ELECTRICITY AS A MOTIVE POWER

By P. ALRIM

Chapter 1 ELECTRICITY HISTORY· A REVIEW AND THE ROAD AHEAD 1 Chapter 2 RISKS, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS 15 Chapter 3 HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION-PUMPED STORAGE, MINOR HYDROELECTRIC, AND OCEANIC-BASED SYSTEMS 44 Chapter 4 THERMAL POWER GENERATION-STEAM GENERATORS 68 Chapter 5 THERMAL STATION POWER ENGINEERING 85 Chapter 6 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS IN THERMAL POWER GENERATION-ACID RAIN 112 Chapter 7 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS IN THERMAL POWER GENERATION-CARBON AND THE KYOTO PROPOSALS 132 Chapter 8 NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION 150 Chapter 9 WIND POWER GENERATION 169 Chapter 10 PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY-SOLAR CELLS AND SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS 191 Chapter 11 DIRECT CONVERSION INTO ELECTRICITY-FUEL CELLS 213 Chapter 12 HYBRID SYSTEMS 226 Chapter 13 COMBINED GENERATION-COGENERATION 241 Chapter 14 DISTRIBUTED GENERATION (DG) AND DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES (DR) 268 Chapter 15 INTERCONNECTING DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS 293 Chapter 16 ENERGY STORAGE· POWER STORAGE SUPER CAPACITORS 306 Chapter 17 HYDROGEN ERA 328 Chapter 18 BASIC STRUCTURE OF POWER MARKETING 341 Chapter 19 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 355

ISBN978-93-7743-134-1
Copyright Year2027
Pages305
Price$267.99
LanguageEnglish
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