Electric Renewable Energy Systems

✍ Scribed by Rashid, Muhammad Harunur

• Publisher: Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 586
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

• This derivative volume stemming from content included in our seminal Power Electronics Handbook takes its chapters related to renewables and establishes them at the core of a new volume dedicated to the increasingly pivotal and as yet under-published intersection of Power Electronics and Alternative Energy. While this re-versioning provides a corollary revenue stream to better leverage our core handbook asset, it does more than simply re-package existing content. Each chapter will be significantly updated and expanded by more than 50%, and all new introductory and summary chapters will be added to contextualize and tie the volume together. Therefore, unlike traditional derivative volumes, we will be able to offer new and updated material to the market and include this largely original content in our ScienceDirect Energy collection.
• Due to the inherently multi-disciplinary nature of renewables, many engineers come from backgrounds in Physics, Materials, or Chemical Engineering, and therefore do not have experience working in-depth with electronics. As more and more alternative and distributed energy systems require grid hook-ups and on-site storage, a working knowledge of batteries, inverters and other power electronics components becomes requisite. Further, as renewables enjoy broadening commercial implementation, power electronics professionals are interested to learn of the challenges and strategies particular to applications in alternative energy. This book will bring each group up-to-speed with the primary issues of importance at this technological node.
• This content clarifies the juncture of two key coverage areas for our Energy portfolio: alternative sources and power systems. It serves to bridge the information in our power engineering and renewable energy lists, supporting the growing grid cluster in the former and adding key information on practical implementation to the latter.

• Provides a thorough overview of the key technologies, methods and challenges for implementing power electronics in alternative energy systems for optimal power generation
• Includes hard-to-find information on how to apply converters, inverters, batteries, controllers and more for stand-alone and grid-connected systems
• Covers wind and solar applications, as well as ocean and geothermal energy, hybrid systems and fuel cells

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter,Copyright,Dedication,List of Contributors,About the Editor-in-Chief,Preface,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full text1 - Introduction to electrical energy systems, Pages 1-20
2 - Components of electric energy systems, Pages 21-39
3 - Solar energy, Pages 40-59
4 - Wind energy, Pages 60-77
5 - Hydroelectricity, Pages 78-91
6 - Fuel cells, Pages 92-113
7 - Geothermal energy, Pages 114-139
8 - Utilization of bioresources as fuels and energy generation, Pages 140-155
9 - Single-phase AC supply, Pages 156-182
10 - Three-phase AC supply, Pages 183-208
11 - Magnetic circuits and power transformers, Pages 209-236
12 - Renewable energy generators and control, Pages 237-289
13 - Power semiconductor devices, Pages 290-312
14 - AC–DC converters (rectifiers), Pages 313-336
15 - DC–DC converters, Pages 337-353
16 - DC–AC inverters, Pages 354-381
17 - Electric power transmission, Pages 382-402
18 - Electric power systems, Pages 403-456
19 - Control of photovoltaic technology, Pages 457-486
20 - Integration of distributed renewable energy systems into the smart grid, Pages 487-518
21 - Environmental impacts of renewable energy, Pages 519-546
Author Index, Pages 547-553
Subject Index, Pages 555-577