Energy technology and engineering Books

Ce livre traite de la conception, de la construction et de l'utilisation des fours électriques dans l'industrie. Un livre de référence pour les professionnels de l'industrie et les étudiants en génie électrique.This work has been selected by scholars as...

This book is an excellent resource for students of electrical engineering and other related fields. Its comprehensive coverage of the theory and design of continuous-current dynamos and motors make it an essential reference for anyone looking to deepen...

This report, originally published in 1933, details the engineering design and testing of a high-voltage transformer for use in the power industry. The authors provide detailed technical specifications and experimental data, making this volume an...

Transport et Distribution de l'Energie par Courants Continus et Alternatifs is an engineering textbook written by Charles Gruet. The book covers the fundamental concepts and principles of energy transport and distribution using both DC and AC currents...

This comprehensive guide provides a detailed overview of the rules and regulations governing electrical supply utilities and utility companies that own or use poles and wires. Written by the New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners, this book is...

Discover the secrets of successful oil and gas prospecting with this comprehensive guide. From the basics of geology to the latest techniques and technologies, this book has everything you need to know to succeed in this exciting and lucrative field.This...

This report presents an analysis of the water power and storage potential of the Black River in New York State. It includes detailed recommendations and plans for utilizing this valuable resource to its fullest potential.This work has been selected by...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern switchboards and the appliances used therein. It also includes an historical summary of early practices and expedients indicating the recent advances made in this class of electrical apparatus...

Alternating-current machinery is a vital part of modern technology, and this book by McGraw-Hill Book Company provides a comprehensive overview of the subject. From generators to transformers, this book covers all aspects of AC machinery. With numerous...

This book is an informative guide to the construction of long distance transmission lines. It provides an overview of the materials and tools necessary for the job, as well as the planning and execution of the work. This book is ideal for engineers and...

This book is a guide to the practical applications of electromagnetic waves in different fields, including telecommunications and lighting. It provides a technical analysis of the different types of electromagnetic waves, their properties, and how they...

First published in 1901, this book is an early exploration of electricity and electrical engineering. Written by Bradley Allen Fiske, a prominent American naval officer and engineer, it covers both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject.This...

Control of Solar Energy Systems details the main solar energy systems, problems involved with their control, and how control systems can help in increasing their efficiency. Thermal energy systems are explored in depth, as are...

1. Introduction.- 2. Background of Superconductors.- 3. Development of SMES Systems.- 4. Coil Design.- 5. Modelling of Superconducting Pancake Coil.- 6. Coil Tests and Applications for SMES.- 7. Conclusions.

Despite scientific evidence that business-as-usual is unsustainable, there is a huge and widespread inertia to 'greening' the planet. Warming to Ecocide considers climate change from a thermodynamic perspective and asks whether...

The problem of storing hydrogen safely and effectively is one of the major technological barriers currently preventing the widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier and the subsequent transition to a so-called...

Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles addresses the main issues related to the application of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the road transportation sector. A preliminary treatment is given on fuel resources and atmospheric...

Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors presents leading-edge research that focuses on design methodology, infrastructure support and scalable architectures developed by the 150 million dollar DARPA...

Power Structure examines the effects on economic performance of several key features of the U.S. electric power industry. Paramount among these are public versus private ownership, vertical integration versus deintegration,...

Application Specific Processors is written for use by engineers who are developing specialized systems (application specific systems). Traditionally, most high performance signal processors have been realized with...

Modeling and Simulation of Mixed Analog-Digital Systems brings together in one place important contributions and state-of-the-art research results in this rapidly advancing area. Modeling and Simulation of Mixed...

Personal and Wireless Communications: Digital Technology and Standards is devoted to providing a concise explanation of the newly emerging wireless access standards for Personal Communications Services (PCS). PCS is a new...

As understanding of the engineering design and configuration processes grows, the recognition that these processes intrinsically involve imprecise information is also growing. This book collects some of the most recent work in...

In the early days of VLSI, the design of the power distribution for an integrated cir­ cuit was rather simple. Power distribution --the design of the geometric topology for the network of wires that connect the various power...

Software Synthesis from Dataflow Graphs addresses the problem of generating efficient software implementations from applications specified as synchronous dataflow graphs for programmable digital signal processors (DSPs) used...

Over the years there has been a large increase in the functionality available on a single integrated circuit. This has been mainly achieved by a continuous drive towards smaller feature sizes, larger dies, and better packing...

The VITAL specification addresses the issues of interoperability, backannotation and high performance simulation for sign-off quality ASIC libraries in VHDL. VITAL provides modeling guidelines and a set of pre-defined packages...

Branch-and-bound search has been known for a long time and has been widely used in solving a variety of problems in computer-aided design (CAD) and many important optimization problems. In many applications, the classic...

Electric utilities throughout the world continue to face new challenges involving ownership, market structure, and regulation. There are three related issues at hand. First, should ownership be private or public? Second,...

Modeling and Simulation of High Speed VLSI Interconnects brings together in one place important contributions and state-of-the-art research results in this rapidly advancing area. Modeling and Simulation of High Speed VLSI...

Pipelined Lattice and Wave Digital Recursive Filters uses look-ahead transformation and constrained filter design approaches. It is also shown that pipelining often reduces the roundoff noise in a digital filter. The...

Guest Editor: JOSEF A. NOSSEK This is a special issue of the Journal of VLSI Signal Processing comprising eight contributions invited for publica­ tion on the basis of novel work presented in a special session on "Parallel...

Herb Caen, a popular columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, recently quoted a Voice of America press release as saying that it was reorganizing in order to "eliminate duplication and redundancy. " This quote both states a...

Widespread use of parallel processing will become a reality only if the process of porting applications to parallel computers can be largely automated. Usually it is straightforward for a user to determine how an application...

A modern microelectronic circuit can be compared to a large construction, a large city, on a very small area. A memory chip, a DRAM, may have up to 64 million bit locations on a surface of a few square centimeters. Each new...

This research and reference text assesses the viability of nuclear power within the context of renewable energy and the challenges of climate change. This thoroughly updated second edition contains extensive new content on the prospects of nuclear power...

Until recently, the field of atomic and molecular collisions was left to a handful of practitioners who essentially explored it as a branch of atomic physics and gathered their experimental re­ sults mainly from spectroscopy...

Experimental stress analysis is an important tool in the overall design and development of machinery and structures. While analytical techniques and computer solutions are available during the design...

Welcome to "Career Compounding : A 30-Day Blueprint for Landing Your Dream Job in the Power Sector"! As an author deeply passionate about empowering individuals to achieve their career aspirations, it gives me immense pleasure to present this...

"Fukushima Fallout: Unveiling the Truth behind the 2011 Nuclear Disaster" is a comprehensive exploration of one of the most catastrophic events in modern history. Delve into the heart-wrenching account of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...

The original text of this work was published in 2014 which meant that events after the death of President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela in March 2013 such as the Maduro Presidency from 2013 to 2024 and the impact of the unilateral coercive measures of the...

Nuclear energy has long been promoted as a solution to Asia’s growing energy demands with little attention to its often debilitating impact on host communities. Composed by the grassroots organization No Nukes Asia Forum, this book provides a...