TY - BOOK ID - 7986798 TI - Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 2 : Novel Systems and Applications AU - Dincer, Ibrahim. AU - Colpan, C. Ozgur. AU - Kizilkan, Onder. AU - Ezan, M. Akif. PY - 2015 SN - 3319170309 3319170317 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Mechanical Engineering - General KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Energy. KW - Renewable energy resources. KW - Renewable energy sources. KW - Alternate energy sources. KW - Green energy industries. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Renewable and Green Energy. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Green energy industries KW - Energy industries KW - Alternate energy sources KW - Alternative energy sources KW - Energy sources, Renewable KW - Sustainable energy sources KW - Power resources KW - Renewable natural resources KW - Agriculture and energy KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7986798 AB - ·         Explains cutting-edge developments in clean energy technologies, from renewables and green buildings to energy storage and efficient thermal systems ·         Provides numerous illustrative examples case studies that demonstrate how theory manifests in practical applications ·         Includes dozens of chapters dedicated to transformative research areas such as polygeneration systems, nanomaterials for energy, next-generation batteries, and algal biofuels    This expansive reference provides readers with the broadest available single-volume coverage of leading-edge advances in the development and optimization of clean energy technologies. From innovative biofuel feedstocks and processing techniques, to novel solar materials with record-breaking efficiencies, remote-sensing for offshore wind turbines to breakthroughs in high performance PEM fuel cell electrode manufacturing, phase change materials in green buildings to biosorption of pharmaceutical pollutants, the myriad exciting developments in green technology described in this book will provide inspiration and information to researchers, engineers and students working in sustainability around the world. ER -