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Railway Ecology
(Hardcover)
Pedro Beja, Rafael Barrientos, Luis Borda-De-Agua
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R1,622
Discovery Miles 16 220
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The increase in air pollution and vehicular emissions has led to
the development of the renewable energy-based generation and
electrification of transportation. Further, the electrification
shift faces an enormous challenge due to limited driving range,
long charging time, and high initial cost of deployment. Firstly,
there has been a discussion on renewable energy such as how wind
power and solar power can be generated by wind turbines and
photovoltaics, respectively, while these are intermittent in
nature. The combination of these renewable energy resources with
available power generation system will make electric vehicle (EV)
charging sustainable and viable after the payback period. Recently,
there has also been a significant discussion focused on various EV
charging types and the level of power for charging to minimize the
charging time. By focusing on both sustainable and renewable
energy, as well as charging infrastructures and technologies, the
future for EV can be explored. Developing Charging Infrastructure
and Technologies for Electric Vehicles reviews and discusses the
state of the art in electric vehicle charging technologies, their
applications, economic, environmental, and social impact, and
integration with renewable energy. This book captures the state of
the art in electric vehicle charging infrastructure deployment,
their applications, architectures, and relevant technologies. In
addition, this book identifies potential research directions and
technologies that facilitate insights on EV charging in various
charging places such as smart home charging, parking EV charging,
and charging stations. This book will be essential for power system
architects, mechanics, electrical engineers, practitioners,
developers, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students
interested in the problems and solutions to the state-of-the-art
status of electric vehicles.
Haynes offers the best coverage for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs and
motorcycles on the market today. Each manual contains easy to
follow step-by-step instructions linked to hundreds of photographs
and illustrations. Included in every manual: troubleshooting
section to help identify specific problems; tips that give valuable
short cuts to make the job easier and eliminate the need for
special tools; notes, cautions and warnings for the home mechanic;
color spark plug diagnosis and an easy to use index.
In this innovative collection, Louis Owens blends autobiography,
short fiction, and literary criticism to reflect on his experiences
as a mixedblood Indian in America.
In sophisticated prose, Owens reveals the many timbres of his
voice--humor, humility, love, joy, struggle, confusion, and
clarity. We join him in the fields, farms, and ranches of
California. We follow his search for a lost brother and contemplate
along with him old family photographs from Indian Territory and
early Oklahoma. In a final section, Owens reflects on the work and
theories of other writers, including Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak,
Gerald Vizenor, Michael Dorris, and Louise Erdrich.
"Volume 40 in the American Indian Literature and Critical
Studies Series"
There is always a sense of adventure when going on a railway
journey. Whether it is aboard the Orient Express from London to
Istanbul, or travelling the Transcontinental railroad through the
Canadian Rockies to the Pacific coast, or riding the Serra Verde
Express through the Brazilian rainforest, Rail Journeys takes the
reader on a journey through some of the most unusual, romantic and
remarkable landscapes in the world. Find out about the Coast
Starlight, which carries passengers from Los Angeles along the
Pacific coast to Seattle and all points in between; or the 7,000
kilometre Trans-Siberian, crossing the entirety of Mongolia and
Russia from Beijing to Moscow; or 'El Chepe', the Mexican Copper
Canyon railway, a line which took 90 years to build and negotiates
87 tunnels, 36 bridges and sweeping hairpin bends as it climbs from
sea level to the rim-top views it offers at 2,400m; or enjoy the
engineering excellence of the Konkan Railway in India, connecting
Mumbai with the port of Mangalore via some 2,000 bridges and 90
tunnels; or experience the Shinkansen 'Bullet Train' as it races at
speeds of more than 300 km/h between Tokyo and Kyoto, passing the
iconic Mount Fuji on the way. With 200 outstanding colour
photographs, Rail Journeys takes the reader to some of the most
historic, spectacular and remotest locations in the world, places
where trains still offer romantic and astounding experiences of
rail travel at its best.
The Car: The History of the Automobile explores every aspect of the
development of the automobile from the fragile engineering of the
earliest models to the cutting edge technology of the vehicles of
the future. Packed with anecdotes about the best-loved cars of all
time and the men and women who created them, The Car also features
a fascinating, unique collection of facsimile documents and
memorabilia including everything from the most stylish advertising
posters ever produced, to historic race event programmes, to road
reports on important models and detailed technical drawings of
groundbreaking mechanical innovations. The Car is an unmissable
treat for every motoring enthusiast.
Since 2003 the International Association for the History of
Traffic, Transport and Mobility (T2M) has served as a trade-free
zone, fostering a new interdisciplinary vitality in the
now-flourishing study of the History of Mobility. In its Yearbook,
"Mobility in History," T2M surveys these developments in the form
of a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of research in the
field, presenting synopses of recent research, international
reviews of research across many countries, thematic reviews, and
retrospective assessments of classic works in the area. "Mobility
in History" provides an essential and comprehensive overview of the
current situation of Mobility studies.
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