Renewable Energy - Volume 1: Solar, Wind, and Hydropower: Definitions, Developments, Applications, Case Studies, and Modelling and Simulation is a comprehensive resource for those wanting an authoritative volume on the significant aspects of these rapidly growing renewable technologies. Providing a structured approach to the emerging technologies and advances in the implementation of solar, wind and hydro energy, the book offers the most requested and desirable practical elements for the renewable industry. Sections cover definitions, applications, modeling and analysis through case study and example.
This coordinated approach allows for standalone, accessible, and functioning chapters dedicated to a particular energy source, giving researchers and engineers an important and unique consolidated source of information on all aspects of these state-of-the-art fields.
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Table of Contents
1. Solar Thermal Energy1.1 Introduction and Definition
1.2 Developments of Solar Thermal Energy Systems
1.3 Application of Solar Thermal Energy
1.4 Case Studies on Solar Thermal Energy
1.5 Thermal Analysis of Solar Collectors
1.6 Energy and Exergy analyses of a photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) air collector
2. Solar Photovoltaics "PV" Energy
2.1 Introduction and Definition of Solar PV Energy
2.2 Developments of Solar PV Energy
2.3 Application of Solar PV Energy
2.4 Review on Solar PV Energy
2.5 Case Studies on Solar PV Energy
2.6 Modelling and Simulation of Solar PV Energy Systems
3. Wind Energy
3.1 Introduction and Definition of Wind Energy
3.2 Developments of Wind Energy
3.3 Application of Wind Energy
3.4 Review on Wind Energy
3.5 Case Studies on Wind Energy
3.6 Modelling and Simulation of Wind Energy Systems
4. Hydro Energy
4.1 Introduction and Definition of Hydro Energy
4.2 Developments of Hydro Energy
4.3 Application of Hydro Energy
4.4 Review on Hydro Energy
4.5 Case Studies on Hydro Energy
4.6 Modelling and Simulation of Hydro Energy Systems
Authors
Abdul Ghani Olabi Chair and Head of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department "SREE�, University Of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Prof Olabi is Chair and Head of Sustainable and Renewable Energy EngineeringDepartment "SREE� at the University Of Sharjah. Before joining UOS, he was the director
and founding member of the Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies at the
University of the West of Scotland. Prof Olabi received his M.Eng and Ph.D. from Dublin
City University, has worked at national and international institutes such as; National
Research Centre-Italy, Research Centre of FIAT-Italy, Dublin City University and Institute of
Engineering and Energy Technologies at UWS. Prof Olabi is the founder of the
International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP and
the International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials. He is the Subject
Editor of the Elsevier Energy Journal, Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Smart
Materials (Elsevier), and Editor in Chief of Renewable Energy section of Energies.
