Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes

Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Fourth Edition provides accessible coverage of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa’s classic and comprehensive resource has provided thousands of engineers, scientists, students and professionals alike with a thorough grounding in the scientific principles underlying the complex world of renewable energy technologies. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised by new author Juan Ordonez, Director of the Energy and Sustainability Center at Florida State University, and includes new worked examples, more exercises, and more illustrations to help facilitate student learning.

• Illuminates the basic principles behind all key renewable power sources, including solar, wind, biomass, hydropower and fuel cells
• Connects scientific theory with practical implementation through physical examples and end-of-chapter questions of increasing difficulty to help readers apply their knowledge
• Offers completely revised content for better student accessibility
• Updated with expanded coverage of such topics as solar thermal processes, hydropower and renewable energy storage technologies

Undergraduate and first year graduate engineering and physics students taking courses on renewable energy topics; engineers, scientists, investors and technicians working in energy-related disciplines

1. Introduction
   PART I: HEAT ENGINES
   2. A Minimum of Thermodynamics and of the Kinetic Theory of Gases
   3. Mechanical Heat Engines
   4. Ocean Thermal Energy Converters
   5. Thermoelectricity
   6. Thermionics
   7. AMTEC
   8. Radio-Noise Generators
   PART II: THE WORLD OF HYDROGEN
   9. Fuel Cells
   10. Hydrogen Production
   11. Hydrogen Storage
   PART III: ENERGY FROM THE SUN
   12. Solar Radiation
   13. Biomass
   14. Photovoltaic Converters
   PART IV: WIND AND WATER
   15. Wind Energy
   16. Ocean Engines
   PART V: LAND AND BEYOND
   17. Nuclear Energy
   18. Storage of Energy