| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 374 pages) |
| Contents |
Electricity History : A Review and the Road Ahead -- Risks, Operation, and Maintenance of Hydroelectric Generators -- Hydroelectric Generation : Pumped Storage, Minor Hydroelectric, and Oceanic-Based Systems -- Thermal Power Generation-Steam Generators -- Thermal Station Power Engineering -- Environmental Constraints in Thermal Power Generation-Acid Rain -- Environmental Constraints in Thermal Power Generation₇Carbon and the Kyoto Proposals -- Nuclear Power Generation -- Wind Power Generation -- Photovoltaic Energy-Solar Cells and Solar Power Systems -- Direct Conversion into Electricity-Fuel Cells -- Hybrid Systems -- Combined Generation-Cogeneration -- Distributed Generation (DG) and Distributed Resources (DR) -- Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems -- Energy Storage-Power Storage Super Capacitors -- Hydrogen Era -- Basic Structure of Power Marketing -- Looking into the Future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Electric power production.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
0470872659 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470872659 (electronic bk.) |
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