Save up to 30% on Elsevier print and eBooks with free shipping. No promo code needed.
Save up to 30% on print and eBooks.
Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies
1st Edition - June 11, 2022
Editors: Paris A. Fokaides, Phoebe-Zoe Morsink-Georgali, Angeliki Kylili
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780128171110
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 1 1 1 - 0
eBook ISBN:9780128173763
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 3 7 6 - 3
Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies provides state-of-the-art coverage in both non-fossil energy conversion and storage techniques, as well as i…Read more
Purchase options
LIMITED OFFER
Save 50% on book bundles
Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code is needed.
Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies provides state-of-the-art coverage in both non-fossil energy conversion and storage techniques, as well as in their environmental assessment. This includes goal and scope, analysis boundaries, inventory and the impact assessment employed for the evaluation of these applications, as well as the environmental footprint of the technologies. The book compiles information currently available only in different sources concerning the environmental assessment of sustainable energy technologies, allowing for the comparative assessments of different technologies given specific boundary conditions, such as renewable potential and other specific features of discussed technologies.
It offers readers a comprehensive overview of the entire energy supply chain, namely from production to storage, by allowing the consideration of different production and storage combinations, based on their environmental assessment.
Provides an overview of the environmental assessment process of renewable energy conversion and storage technologies
Includes state-of-the-art approaches and techniques for the comprehensive environmental assessment of individual sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies and their applications
Features comparative assessments of different technologies
Environmental scientists, professionals in the field of environmental assessment of renewable technologies, energy industry professionals and engineers
Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
About the editors
Section A
Chapter 1. Introduction: environmental assessment of renewable energy and storage technologies: current status
Content
References
Section B
Chapter 2. Life cycle analysis of photovoltaic systems: a review
Abstract
Table of Contents
2.1 Introduction: European Union roadmap for energy and carbon emissions
2.2 PV system description
2.3 The methodology: life cycle analysis
2.4 Inventory analysis
2.5 Impact assessment
2.6 Conclusions—further research
Nomenclature
References
Chapter 3. Life cycle assessment review in solar thermal systems
Abstract
Table of Contents
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Building-integrated solar thermal collectors
3.3 Building-added solar thermal systems
3.4 Evacuated tube solar thermal collectors
3.5 Conclusions
Nomenclature
References
Chapter 4. Environmental assessment of wind turbines and wind energy
Abstract
Table of Contents
4.1 Introduction
4.2 State-of-the-art on wind turbines and wind energy
4.3 Life cycle inventory of wind turbines and wind energy
4.4 Life cycle assessment of wind turbines and wind energy
4.5 Critical review on the environmental assessment of wind turbines and wind energy
References
Chapter 5. Environmental assessment of biomass thermochemical conversion routes through a life cycle perspective
Abstract
Table of Contents
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Life cycle assessment of biomass conversion routes
5.3 Life cycle assessment of biomass thermochemical conversion routes
5.4 Issues affecting the comparability of life cycle assessment studies
5.5 Conclusions
References
Further reading
Chapter 6. Environmental assessment of biomass to biofuels: biochemical conversion routes
Abstract
Table of Contents
6.1 Introduction
6.2 State-of-the-art of the production technologies
6.3 Calculation of environmental impacts via life cycle assessment
6.4 Key performance indicators for life cycle assessment
Chapter 8. Life cycle assessment of geothermal power technologies
Abstract
Table of Contents
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Technologies for power generation
8.3 Life cycle assessment: methodological aspects
8.4 Case studies
Acknowledgments
References
Section C
Chapter 9. Environmental impact assessment of hydropower stations
Abstract
Table of Contents
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Materials and methods
9.3 Results and discussion
9.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 10. A stakeholder impact analysis of the production of the energy vector hydrogen
Abstract
Table of Contents
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Methodological framework and background
10.3 Data—social hotspot database
10.4 Hydrogen production simplified process chain—system boundaries of the hydrogen process chain
10.5 Results—social risks of the stakeholders
10.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11. Environmental impact assessments of compressed air energy storage systems: a review
Abstract
Table of Contents
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Life cycle assessment
11.3 State-of-the-art compressed air energy storage technologies
11.4 Life cycle assessment of compressed air energy storage systems
11.5 Comparison of energy storage technologies
11.6 Conclusions and recommendations
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 12. Environmental impact assessment of battery storage
Abstract
Table of Contents
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Battery storage markets and production overview
12.3 Methodology
12.4 Results
12.5 Discussion
12.6 Limitations
12.7 Conclusion
Nomenclature
References
Section D
Chapter 13. Environmental assessment of renewable energy and storage technologies: future challenges
Index
No. of pages: 330
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: June 11, 2022
Imprint: Elsevier
Paperback ISBN: 9780128171110
eBook ISBN: 9780128173763
PF
Paris A. Fokaides
Dr. Paris Fokaides is an Assistant Professor at Frederick University, in the School of Engineering, in the field of thermofluids, as well as in the field of process engineering. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and the Architecture. He studied Mechanical Engineering at Aristotle University Thessaloniki (2002) and he is a PhD holder of Karlsruhe University, Germany (2009) in the field of sustainable energy technologies (combustion). He is also the academic supervisor of Sustainable Energy Research Group (http://www.serg-web.com) . As of late 2020, Dr Fokaides has co-authored over 70 scientific papers and 15 book chapters, (h-index 24 @ Scopus). He is a founding member of the European Biomass Research Network and a member of the sustainable biofuels Working Group of the EU SET Plan. He is active in research since 2002, having secured grants over 2 million Euro since 2012 at Frederick University.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Energy Assessment of the Built Environment, Frederick University, Cyprus
Read Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies on ScienceDirect