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Advances in Sustainable Energy

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  • © 2019

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Editors:
  1. Ahmad Vasel

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, USA

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  2. David S-K. Ting

    1. Turbulence & Energy Laboratory, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

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  • Considers the entire field of sustainable energy, with detailed examples and case studies
  • Summarizes the latest research on renewable energy conversion technologies, energy storage, green buildings, green economics, waste and recycling, social sustainability, and climate change
  • Is based upon the authors’ extensive research and teaching experience

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Energy (LNEN, volume 70)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Sustainable Energy: What, Why, and How?

    • Paul Henshaw
    Pages 1-5

  3. A Review of Wind Energy Resource Assessment in the Urban Environment

    • Mireille B. Tadie Fogaing, Hermes Gordon, Carlos F. Lange, David H. Wood, Brian A. Fleck
    Pages 7-36

  4. Advances in Wind Power Forecasting

    • Madison E. Dittner, Ahmad Vasel
    Pages 37-57

  5. Lean Energy Buildings: Applications of Machine Learning, Optimal Central Chilled-Water Systems, and Hybrid Solar-Ground Source Heat Pump Systems

    • Andrew Chiasson, J. Kelly Kissock, Abinesh Selvacanabady
    Pages 59-92

  6. Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV): From Deserts to Rooftops

    • Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Kim Choon Ng
    Pages 93-111

  7. Solar Energy, the Future Ahead

    • José P. Paredes-Sánchez, Jesús Las-Heras-Casas, Beatriz M. Paredes-Sánchez
    Pages 113-132

  8. Evaluation of the Changes in Greenhouse Gas Emissions After Migration Towards Electric Mobility

    • Roberto Álvarez Fernández, Borja Dalmau Giménez
    Pages 133-148

  9. Bioenergy as an Alternative to Fossil Fuels in Thermal Systems

    • José P. Paredes-Sánchez, Luis M. López-Ochoa
    Pages 149-168

  10. Thermal Energy Storage Systems

    • Ethan Mohseni Languri, Glenn Cunningham
    Pages 169-176

  11. What Else is Emerging from the Horizon?

    • Giancarlo Abbate, Eugenio Saraceno
    Pages 177-213
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About this book

This book reveals key challenges to ensuring the secure and sustainable production and use of energy resources, and provides corresponding solutions. It discusses the latest advances in renewable energy generation, and includes studies on climate change and social sustainability. In turn, the book goes beyond theory and describes practical challenges and solutions associated with energy and sustainability. In particular, it addresses:

·         renewable energy conversion technologies;

·         transmission, storage and consumption;

·         green buildings and the green economy; and

·         waste and recycling.

 

The book presents the current state of knowledge on renewable energy and sustainability, supported by detailed examples and case studies, making it not only a cutting-edge source of information for experts and researchers in the field, but also an educational tool for related undergraduate and graduate courses.

 




Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, USA

    Ahmad Vasel

  • Turbulence & Energy Laboratory, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

    David S-K. Ting

About the editors

Dr. Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. His research interests are wind and solar energy conversion and storage as well as experimental, theoretical, and computational fluid dynamics. Prior to joining Tennessee Tech, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Delaware for two years, where he conducted research on optimization of utility-scale wind farms and potential impacts of the wake of wind turbines on the surface fluxes. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Windsor, while receiving the prestigious Ontario Trillium Scholarship from the government of Ontario for four consecutive years. His Ph.D. research was focused on studying the hydrodynamics of underwater compressed air energy storage plants. He has published his research in several conference proceedings, book chapters, and scientific journals including Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical Review E, Computers & Fluids, Energy Conversion and Management, and Applied Energy.

David S-K. Ting worked on Combustion and Turbulence (Premixed Turbulent Flame Propagation) during his graduate years. He then ventured into Convection Heat Transfer and Fluid-Structure Interactions prior to joining University of Windsor. Professor Ting is the founder of the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory. Dr. Ting supervises students on a wide range of research projects primarily in the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy areas. To date, he has co/supervised over sixty graduate students and co-authored more than one hundred and ten journal papers.



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