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Advanced Power Generation Systems

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Authors:

Ibrahim Dincer and Calin Zamfirescu

Advanced Power Generation Systems

Book2014

 

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Authors:

Ibrahim Dincer and Calin Zamfirescu

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    Chapter 1 - Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

    Pages 1-53

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    Chapter 2 - Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development

    Pages 55-93

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    Chapter 3 - Fossil Fuels and Alternatives

    Pages 95-141

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    Chapter 4 - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Systems

    Pages 143-198

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    Chapter 5 - Conventional Power Generating Systems

    Pages 199-310

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    Chapter 6 - Nuclear Power Generation

    Pages 311-368

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    Chapter 7 - Renewable-Energy-Based Power Generating Systems

    Pages 369-453

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    Chapter 8 - Integrated Power Generating Systems

    Pages 455-516

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    Chapter 9 - Multigeneration Systems

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    Chapter 10 - Novel Power Generating Systems

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    Appendix A - Conversion Factors

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    Appendix B - Thermophysical Properties

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    Index

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Advanced Power Generation Systems examines the full range of advanced multiple output thermodynamic cycles that can enable more sustainable and efficient power production from traditional methods, as well as driving the significant gains available from renewable sources. These advanced cycles can harness the by-products of one power generation effort, such as electricity production, to simultaneously create additional energy outputs, such as heat or refrigeration. Gas turbine-based, and industrial waste heat recovery-based combined, cogeneration, and trigeneration cycles are considered in depth, along with Syngas combustion engines, hybrid SOFC/gas turbine engines, and other thermodynamically efficient and environmentally conscious generation technologies. The uses of solar power, biomass, hydrogen, and fuel cells in advanced power generation are considered, within both hybrid and dedicated systems.

The detailed energy and exergy analysis of each type of system provided by globally recognized author Dr. Ibrahim Dincer will inform effective and efficient design choices, while emphasizing the pivotal role of new methodologies and models for performance assessment of existing systems. This unique resource gathers information from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and energy system design to provide a single-source guide to solving practical power engineering problems.

Advanced Power Generation Systems examines the full range of advanced multiple output thermodynamic cycles that can enable more sustainable and efficient power production from traditional methods, as well as driving the significant gains available from renewable sources. These advanced cycles can harness the by-products of one power generation effort, such as electricity production, to simultaneously create additional energy outputs, such as heat or refrigeration. Gas turbine-based, and industrial waste heat recovery-based combined, cogeneration, and trigeneration cycles are considered in depth, along with Syngas combustion engines, hybrid SOFC/gas turbine engines, and other thermodynamically efficient and environmentally conscious generation technologies. The uses of solar power, biomass, hydrogen, and fuel cells in advanced power generation are considered, within both hybrid and dedicated systems.

The detailed energy and exergy analysis of each type of system provided by globally recognized author Dr. Ibrahim Dincer will inform effective and efficient design choices, while emphasizing the pivotal role of new methodologies and models for performance assessment of existing systems. This unique resource gathers information from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and energy system design to provide a single-source guide to solving practical power engineering problems.

Key Features

  • The only complete source of info on the whole array of multiple output thermodynamic cycles, covering all the design options for environmentally-conscious combined production of electric power, heat, and refrigeration
  • Offers crucial instruction on realizing more efficiency in traditional power generation systems, and on implementing renewable technologies, including solar, hydrogen, fuel cells, and biomass
  • Each cycle description clarified through schematic diagrams, and linked to sustainable development scenarios through detailed energy, exergy, and efficiency analyses
  • Case studies and examples demonstrate how novel systems and performance assessment methods function in practice
  • The only complete source of info on the whole array of multiple output thermodynamic cycles, covering all the design options for environmentally-conscious combined production of electric power, heat, and refrigeration
  • Offers crucial instruction on realizing more efficiency in traditional power generation systems, and on implementing renewable technologies, including solar, hydrogen, fuel cells, and biomass
  • Each cycle description clarified through schematic diagrams, and linked to sustainable development scenarios through detailed energy, exergy, and efficiency analyses
  • Case studies and examples demonstrate how novel systems and performance assessment methods function in practice

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ISBN

978-0-12-383860-5

Language

English

Published

2014

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Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Authors

Ibrahim Dincer

Calin Zamfirescu

University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4, Canada