Biodiesel is considered a viable alternative to the use of fossil fuel, as it is a renewable and biodegradable fuel, providing many environmental b...

A comprehensive analysis of existing examples in international practice regarding methods for massive implementation of renewable energy technology...

Book & CD-ROM. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) defines an abandoned uranium mine (mine) as a named mine or complex developed to extract ura...

This book presents a comprehensive review of accelerometers focusing on the basic operation principles, structure and applications. The review cove...

Acoustic emission is a technique that is being used increasingly in the field of structural integrity assessment using fracture mechanics. The dynam...

A clean, secure, safe and affordable energy future is among the pre-eminent challenges facing the United States, and a major acceleration is needed...

An adaptive filter is a computational device that iteratively models the relationship between the input and output signals of the filter. An adaptive...

Adaptive optics (AO) is a technology used to improve the performance of optical systems by reducing the effect of wave front distortions: it aims at...

In the last decades, the field of digital signal processing, and particularly adaptive signal processing, has developed enormously due to the incre...

This book examines the performance parameters of advanced batteries. The Neosonic polymer Li-ion phosphate battery technology has recently entered ...

Advanced Coal Combustion - Advanced Energy Conversion Systems

Active power filters can be used for harmonic elimination, reactive current compensation, and clean delivery of power. The basic principle of APF i...

The goal of this book is to introduce energy conversion phenomena and materials at multiple levels. With limiting amount of fossil fuels and increa...

Microwave systems, such as radars, and radio and other communication devices are made of many electronic parts called circuits or components. These...

"Model predictive control is an advanced method of process control that has been in use in the process industries in chemical plants and oil refiner...

Photonics is the science of light (photon) generation, detection, and manipulation through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, s...

Today's energy situation has created a dilemma for coal use in the United States. On one hand, the environmental challenges of using coal appear fo...

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology uses communication through radio waves for exchanging data between the reader and the electronic t...

The technology demands are greater than what the electric sector can deliver. Such discussions about regulations of renewable energy sources are la...

Congress has supported a wide range of research, development, and production incentives for new domestic energy sources for several decades, as par...

This book has been prepared to present the state of the art on WiMAX Technology. WiMAX (short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) ...

Wireless communication is among technology’s biggest contributions to mankind. Wireless communication involves the transmission of information over...

A wireless local area network (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that associates two or more devices by a wireless distribution method within a ...

In telecommunication, there are several types of microstrip antennas the most common of which is the microstrip patch antenna or patch antenna. Mic...