Waste biomass includes agricultural residues, livestock wastes, municipal wastes and industrial organic wastes. It should be utilised or otherwise,...

This book presents current research in the study of gas turbines from across the globe. Topics discussed include techno-economic evaluations of gas...

This book presents current research in the study of the chemistry, processes and application of gasification processes. Topics discussed include ex...

The Earth houses a vast energy supply in the form of geothermal resources. Domestic resources are equivalent to a 30,000 year energy supply at our ...

Geothermal energy is a form of renewable energy derived from heat deep in the earth's crust. Enormous amounts of thermal energy are continuously ge...

Geothermal energy is reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly with less greenhouse emission, and therefore is drawing increasing attentio...

Geothermal energy is reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly with less greenhouse emission, and therefore is drawing increasing attentio...

The United States is the global leader in installed geothermal capacity with approximately 3,086 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, and is expec...

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their impacts on global warming have become one of the key issues of major concern in this century. Numerous res...

The Department of Energy (DOE)proposes under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to build facilities to begin recycling the nation's comme...

This book addresses novel results in the field of optimal finite impulse response (FIR) estimation and steering of the local clock time errors usin...

Buildings are made completely of materials. Hence, in this book, the characteristics of materials used in green buildings is elaborated on, includi...

Increasing concerns about global warming, energy independence and public health have contributed to a rise in public interest in so-called "green" ...

Today, the energy sources used to create electricity differ in many ways, including in their environmental impacts. In the United States, electrici...

Heating and cooling losses from forced-air ducts can result in high energy costs, lead to thermal comfort problems, and -- in some extreme situatio...

In thermodynamics, the exergy of a system is the maximum work possible during a process that brings the system into equilibrium with a heat reservo...

Book & CD. A light-emitting-diode (LED) is a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electric current is applied in the forward direction ...

It is a well-known fact that since the start of industrial crude oil extraction, some 150 years ago, the United States has consistently been the na...

A heat exchanger is a device built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another. The media may be separated by a solid wall, so that they...

In recent years, thermal control systems performance has improved in numerous ways due to developments in control theory and information technology...

Heat flux or thermal flux is the rate of heat energy transfer through a given surface. In this book, the authors present topical research in the st...

In this collection, the authors evaluate the thermal performance of a ground source heat pump (GSHP) system for cooling a typical household in Tuni...

This book first discusses the development of different types of district heating systems, highlighting the main features of low temperature distric...

Heavy oil is a crude oil of typically less than 20°API gravity and higher than 200 cp (centipoise) viscosity at reservoir conditions. It is charact...