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by: Vanek, Francis; Albright, Louis; Angenent, Largus

ISBN: 9780071787789 | 007178778X

Fully updated to cover the latest energy systems and technologies, this new edition offers a balanced analytical approach to assessing options and making decisions about energy systems, while emphasizing a portfolio approach in which a range of energy options are employed rather than one technology.

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The defining guide to energy systems engineering--updated for the latest technologies

"Broad in scope, with focused instructional detail, this text offers a uniquely excellent, student-accessible educa... MOREtional resource for integrating thermodynamic, alternative, and renewable energy conversion processes." -- Professor Randy L. Vander Wal, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University

"A carefully written book, providing good breadth as well as depth on major conventional and sustainable energy systems." -- Professor David Dillard, Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech

Fully revised throughout, Energy Systems Engineering, Second Edition discusses fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy sources, emphasizing a technology-neutral, portfolio approach to energy systems options. The book covers major energy technologies, describing how they work, how they are quantitatively evaluated, their cost, and their benefit or impact on the natural environment.

Evaluating project scope, cost, energy consumption, and technical efficiency is clearly addressed. Example problems help you to quantify the performance of each technology and better assess its potential. Hundreds of illustrations and end-of-chapter exercises aid in your understanding of the concepts presented in this practical guide.

Coverage includes:

• Systems and economic tools for energy systems
• Climate change and climate modeling
• Fossil fuel resources
• Stationary combustion systems
• Carbon sequestration
• Nuclear energy systems
• Solar resource evaluation
• Solar photovoltaic technologies
• Active and passive solar thermal systems
• Wind energy systems
• New chapter on energy from biological sources
• Transportation energy technologies
• Systems perspective on transportation engineering

Ch 1. Introduction
Ch 2. Systems Tools for Energy Systems
Ch 3. Economic Tools for Energy Systems
Ch 4. Climate Change & Climate Modeling
Ch 5. Fossil Fuel Resources
Ch 6. Stationary Combustion Technologies
Ch 7. Carbon Sequestration
Ch 8. Nuclear Energy
Ch 9. The Solar Resource
Ch 10. Solar Photovoltaic Technologies
Ch 11. Active Solar Thermal Applications
Ch 12. Passive Solar Thermal Applications
Ch 13. Wind Energy Systems
Ch 14. Bio-energy Resources & Systems
Ch 15. Transportation Energy Technologies... MORE
Ch 16. Systems Perspective on Transportation Energy
Ch 17. Conclusions
New Appendices:
A1. LCR and CF Data for Passive Solar Design
A2. Numerical Answers to Select Problems
A3. List of Key Conversion Factors
A4. Supplementary Chapter on End-Use Energy Efficiency