricity
6. Thermionics
7. AMTEC
8. Radio-Noise Generators
PART II: THE WORLD OF HYDROGEN
9. Fuel Cells
10. Hydrogen Production
11. Hydrogen Storage
PART III: ENERGY FROM THE SUN
12. Solar Radiation
13. Biomass
14. Photovoltaic Converters
PART IV: WIND AND WATER
15. Wind Energy
16. Ocean Engines
PART V: LAND AND BEYOND
17. Nuclear Energy
18. Storage of Energy

Dr. da Rosa taught the perennially popular Renewable Energy course at Stanford University for over 30 years. Former Chairman of the Brazilian National Research Council, Director of the Aeronautical Technical Center, and founder of Brazilian NASA, he also served as the CEO of a tech start-up, Chairman of the Board for a microprocessor manufacturer, and as a member of Siemens Corporation’s scientific advisory board.
Juan C. Ordonez is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Florida State University, where he serves as Director of the Energy and Sustainability Center and as Principal Investigator on thermal management for the Center for Advanced Power Systems. His research lies within the fields of heat transfer and applied thermodynamics and their application to the design, modeling and optimization of energy systems. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University working in the field of thermodynamic optimization and his M.S. degree in Energy Systems and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UPB – Colombia.