Questions regarding the advancement of the technology for production and regeneration of nuclear fuel and to the further perfection of the nuclear ...

More than 100 years ago, all-electric vehicles (EVs) held much of the U.S. car market, but their popularity waned as the interest in cars with inte...

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are being developed around the world, with much work aiming to optimise engine and battery for efficient o...

The importance of the radioactive minerals occurring at the Poços de Caldas plateau for the establishment of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Program h...

This book presents current research in fuel cells which are growing in importance as sources of sustainable energy and are forming part of the chan...

Goal three of the current U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service strategy for improving the use of woody biomass is to help develop and exp...

Reduction in refining activity in the Northeast, as reflected in recently announced plans to idle over 50% of the regional refining capacity, is li...

Electricity is an increasingly essential commodity in remote healthcare, education and tourism facilities. Recent improvements in the distribution ...

This book analyses the factors that determine the cost of electricity from new power plants. These factors, including construction costs, fuel expe...

This book is written as a textbook for students of engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). It is designed for the...

A three-step methodology was developed to provide reliable prediction of a coal's behaviour in a utility boiler: (1) Extracting the combustion kine...

In this book the authors assess the technology for fuel cells in terms of processes and basic science, materials, applications and infrastructure. ...

Recent advances in combining two drilling techniques, hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, have allowed access to large deposits of shale ...

The President has established a goal to supply 35 billion gallons per year of renewable and alternative fuels by 2017. This goal is addressed in pa...

A fuel cell is an electrochemical energy conversion device. It produces electricity from external supplies of fuel (on the anode side) and oxidant ...

Energy is an essential factor in development, since it stimulates, and supports economic growth, and development. Any form of energy can be transfo...

This book presents theoretical and practical aspects of providing reliable electrical network operation by 6 – 500 кV voltage. The topics covered i...

Different types of swirl coal burners are presented, along with developments in radial-biased combustion and centrally-fuel-rich swirl coal combust...

The main purpose of this book is to present some results in the field of generation and annealing of radiation defects in MOS structures received b...

This book deals with some emerging semiconductor devices and their applications in terms of electronic circuits. The basic concept plays a key role...

Well testing is a valuable and economical tool in the oil and gas industry. Thanks to the advances in mathematical modeling, measurement devices an...

The book contains ten chapters. Chapter 1 deals with classification of propellants and explosives. Mechanism of thermal decomposition of ammonium p...

Solar energy is derived ultimately from the sun. It can be divided into direct and indirect categories. Most energy sources on Earth are forms of i...