Showing posts with label Energy Efficiency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Energy Efficiency. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 March 2012

"Energy Efficiency - A Bridge to Low Carbon Economy

"Energy Efficiency - A Bridge to Low Carbon Economy" ed. by Zoran Morvaj
InTeO | 2012 | ISBN: 9535103400 9789535103400 | 355 pages | PDF | 16 MB

This book aims to contribute to an increasing policy debate on transition from fossil fuel based economies toward new low carbon bio-age. The book has 4 sections: Policy issues; Energy efficiency on demand side; Energy efficiency in buildings; Energy efficiency on supply side


Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling

Yaar Demirel, "Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling" 
S,..ger | 2012 | ISBN: 1447123719 | 526 pages | PDF | 8,8 MB

Understanding the sustainable use of energy in various processes is an integral part of engineering and scientific studies, which rely on a sound knowledge of energy systems. Whilst many institutions now offer degrees in energy-related programs, a comprehensive textbook, which introduces and explains sustainable energy systems and can be used across engineering and scientific fields, has been lacking. Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling provides the reader with a practical understanding of these five main topic areas of energy including 130 examples and over 600 practice problems. Each chapter contains a range of supporting figures, tables, thermodynamic diagrams and charts, while the Appendix supplies the reader with all the necessary data including the steam tables. This new textbook presents a clear introduction of basic vocabulary, properties, forms, sources, and balances of energy before advancing to the main topic areas of: • Energy production and conversion in important physical, chemical, and biological processes, • Conservation of energy and its impact on sustainability, • Various forms of energy storage, and • Energy coupling and bioenergetics in living systems. A solution manual for the practice problems of the textbook is offered for the instructor. Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling is a comprehensive source, study guide, and course supplement for both undergraduates and graduates across a range of engineering and scientific disciplines.


Saturday, 18 February 2012

Monday, 2 January 2012

Applied Industrial Energy and Environmental Management


Industrial energy systems channel fuels and power into a variety of energy types such as steam, direct heat, hot fluids and gases, and shaft power for compressors, fans, pumps, and other machine-driven equipment. All of these processes impact the environment and are impacted by external energy and environmental policies and regulations. Therefore many environmental management issues are closely related to energy use and efficiency.

Applied Industrial Energy and Environmental Management provides a comprehensive and application oriented approach to the technical and managerial challenges of efficient energy performance in industrial plants. Written by leading practitioners in the field with extensive experience of working with development banks, international aid organizations, and multinational companies, the authors are able to offer real case studies as a basis to their method. The book is divided into three main parts:

* Part one describes Energy and Environmental Management Systems (EEMS) in current use and management techniques for energy and environmental performance improvement.

* Part two focuses on the engineering aspects of industrial energy management, describing main industrial energy systems and how to analyse and improve their energy performance.

* Part three is the TOOLBOX on an accompanying website, which contains data, analytical methods and questionnaires as well as software programs, to support the practical application of the methods elaborated on in the first two parts of the book.

This book will be a valuable resource to practising energy and environmental management engineers, plant managers and consultants in the energy and manufacturing industries. It will also be of interest to graduate engineering and science students taking courses in industrial energy and environmental management.


Saturday, 17 December 2011

Materials for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Buildings


Publisher: CRC Press | ISBN: 1439829705 | 2010 | PDF | 732 pages | 4.3 MB

A review of advanced materials and sustainable technologies for applicable for improving the building environment, this book examines fundamental building physics and occupant comfort, from heat and mass transport, hygrothermal behavior, and ventilation, on the thermal comfort and health and safety requirements. It details the development of advanced materials and sustainable technologies and covers modern methods of construction, roofing design and technology, and benchmarking of facades for optimized building thermal performance. The book also covers the use of advanced materials, design, and technologies on a range of existing and new building types.