New Developments in Energy Research de Arthur P. Benson

New Developments in Energy Research

Arthur P. Benson

James M. Reilly

This book presents current research in the diverse field of energy. Topics discussed include power supply and demand in the electricity market; energetic and exergetic characterization of a new type of polypropylene capillary heat exchanger; low energy consumption air conditioning solutions for future green data centres; closed cycle gas turbine using CF4 and the working fluid; biofuels incentives; optimum economic dispatch of real power generation in two-generator power plant and overview of U.S. energy.

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Preface; Competition in Electricity Market; Power Supply & Demand in Electricity Market; Effects of Fibres Pre-Treatment on Strength & Thermal Conductivity on Green Coconut Fibre Cement Panel; Energetic & Exergetic Characterization of a New Type of Polypropylene Capillary Heat Exchanger; Influence of Fluid Flow Regimes on the Performances Analysis of Solar Chimney Power Plants; Study of Low Energy Consumption Air Conditioning Solutions for Future Green Data Centres; A Study of the Use of Thermal Inertia in Simple Layer Walls & Its Application to the Use of a Vegetal Fiber Material in Buildings; An Analysis of a Closed Cycle Gas Turbine Using CF4 & the Working Fluid; Fuzzy Sets for Assessing the Profitability of Hydrogen Production by the Sulphur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle; Biofuels Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs; Issues in Green Building & the Federal Response: An Introduction; Clean Air Issues in the 111th Congress; Optimum Economic Dispatch of Real Power Generation in Two-Generator Power Plant; The Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism & its Application in an Emerging Market: The Case of South Africa; Recipe Adaptation & New Recipe Development for High Temperature Heat Treatment of North American Wood Species; Variations of the Biomass Fuel Consumption & its Expenditure in the Rural & Semi-Urban Households in the Meghna Floodplain Area of Bangladesh; U.S. Energy: Overview & Selected Facts & Numbers; Index.