Books by Keyword: Solar Energy

Description: This special edition is dedicated to recent research results in the properties and processing technologies of modern polymer and composite materials, structural metals and technologies and materials for renewable energy and energy storage. The collection will be interesting to engineers and technologists in the machinery and energy industry.

Description: This proceeding contains the selected papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design & Energy (ICOFT MADE 2022), held on December 14-16, 2022, at the National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, Puducherry, India. The collected articles focused on promoting the recent trends and progress, advancement and innovations in the field of manufacturing, automation, design & energy. The published edition will be helpful to specialists in manufacturing, production, design, automation and energy engineering.

Description: This journal's issue includes articles that describe the latest research results in alloy metallurgy, building materials and construction technologies including building seismic provision and results of analytical modelling of mechanical properties of shrink-fitted thick-walled cylinders and nose landing gear for Boeing 777. There is also analysed a hybrid system solar chimney-air soil heat exchanger for natural ventilation and modified particle swarm optimisation for maximum power point tracking for solar photovoltaic systems and presented mathematical modelling of agricultural insurance pricing in Morocco. This volume will be helpful to many engineers in machinery, manufacturing, energy industry and construction.

Description: The 64th volume of the journal represents the research results of mechanical properties and delamination mode of a carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer composite, experimental and numerical studies of viscoelastic behaviour of bituminous mixture with a high rate of reclaimed asphalt pavement, optimisation of energy consumption for a synthetic ammonia's production, modelling of heat processes in the systems that use solar energy and energy management in a related microgrid. There are articles devoted to image processing for automatic navigation technology in agricultural machines and the development of a hybrid artificial Intelligence-based system for supporting the eco-industrialisation of complex manufacturing processes. The volume will be helpful to specialists in machinery, construction, thermal engineering, usage of solar energy, renewable energetics and industrial automation.

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This special issue contains peer-reviewed papers. It describes the results of engineering solutions and research dealing with actual problems in using solar and wind energy and processes of heat and mass transfer in thermal systems.

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The special issue entitled “Transfer Phenomena in Fluid and Heat Flows XIII” of Defect and Diffusion Forum continues a series of themed volumes and presents a collection of works associated with heat transfer and fluid flow phenomena. These topics can be understood in a wider sense as classical diffusion-related topics. The continuous need for improved machines and higher efficiencies and more detailed and accurate theoretical modeling approaches makes it necessary to showcase the latest trends on a regular basis with small intervals between the different volumes in this topical series.

Description: We present the 53rd volume of the "International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa" to our readers. This volume contains the articles reflecting the research results in the fields of structural alloys, applied mechanics and mechanical engineering, assessment of the potential efficiency of use the cleaner electricity generation, materials and technologies in construction, biofuel production and chemical treatment of the industrial wastewater, remote sensing, and industrial engineering. The articles will be useful for many engineers as well as for academic teachers and students majoring in the mentioned fields of engineering science.

Description: The main advantages of solar energy are inexhaustibility and wide accessibility, as well as the relative environmental friendliness of its transformation into other forms of energy.

The widespread use of solar energy requires the creation of functionally complete systems which convert solar energy into an element of a given technological process.

The collection “Engineering of Solar Energy Systems” consists of papers published by Trans Tech Publications Inc. from 2010 to 2014 inclusive and covers a wide range of advanced achievements in the field of creating and designing systems for technological use of solar energy.

The compiled scientific papers are presented in eight chapters:
Chapter 1: Solar Systems for Heating, Cooling and Ventilation
Chapter 2: Solar Energy in Environmental Treatment and Water Desalination
Chapter 3: Solar Hydrogen Production
Chapter 4: Systems for Electricity Supply Based on Solar Energy
Chapter 5: Design of Components and Equipment for Solar Systems
Chapter 6: Mechatronics, Control and Automation in Solar Energetics
Chapter 7: Integration of Solar Technologies in the Architecture of Buildings
Chapter 8: Engineering Management in Solar Energetics,
which cover many aspects of scientific and engineering activities.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Forum on Applied Energy and Environment (IFAEE 2014), November 28-29, 2014, Shenzhen, China.
The 191 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Development and Utilization of Solar Energy, Biomass Energy, Wind Energy and other New Energies;
Chapter 2: Energy Materials, Energy Chemical Engineering, Fuel Cells and Management, New Energy Vehicles and Electric Vehicles;
Chapter 3: Green Building Materials, Ecological Buildings, Energy-Saving Buildings and Architectural Environment Analysis;
Chapter 4: Power System and Automation;
Chapter 5: High Voltage and Insulation Technology, and Power System Management;
Chapter 6: Engineering Thermal Physics and Applied Thermal Engineering;
Chapter 7: Environmental Chemistry, Biology and Materials, Biomedical Meterials;
Chapter 8: Environmental Safety and Health, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation;
Chapter 9: Environmental Analysis, Monitoring and Protection;
Chapter 10: Pollution Control Project (Air, Water, Solid);
Chapter 11: Waste Disposal and Recycling;
Chapter 12: Water Supply and Drainage;
Chapter 13: Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering;
Chapter 14: Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Control;
Chapter 15: Mineral, Oil and Gas Resources: Prospecting, Exploration, Mining and Process Engineering, Geoengineering Applications; Chapter 16: Urban and Regional Planning, and Sustainable Development;
Chapter 17: Energy-Saving, Low-Carbon, Eco-Economy, Circular Economy, Environmental Protection and Economic Development

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 2nd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science (ICAEES 2014), June 21-22, 2014, Guangzhou, China.
The 297 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Development and Utilization of Solar Energy,
Chapter 2: Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy,
Chapter 3: Development and Utilization of Wind Energy,
Chapter 4: Nuclear Energy and Other Energy,
Chapter 5: Energy Chemical Engineering and Fuel Cell,
Chapter 6: New Energy Vehicles and Electric Vehicles,
Chapter 7: Power System, Automation and Control,
Chapter 8: High Voltage and Insulation Technology,
Chapter 9: Power Electronics,
Chapter 10: Smart Grid Technology and Intelligent Technology,
Chapter 11: Power Systems Management,
Chapter 12: Engineering Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering,
Chapter 13: Power Machinery and Engineering,
Chapter 14: HVACR and Heat Pumps,
Chapter 15: Equipment Design, Manufacturing and Automation,
Chapter 16: Building Materials and Constructions, Green and Energy-Efficient Buildings, Applied Mechanics,
Chapter 17: Development and Management of the Energy and Resources Industry,
Chapter 18: Computer and Information Technologies Applications, Mathematical Modeling for Industry Development,
Chapter 19: Engineering and Engineering Management Education