Books by Keyword: Solar Energy

Description: This 2-volumes set contains selected and peer-review papers in the subject areas of development and utilization of solar energy, development and utilization of biomass energy, development and utilization of wind energy, nuclear energy and nuclear engineering, hydrogen, fuel cell and related technologies, heat pumps technology, storage battery, energy storage technologies, energy-saving technology, energy materials and technology, energy chemical engineering and processes, energy security and clean use, new energy vehicles and electric vehicles, green building materials and energy-saving buildings. This book provides new information and methods on possibilities of managing the worlds energy crisis and simultaneously protecting the environment.

Description: These are the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Green Building, Materials and Civil Engineering (GBMCE 2012), held on August 22-23 2012 in SanYa, China.
The 296 peer-reviewed papers are grouped into 3 chapters:
Green Building;
Building Materials;
Civil Engineering
The work offers a timely survey of this important topic.

Description: This special collection contains selected papers from the International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2012), held on the 23rd and 24th June, 2012, in Hohhot, China. The 590 peer-reviewed papers cover a wide area and are divided into: 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 Sources; Chapter 5: Energy Storage Technologies and Storage Batteries; Chapter 6: Energy-Saving Technology; Chapter 7: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells; Chapter 8: Energy Materials, Engineering Materials and Processing Technologies; Chapter 9: Energy Chemical Engineering; Chapter 10: Energy Security and Clean Use; Chapter 11: New Energy, New Energy Vehicles, Electric Vehicles; Chapter 12: Energy-Efficient Lighting Products and Technologies; Chapter 13: Green Building Materials and Energy-Saving Buildings

Description: The extensively peer-reviewed contents of this book cover the development and use of solar energy, nuclear energy engineering, development and use of wind energy, development and use of biomass energy, storage technology, energy-saving technology, hydrogen and fuel-cells, energy materials, energy chemical engineering, energy security and clean use, new energy vehicles, electric vehicles, energy-efficient lighting products and technologies, green building materials and energy-saving buildings. This makes the work a veritable handbook on these topics.

Description: The 47 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Thermal-to-Electrical Energy Conversion, Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion and Concentrating Solar Technologies”. The papers are conveniently arranged into MATERIALS FOR DIRECT THERMAL-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION, MATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, Crystalline Cells and Thin Film Photovoltaics, Emerging and New Generation Solar Cells, MATERIALS FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, CPV Materials and Technologies, CSP Materials and Technologies, CPV and CSP Application.

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).
The goal of this special volume was to provide a unique opportunity to exchange information, to present the latest results and to review relevant issues affecting  contemporary diffusion research. The large number (over 232) of peer-reviewed papers emphasizes the considerable academic and industrial interest in this field.