Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems

Completely revised and updated, Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition presents broad-based coverage of sustainable energy sources and systems. The book is designed as a text for undergraduate seniors and first-year graduate students. It focuses on renewable energy technologies, but also treats current trends such as the expanding use of natural gas from fracking and development of nuclear power. It covers the economics of sustainable energy, both from a traditional monetary as well as from an energy return on energy invested (EROI) perspective. The book provides complete and up-to-date coverage of all renewable technologies, including solar and wind power, biological processes such as anaerobic digestion and geothermal energy. The new edition also examines social issues such as food, water, population, global warming, and public policies of engineering concern. It discusses energy transition-the process by which renewable energy forms can effectively be introduced into existing energy systems to replace fossil fuels. See What's New in the Second Edition: Extended treatment of the energy and social issues related to sustainable energyAnalytic models of all energy systems in the current and future economyThoroughly updated chapters on biomass, wind, transportation, and all types of solar powerTreatment of energy return on energy invested (EROI) as a tool for understanding the sustainability of different types of resource conversion and efficiency projectsIntroduction of the System Advisor Model (SAM) software program, available from National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), with examples and homework problemsCoverage of current issues in transition engineering providing analytic tools that can reduce the risk of unsustainable fossil resource useUpdates to all chapters on renewable energy technology engineering, in particular the chapters dealing with transportation, passive design, energy storage, ocean energy, and bioconversion Written by Frank Kreith and Susan Krumdieck, this updated version of a successful textbook takes a balanced approach that looks not only at sustainable energy sources, but also provides examples of energy storage, industrial process heat, and modern transportation. The authors take an analytical systems approach to energy engineering, rather than the more general and descriptive approach usually found in textbooks on this topic. 

Introduction to Sustainable EnergySustainability PrinciplesCarrying CapacityContext for Sustainable EnergyKey Sustainability ConsiderationsEnergy Efficiency and ConservationEnergy from Fossil FuelsNuclear EnergyRenewable EnergyHydrogenNREL System Advisor ModelEnergy Units and Conversion FactorsProblemsDiscussion QuestionsOnline ResourcesReferencesSuggested ReadingsEconomics of Energy Generation and Conservation SystemsUnit Cost of EnergyPayback PeriodTime Value of MoneyInflationSocietal and Environmental CostsTotal Life Cycle CostsInternal Rate of ReturnCapital Recovery FactorLevelized Cost of EnergyInput-Output AnalysisEnergy System Analysis MethodologiesEnergy Return on Energy InvestedEROI for a Wind Energy SystemEROI for Nuclear PowerRelation between Energy Return on Energy Invested and Monetary Return on Investment ProblemsReferencesWind Energy, Contributing Author: Gary E. PawlasWind Power in a NutshellPower and EnergyFact or Fiction: Common Questions about Wind TurbinesHistory of Wind Turbine Development: HAWTs and VAWTsIntroduction to Wind Turbine PerformanceAerodynamicsWind CharacteristicsTurbine PerformanceCost of EnergyWind FarmsOffshore Wind EnergySystem Advisory ModelAdditional Topics for StudyAcknowledgmentProblemsReferencesCapturing Solar Energy through Biomass, Contributing Authors: Robert C. Brown and Mark M. WrightBiomass Production and Land Use Waste Material Energy Crops Algae Land Use for Biomass Production Important Properties of BiomassBiomass Process Economics and Technology Conversion of Biomass to Gaseous Fuels Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuels Conversion of Biomass to Electricity Fossil and Biomass Fuel PropertiesConclusionsProblemsReferencesFundamentals of Solar RadiationPhysics of the Sun and Its Energy TransportThermal Radiation FundamentalsSun-Earth Geometric RelationshipSolar RadiationEstimation of Terrestrial Solar RadiationModels Based on Long-Term Measured Horizontal Solar RadiationMeasurement of Solar RadiationProblemsReferencesPhotovoltaicsSemiconductorsAnalysis of Photovoltaic CellsManufacture of Solar Cells and PanelsDesign for Remote Photovoltaic ApplicationsThin-Film PV TechnologyMultilayer PV TechnologyPVWatts for PV Performance EstimatesProblemsReferencesSuggested ReadingsSolar Heating and Cooling of BuildingsRadiative Properties and Characteristics of MaterialsFlat-Plate CollectorsEvacuated Tube CollectorsExperimental Testing of CollectorsCalculations of Heating and Hot Water Loads in BuildingsSolar Water-Heating SystemsLiquid-Based Solar Heating Systems for BuildingsMethods of Modeling and Design of Solar Heating SystemsSolar CoolingSolar Desiccant DehumidificationProblemsReferencesSolar Process Heat and Thermal PowerHistorical PerspectiveSolar Industrial Process HeatParabolic CollectorsLong-Term Performance of SIPH SystemsThermal Power FundamentalsSolar Thermal Power PlantsParabolic Dish Systems and Stirling EnginesProblemsReferencesPassive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting, Contributing Author: Jeffrey H. MorehouseIntroductionKey Elements of Economic ConsiderationSolar Thermosyphon Water HeatingPassive Solar Heating Design FundamentalsPassive Design ApproachesPassive Space-Cooling Design FundamentalsDaylighting Design FundamentalsProblemsDefining TermsReferencesSuggested ReadingsFurther InformationEnergy StorageOverview of Storage TechnologyMechanical TechnologiesDirect Electrical TechnologiesFundamentals of Batteries and Fuel CellsRechargeable BatteriesFuel Cells and HydrogenThermal Energy StorageVirtual Storage in the Electric Transmission GridProblemsReferencesBattery ResourcesOcean Energy ConversionOcean Thermal Energy ConversionTidal EnergyOcean Wave EnergyProblemsReferencesTransportationIntroductionAlternative FuelsWell-to-Wheel AnalysisMass TransportationHybrid Electric VehiclesPlug-In Hybrid Electric VehiclesAdvanced Ground Transportation with Biomass FuelFuture All-Electric SystemHydrogen for TransportationNatural Gas as a Transitional Bridging FuelProblemsEnergy CommitteeReferencesOnline ResourcesTransition Engineering, Contributing Author: Susan KrumdieckFoundations of Transition EngineeringAnthropogenic System DynamicsRisk ManagementFramework of Change ProjectsStrategic Analysis of Complex SystemsConcluding RemarksProblemsReferencesIndex