This collective book provides a review and summary of recent ten-year research in runaway electron preionised diffuse discharges (REP DD) formed in...

This book provides an overview of various energy strategies that are available to Guam in the pursuit of diversifying fuel sources and reducing fos...

This book provides a broad perspective of sediment transport in rivers, reservoirs, estuaries, and coastal areas. It deals with the related fundame...

The main objective of this manuscript is to successfully predict severe slugging behaviour in a catenary riser. A review of the existing literature...

Natural gas production from hydrocarbon-rich shale formation, known as "shale gas", is one of the most rapidly expanding trends in onshore domestic...

In communities across the United States, people are seeking alternatives to conventional energy sources. Whether they aim to increase energy indepe...

This research aims to make an original and advanced contribution to state-of-the-art sky models. It focuses on high-resolution sky radiance and lum...

Our nation's electric power infrastructure that has served us so well for so long -- also known as "the grid" -- is rapidly running up against its ...

The book opens with a chapter by Juan I. Guerrero, Ph.D., Enrique Personal, Ph.D., Antonio Parejo, Íñigo Monedero, Ph.D., Félix Biscarri, Ph.D., Je...

Today's electrical grid is considered one of the greatest engineering accomplishments of all time. It was recognized in 2003 by the National Academ...

In the last two decades, a great effort has been directed towards the development of new smart materials actuators and their corresponding applicat...

In recent years, electrical power and energy systems have undergone an unprecedented revolution never observed before. The liberalisation of electr...

This book concentrates on biofuels and specifically on ethanol within the United States (US), though in the concluding chapter the author expands t...

This book is an overview of the Solar Energy Technologies Program in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Energy is committed to "discovering the soluti...

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device that converts light energy into electrical energy. Sometimes the term solar cell is reserved for devi...

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...

Indiscriminate extraction and increasing consumption of fossil fuel resources (crude oil, natural gas, and coal) are adversely affecting the major ...

The potential economic benefits of the growing renewable energy sector have led to increased federal, state, and local investments in solar industr...

This book addresses the rapid developments in the new field of solar resource knowledge as a reflection of growing needs of management of renewable...

This book presents some new concepts and ideas regarding future steps in the development and progress of solar thermal energy. Preliminary results ...

Energy is essential to our Nation and our lives; we use energy to power homes and businesses and to transport people and goods, making it an import...

This book reviews recent advanced research work in the area of flat plate collectors, solar distillation, greenhouse technology for crop drying and...