This handbook surveys the range of methods and fuel types used in
generating energy for industry, transportation, and heating and
cooling of buildings. Solar, wind, biomass, nuclear, geothermal,
ocean and fossil fuels are discussed and compared, and the
thermodynamics of energy conversion is explained. Appendices are
provided with fully updated data. Thoroughly revised, this second
edition surveys the latest advances in energy conversion from a
wide variety of currently available energy sources. It describes
energy sources such as fossil fuels, biomass (including
refuse-derived biomass fuels), nuclear, solar radiation, wind,
geothermal, and ocean, then provides the terminology and units used
for each energy resource and their equivalence. It includes an
overview of the steam power cycles, gas turbines, internal
combustion engines, hydraulic turbines, Stirling engines, advanced
fossil fuel power systems, and combined-cycle power plants. It
outlines the development, current use, and future of nuclear power.
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