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This book provides a comprehensive overview on fully thermal and hybrid solar generators based on thermoelectric devices. The book fills a gap in the literature on solar conversion and thermoelectrics, because despite the growing number of papers dealing with the use of thermoelectrics in solar power conversion, no book exists for PV specialists or thermoelectricity experts to enter this field. The book is intended as a primer for scientists or engineers willing to complement their expertise in one of the two fields, and to get an updated, critical review of the state of the art in thermoelectric solar harvesting.

Thermoelectric generators. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Materials science. --- Force and energy. --- Electric engineering. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Energy Materials. --- Physics of Energy Technology. --- Energy Technology. --- Direct energy conversion --- Thermoelectric apparatus and appliances --- Energy Systems. --- Conservation of energy --- Correlation of forces --- Energy --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Renewable energy resources. --- Energy systems.

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This proceedings volume presents the latest research from the worldwide mass customization & personalization (MCP) community bringing together new thoughts and results from various disciplines within the field. The chapters are based on papers from the MCPC 2017. The book showcases research and practice from authors that see MCP as an opportunity to extend or even revolutionize current business models. The current trends of Industrie 4.0, digital manufacturing, and the rise of smart products allow for a fresh perspective on MCP: Customization 4.0. The book places a new set of values in the centre of the debate: a world with finite resources, global population growth, and exacerbating climate change needs smart thinking to engage the most effective capabilities and resources. It discusses how Customization 4.0 fosters sustainable development and creates shared value for companies, customers, consumers, and the society as a whole. The chapters of this book are contributed by a wide range of specialists, offering cutting-edge research, as well as insightful advances in industrial practice in key areas. The MCPC 2017 has a strong focus on real life MCP applications, and this proceedings volume reflects this. MCP strategies aim to profit from the fact that people are different. Their objective is to turn customer heterogeneities into opportunities, hence addressing “long tail” business models. The objective of MCP is to provide goods and services that best serve individual customers’ needs with near mass production efficiency. This proceedings volume highlights the interdisciplinary work of thought leaders, technology developers, and researchers with corporate entrepreneurs putting these strategies into practice. Chapter 24 is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

Business. --- Management. --- Industrial management. --- Information technology. --- Business --- Manufacturing industries. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Business and Management. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- IT in Business. --- Data processing. --- Hand tools --- Handtools --- Hardware --- Implements, utensils, etc. --- Machinery --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Technology --- Mechanical engineering --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Industries --- Electronic data processing --- IT (Information technology) --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Management --- Industrial organization --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Trade --- Economics --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Curious devices --- Mass customization. --- Flexible manufacturing systems. --- Product management. --- Brand management --- Management, Product --- Marketing --- Flexible production systems --- FMS (Production engineering) --- Manufacturing systems, Flexible --- Production systems, Flexible --- Automation --- Production engineering --- Computer integrated manufacturing systems --- Material requirements planning --- Customization, Mass --- Manufacturing processes --- Manufactures. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Business—Data processing.