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Progress in Sustainable Energy Technologies: Generating Renewable Energy

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  • Covers new technologies, strategic solutions and engineering applications related to the generation of sustainable energy

  • Brings readers up-to-date with the latest research findings from leading experts in sustainable energy from around the globe

  • Includes numerous applied examples from industry and case studies that put theory into practice

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

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About this book

This multi-disciplinary volume presents information on the state-of-the-art in sustainable energy technologies key to tackling the world’s energy challenges and achieving environmentally benign solutions. Its unique amalgamation of the latest technical information, research findings and examples of successfully applied new developments in the area of sustainable energy will be of keen interest to engineers, students, practitioners, scientists and researchers working with sustainable energy technologies. Problem statements, projections, new concepts, models, experiments, measurements and simulations from not only engineering and science, but disciplines as diverse as ecology, education, economics and information technology are included, in order to create a truly holistic vision of the sustainable energy field. The contributions feature coverage of topics including solar and wind energy, biomass and biofuels, waste-to-energy, renewable fuels, geothermal and hydrogen power, efficiency gains in fossil fuels and energy storage technologies including batteries and fuel cells.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Canada

    Ibrahim Dincer

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey

    Adnan Midilli, Haydar Kucuk

About the editors

Ibrahim Dincer is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Programs Director in the faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He has authored and co-authored dozens of books, over 1000 refereed journal and conference papers and numerous technical reports. He has chaired many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops, and technical meetings. He is the founding chair/co -chair of various well-established international conferences, including the International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium. He has delivered over 300 keynote and invited lectures. He serves as Editor-In-Chief for International Journal of Energy Research, International Journal of Exergy, and International Journal of Global Warming, as well as associate editor, regional editor and editorial board member on various prestigious international journals.

Adnan Midilli is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Engineering Faculty at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey. He is an active member of several international scientific organizations and societies and serves as editorial board member on prestigious international journals. He has chaired many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops and technical meetings. His research interest includes sustainable energy technologies, sustainable development, thermodynamic design and modeling.

Haydar Kucuk is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering Faculty at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. His research interests involve numerical heat transfer and fluid flow, drying and drying models, energy and exergy analysis, economic analysis and sustainability and thermodynamics. He serves as referee for international journals and was Technical Chair of The Sixth International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Progress in Sustainable Energy Technologies: Generating Renewable Energy

  • Editors: Ibrahim Dincer, Adnan Midilli, Haydar Kucuk

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07896-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07895-3Published: 19 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36195-6Published: 27 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07896-0Published: 29 October 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 745

  • Number of Illustrations: 184 b/w illustrations, 224 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Sustainable Development, Energy Systems, Renewable and Green Energy

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