Encylopedia of Energy Research and Policy de A. L. Zeonfora

Encylopedia of Energy Research and Policy

A. L. Zeonfora

This book presents important research advances from around the globe in the study of energy and highlights such topics as energy markets; strategies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions; dye-sensitised NANO SnO2; biomass and bioenergy research in Africa; biobased polymers; socio-economic and environmental benefits of biomass gasification-based power plants; an overview of wind energy technology; and federal and state regulatory requirements for wind energy projects.

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Preface; Energy Markets; Three-Dimensional Simulation of Base Carrier Transport Effects in Back Side Point Contact Silicon Solar Cells; Multiple Effect Distillation of Seawater using Solar Energy: The Case of Abu Dhabi Solar Desalination Plant; Solid State Organic Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion Based on Conjugated Substituted Polythiophenes; A New Approach to Hybrid Systems of Renewable Energy Utilization; Dye-Sensitized NANO SnO2: TiO2 Solar Cells; Strategies for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: The Case of Botswana Rural Communities; The Applying of Coatings & Surface Thermal Treatment of Materials in Solar Furnaces: Theory & Experiments; Transparent Conductive Layers of Tin, Indium & Cadmium Oxides for Solar Cells; Dynamic Impedance Characterization of Solar Cells & PV Modules Based on Frequency & Time Domain Analyses; Wind Energy Technology Overview; Federal & State Regulatory Requirements Potentially Applicable to Wind Energy Projects; Commercial Wind Energy Projects; Biomass & Bioenergy Research in Tropical Africa: State of the Art, Challenges & Future Directions; Poplar Biomass of Short Rotation Plantations as Renewable Energy Raw Material; Biobased Polymers by Chemical Valorization of Biomass Components; Experimental Analysis of Small Combustion Thermal Systems Based on Pellets; Negative Emission Biomass Technologies in an Uncertain Climate Future; A Review of the Socio-Economic & Environmental Benefits of Biomass Gasification Based Power Plant: Lessons from India; The Energy Balance & Fuel Properties of Biodiesel; An Experimental Study on Performance & Exhaust Emissions of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Various Biodiesels; New Materials From Lignin; Offgas Recycle for Increased Heat Production from Aerobic Thermophilic Treatment of Swine Waste -- Pilot Studies & Full-Scale Design; Nuclear Dynamics Modelling by Recurrent Neural Networks; Primary Cosmic Ray Studies Based on Atmospheric Cherenkov Light Technique at High-Mountain Altitude; Development of Sub-channel Analysis Code for CANDU-SCWR; Application of Best Estimate Computational Tools for Safety Accident Analysis in Nuclear Plants; Advanced Fuel Fusion Reactors: Towards a Zero-waste Option; Solar Thermal Power Generation on Mars; Equlibrium Phases in Zirconium Alloys concerning to Nuclear Industry - Isothermal Sections of the Zr-Cr-Sn & Zr-Cr-Ti Systems; Nuclear Nonproliferation IAEA Safeguards & Other Measures to Halt the Spread of Nuclear Weapons & Material; Radial-Bias-Combustion & Central-Fuel-Rich Swirl Pulverized Coal Burners for Wall-Fired Boilers; Fuel Cell Combined Cycle Power Generation System Installed into Micro-Grid; Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources: A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Framework of Technologies; Gas Turbines & Electric Distribution System; Micro-CCHP: Future Residential Energy Center; Sensitivity Calculation in Real Time Transmission Network & Energy Markets; Wide-Area Monitoring & Analysis of Inter-Area Oscillations using the Hilbert-Huang Transform; Unconventional Problems in Power Systems Protection; BME-Generated Temperature Maps of the Nea Kessani Geothermal Field; Advances in Studies of Thermal-Fluid Geochemistry & Hydrothermal Resource in China; A Comparative Analysis of the Geothermal Fields of Larderello & MT Amiata, Italy; Sedimentary Characteristics of Coal Beds in Intramontane Basins; Coupling of Thermal & Chemical Simulations in a 3-D Integrated Magma Chamber-Reservoir Model: A New Geothermal Energy Research Frontier; Determination of the Damage Effect in Geothermal Wells using Inflow Type Curves; Index.