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...

Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space, or from a substance, and moving it to a place where it is unobjectionable. Th...

Among other things, this book analyzes the energy losses in transformation systems composed of parallel transformers and proposes a method – known ...

The United States faces important decisions about future energy supply and use. A key question is how renewable energy resources might be used to m...

Inside a decade, the availability of our conventional fuels will be doubtful. It is already late, then, to consider what sources we should develop....

Global investment in renewable energy has grown sharply in the past five years as countries strive to meet growing energy demands, reduce carbon di...

This book provides current research on the sources, applications and emerging technologies of renewable energy. Chapter One explores which policy s...

Climate change and foreseen high fuel prices play an important role in the development of alternative energy sources. Renewable energy concerns the...

Contribution of renewable energy to human life is essential for sustainable life on Earth. The renewable energy industry is growing rapidly to fulf...

An electric power system is a network of electrical components used to supply, transmit and use electric power. Burning coal produces sulphur, nitr...

Concerns over reliance on imported oil and greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use have led to increased interest in producing electricity fr...

Now is the time to plan for the integration of significant quantities of distributed renewable energy into the electricity grid. Concerns about cli...

Now is the time to plan for the integration of significant quantities of distributed renewable energy into the electricity grid. Concerns about cli...

Now is the time to plan for the integration of significant quantities of distributed renewable energy into the electricity grid. Concerns about cli...

China is an energy-dependent country and its rapid economic growth in the past 30 years is accompanied by tremendous energy consumption. Constraine...

The nation's reliance on imported oil, rising energy costs, and fossil fuels' potential contribution to climate change have renewed the federal foc...

Green marketing -- a marketing strategy highlighting the environmental attributes of a product -- dates back to the 1970s but began to flourish in ...

Renewable energy is contributing significantly to fulfill the continuously increasing energy demand of the world. Research in the field of renewabl...

This book aims to provide a friendly and comprehensive tool in the study of the key issues of Renewable Energy Systems, in order to gain a deeper i...

Federal policy has played a key role in the emergence of the U.S. biofuels industry. Policy measures have included minimum renewable fuel usage req...

This book provides an overview of middle income households across the United States, which are under significant financial strain, and rising energ...

This book is based on six chapters, which belong to one of the three following topics: overview of resistors technologies, design of new resistors ...

This book explores the topic of nuclear power in the United States. Nearly three decades after the most recent order was placed for a new nuclear p...