Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1 Energy and Electricity -- 1.1 The World Energy Scene -- 1.1.1 History -- 1.1.2 World Energy Consumption -- 1.1.3 F...

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Hauptverfasser:	Infield, David (VerfasserIn), Freris, Leon (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Hoboken, NJ Wiley 2020
Ausgabe:	Second edition
Schlagworte:	Elektrizitätsversorgungsnetz Erneuerbare Energien Electronic books
Online-Zugang:	FHN01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1 Energy and Electricity -- 1.1 The World Energy Scene -- 1.1.1 History -- 1.1.2 World Energy Consumption -- 1.1.3 Finite Resources -- 1.1.4 Energy Security and Disparity of Use -- 1.2 The Environmental Impact of Energy Use -- 1.2.1 The Problem -- 1.2.2 The Science -- 1.2.3 The Kyoto Protocol -- 1.2.4 Economics of Mitigation -- 1.2.5 Efficient Energy Use -- 1.2.6 The Electricity Sector -- 1.2.7 Possible Solutions and Sustainability -- 1.3 Generating Electricity -- 1.3.1 Conversion from Other Energy Forms-The Importance of Efficiency -- 1.3.2 The Nuclear Path -- 1.3.3 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) -- 1.3.4 Renewables -- 1.4 The Electrical Power System -- 1.4.1 Structure of the Electrical Power System -- 1.4.2 Integrating Renewables into Power Systems -- 1.4.3 Distributed Generation -- 1.4.4 Renewable Energy Penetration -- 1.4.5 Network Stability -- References -- Chapter 2 Features of Conventional and Renewable Generation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Conventional Sources: Coal, Gas and Nuclear -- 2.3 Hydroelectric Power -- 2.3.1 Large-Scale Hydro -- 2.3.2 Small Hydro -- 2.3.2.1 Turbine Designs -- 2.4 Wind Power -- 2.4.1 The Resource -- 2.4.2 Wind Variability -- 2.4.3 Wind Turbines -- 2.4.4 Power Variability -- 2.4.4.1 Variability from Second to Second -- 2.4.4.2 Variability from Minute to Minute -- 2.4.4.3 Variability from Hour to Hour and from Day-to-Day -- 2.4.4.4 Seasonal Variability -- 2.4.5 Offshore Wind -- 2.5 PV and Solar Thermal Electricity -- 2.5.1 The Resource -- 2.5.2 The Technology -- 2.5.3 Photovoltaic Systems -- 2.5.4 Solar Thermal Electric Systems -- 2.6 Tidal Power -- 2.6.1 The Resource -- 2.6.2 Tidal Enhancement -- 2.6.2.1 Funnelling
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Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 321 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:	9781118788585