Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive reference covering critical research, laboratory and industry developments on renewable energy technological, production, conversion, storage, and management, including solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy and hydrogen production, and large-scale development of renewable energy technologies and their impact on the global economy and power capacity. Technological advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, regulations, and policies.Each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management and supports them with global case studies demonstrating practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through life cycle analysis. The book is of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability. Focuses on the progress and research trends in solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower and geothermal energy production and conversion Includes advanced techniques for the distribution, management, optimization, and storage of heat and energy using case studies INDICE: Solar Thermal Energy 1. Estimation of solar radiation and optimum tilt angles for south-facing surfaces in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) : A case Study using PVGIS and PVWatts Adel Juaidi, Ramez Abdallah, Tareq Salameh,, Hüseyin Çamur, Youssef Kassem, Samer Abdala and Mejdi Jeguirim Solar Photovoltaic Energy 2. Comparative study between metaheuristic methods for photovoltaic MPPT control Mahmoud Hamouda, Manel Merchaoui, Anis Sakly and Mohamed Faouzi Mimouni Bioenergy Production 3. Advanced Bioethanol production from biowaste streams Konstantinos Moustakas 4. Recent Progress in Geothermal heat pumps Dr Maryam Karami Maryam Karami, Shahram Delfani and Jafar Esmaeelian Hydrogen Production 5. Catalytic reforming: a sustainable technology for hydrogen production Prof Madona Labaki Madona LABAKI Wind Energy 6. Development of a Small-scale Wind Turbine Emulator controlled through FPGA: Modeling, Analysis and DesignIntissar MOUSSA and Adel KHEDHER Geothermal Energy 7. Recent progress in thermal plasma gasification of liquid and solid wastes Andrius Tamosiunas Hydropower 8. Pumped Hydro Storage for Microgrid Applications Razzaqul Ahshan Fuel Cell 9. Perovskite-structured cobalt-free cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells K Singh Smart Grids 10. Smart grids in Russia: current status, barriers, and prospects for development Svetlana Ratner 11. Power Electronics Technologies for Renewable Energy Sources Vitor Monteiro Sr., Joao L. Afonso, Sérgio Coelho and Joao Machado
- ISBN: 978-0-12-823532-4
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 496
- Fecha Publicación: 19/10/2021
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés