Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Fourth Edition, winner of a 2022 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association, provides accessible coverage of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa's classic and comprehensive resource has provided thousands of engineers, scientists, students and professionals alike with a thorough grounding in the scientific principles underlying the complex world of renewable energy technologies. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised by new author Juan Ordonez, Director of the Energy and Sustainability Center at Florida State University, and includes new worked examples, more exercises, and more illustrations to help facilitate student learning.
1. Introduction
PART I: HEAT ENGINES
2. A Minimum of Thermodynamics and of the Kinetic Theory of Gases
3. Mechanical Heat Engines
4. Ocean Thermal Energy Converters
5. Thermoelectricity
6. Thermionics
7. AMTEC
8. Radio-Noise Generators
PART II: THE WORLD OF HYDROGEN
9. Fuel Cells
10. Hydrogen Production
11. Hydrogen Storage
PART III: ENERGY FROM THE SUN
12. Solar Radiation
13. Biomass
14. Photovoltaic Converters
PART IV: WIND AND WATER
15. Wind Energy
16. Ocean Engines
PART V: LAND AND BEYOND
17. Nuclear Energy
18. Storage of Energy
