Maximum Power Point Tracking: Background, Implementation and Classification presents state-of-art of existing conventional maximum power point tech...

Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation & Pulsed Power Applications: Part I

Due to the decreasing world petroleum reserves, a great emphasis is today placed on the development of alternative sources for energy production. I...

In the monograph, a number of problems of scientific and technical importance are introduced and discussed, which are of great interest, and can fi...

The traditional structure of the electrical utility market, green engineering issues, and environmental acceptability have resulted in a relatively...

Owing to their vast diversity and high growth rate, microalgae offer numerous advantages as the most promising photosynthetic organisms for biofuel...

Glycerol is a simple carbon source than can be easy assimilated by numerous eukaryotic and prokaryotic microorganisms. However, this compound had b...

Microgrids: Design, Applications and Control presents a comprehensive discussion on the modeling and analysis of microgrids. The authors discuss lo...

An expanding array of state-of-the-art and emerging technologies are opening new opportunities to improve and/or to reduce the costs to generate, d...

In recent times, functional "organic materials: molecular and polymers", being lightweight, low cost and their ease of production, have made inroad...

This book covers Gulf Oil Company items from by-gone years. Arranged in easy-to-follow alphabetical sections, it has over 700 color photos and desc...

Natural gas is considered a potential bridge fuel to a low carbon economy because it is cleaner burning than its hydrocarbon rivals coal and oil. N...

Natural gas is the second largest primary source of energy consumed in the United States, exceeded only by petroleum. A primary energy source is an...

Today's oil and gas are at record prices, whilst global energy demand is increasing from population and economic development pressures. New and hig...

This book addresses several aspects of the changing context of natural gas in the U.S. electric power sector. Increasingly plentiful and affordable...

Due to the growth in natural gas production from shale gas, the United States is benefiting from some of the lowest prices for natural gas in the w...

This book provides leading edge research on Natural gas which is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant qu...

This book presents and discusses research in the study of natural gas systems. Topics discussed include flammability and individual risk assessment...

The increase in domestic supplies of natural gas has raised new interest in expanding its use in the transportation sector. This book considers iss...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common and severe psychiatric disorder precipitated by exposure to a psychologically distressing event. ...

This book presents current research in the diverse field of energy. Topics discussed include power supply and demand in the electricity market; ene...

Petroleum engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either cru...

With high energy costs, isolated grids, and abundant renewable energy resources, island communities around the world are exploring alternatives to ...

Energy demand in the United States is expected to continue to grow over the coming decades, and the Department of Energy (DOE) considers nuclear en...

Microwave heating is a highly efficient technique for various thermal processes. It offers many advantages when compared to conventional processing...

Large scale production and consumption of biofuel is being promoted by many nations because of its potential for economic, political, and environme...

Non-linear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in non-linear media, that is, media in which the dielectric p...

Large-scale power plants and energy producers discard massive heat energy that goes unused. Energy efficiency techniques such as insulation or prop...

A nuclear detonation in the United States is one of the most catastrophic incidents imaginable. While the United States Government is working domes...

To achieve energy security and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction objectives, the United States must develop clean, affordable, domestic energ...

Bahman Zohuri, PhD opens this book by first describing the history of nuclear power plants and then supplements this information by making a case f...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami that severely damaged Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, raised questions in Con...

Nuclear energy is the energy that is directly released from the atomic nucleus. The conversion of nuclear mass to energy is consistent with the mas...

Global inventories of spent nuclear fuel are expected to increase substantially in future years. Because of the widely accepted international princ...

Nuclear materials include materials relevant to nuclear fission and fusion reactors and high power accelerator technologies, and closely related as...

This book provides important research in materials relevant to nuclear fission and fusion reactors and high power accelerator technologies, and in ...