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Alternative Energy Sources and Technologies

Process Design and Operation

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  • Maximizes reader insights into the energy value chain from harvesting the raw material to the distribution of the product

  • Presents an in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities that novel technologies and renewable sources provide

  • Includes a real-world case study of the operation of "El Hierro" island as an example of the current effort towards more efficient use of resources

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Alternative Energy Sources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Renewable Energy Sector

      • Leandro Real, Esperanza Sierra, Alberto Almena
      Pages 17-30
  3. Infrastructure Design for Various Energy Sources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
    2. Development Planning of Offshore Oilfield Infrastructure

      • Vijay Gupta, Ignacio E. Grossmann
      Pages 33-87
  4. Processing of Alternatives Raw Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Equation-Based Design, Integration, and Optimization of Oxycombustion Power Systems

      • Alexander W. Dowling, John P. Eason, Jinliang Ma, David C. Miller, Lorenz T. Biegler
      Pages 119-158
    3. Wind Energy

      • Jason Ganley, Jie Zhang, Bri-Mathias Hodge
      Pages 159-180
    4. Solar Energy as Source for Power and Chemicals

      • Lidia Martín, Borja Hernández, Mariano Martín
      Pages 181-206
    5. Biomass as Source for Chemicals, Power, and Fuels

      • Mariano Martín, Ignacio E. Grossmann
      Pages 207-233
    6. CO2 Carbon Capture, Storage, and Uses

      • Miguel Ángel Delgado, Fabrice Del Corso
      Pages 235-265
    7. Optimal Design of Macroscopic Water and Energy Networks

      • Ramón González-Bravo, Fabricio Nápoles-Rivera, José María Ponce-Ortega
      Pages 267-293
  5. Operations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
    2. Life Cycle Algal Biorefinery Design

      • Jian Gong, Fengqi You
      Pages 363-381
    3. Industrial Tools and Needs

      • Iiro Harjunkoski, Hubert Hadera
      Pages 415-438

About this book

Presenting a comprehensive analysis of the use of alternative sources of energy and technologies to produce fuels and power, this book describes the energy value chain from harvesting the raw material, (i.e solar, wind, biomass or shale gas) followed by analysis of the processing steps into power, fuels and/or chemicals and finally the distribution of the products.

Featuring an examination of the techno-economic processes and integration opportunities which can add value to by-products or promote the use of different sources of energy within the same facility, this book looks at the tools that can make this integration possible as well as utilising a real world case study. The case study of the operation of “El hierro” island is used as an example of the current effort towards more efficient use of the resources available. 


Tackling head on the open challenges of the supply, the variability of the source and its prediction, the description of novel processes that are being developed and evaluated for their transformation as well as how we can distribute them to the consumer and how we can integrate the new chemicals, fuels and power within the current system and infrastructure, the book takes a process based perspective with such an approach able to help us in the use and integration of these sources of energy and novel technologies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Salamanca, Department of chemical Engineering, Salamanca, Spain

    Mariano Martín

About the editor

Mariano Martín is an Assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Salamanca and is Erasmus Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds (March 2014).

He was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Research fellow at CMU, advised by Prof. Ignacio E. Grossmann 2009-2011, a postdoctoral engineer at Procter and Gamble, Newcastle Technical Centre, 2008-2009, and obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2008 from the University of Salamanca.

Mariano Martín has published over 49 journal papers and is author of over 13 book chapters as well as leading 49 conference presentations throughout his career.

Awarded the Fulbright postdoctoral research fellowship 2009-2011 he is also a Senior Member of the American Institute Chemical Engineers professional society since 2013.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alternative Energy Sources and Technologies

  • Book Subtitle: Process Design and Operation

  • Editors: Mariano Martín

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28752-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28750-8Published: 31 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80415-6Published: 25 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28752-2Published: 22 March 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 512

  • Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 151 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Systems, Environmental Economics, Energy Systems

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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