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Vanek, Francis; Albright, Louis; and Angenent, Largus. Energy Systems Engineering: Evaluation and Implementation, Second Edition. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2012.

Energy Systems Engineering: Evaluation and Implementation, Second Edition

Authors: Francis Vanek, Louis Albright and Largus Angenent

Published:  March 2012

eISBN: 9780071787796 0071787798 | ISBN: 9780071787789

Book description:

The defining guide to energy systems engineering--updated for the latest technologies

"Broad in scope, with focused instructional detail, this text offers a uniquely excellent, student-accessible educational resource for integrating thermodynamic, alternative, and renewable energy conversion processes." -- Professor Randy L. Vander Wal, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University

"A carefully written book, providing good breadth as well as depth on major conventional and sustainable energy systems." -- Professor David Dillard, Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech

Fully revised throughout, Energy Systems Engineering, Second Edition discusses fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy sources, emphasizing a technology-neutral, portfolio approach to energy systems options. The book covers major energy technologies, describing how they work, how they are quantitatively evaluated, their cost, and their benefit or impact on the natural environment.

Evaluating project scope, cost, energy consumption, and technical efficiency is clearly addressed. Example problems help you to quantify the performance of each technology and better assess its potential. Hundreds of illustrations and end-of-chapter exercises aid in your understanding of the concepts presented in this practical guide.

Coverage includes:

  • Systems and economic tools for energy systems

  • Climate change and climate modeling

  • Fossil fuel resources

  • Stationary combustion systems

  • Carbon sequestration

  • Nuclear energy systems

  • Solar resource evaluation

  • Solar photovoltaic technologies

  • Active and passive solar thermal systems

  • Wind energy systems

  • New chapter on energy from biological sources

  • Transportation energy technologies

  • Systems perspective on transportation engineering

Francis M. Vanek, Ph.D., is a lecturer and research assistant in the Departments of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Systems Engineering Program at Cornell University, where he specializes in energy efficiency, alternative energy, and energy for transportation. He is also a consultant with Taitem Engineering in Ithaca.

Louis D. Albright, Ph.D., is a professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).

Largus T. Angenent, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, Director of the Agricultural Waste Management Lab, and Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future. He specializes in converting organic biomass and waste materials into bio-energy, specific energy carrying products such as methane, carboxylates, and n-butanol. Dr. Angenent also works in the areas of biosensors and bio-aerosols.

Keywords: ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION, FRANCIS M. VANEK, LOUIS D. ALBRIGHT, LARGUS T. ANGENENT, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, STEPHEN H. WEISS, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS, ASABE, TAITEM ENGINEERING, SYSTEMS TOOLS, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ECONOMIC TOOLS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE MODELING, FOSSIL FUEL, STATIONARY COMBUSTION, TECHNOLOGIES, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, NUCLEAR ENERGY, SOLAR, SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC, ACTIVE SOLAR THERMAL, PASSIVE SOLAR THERMAL, APPLICATIONS, WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS, BIO-ENERGY, RESOURCES, SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION ENERGY, SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE, LCR, CF, DATA, PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN, END-USE, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, , LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, LEED, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, SOLAR POWER IN BUILDING DESIGN, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN BUILDING DESIGN, WIND ENERGY ENGINEERING, SOLAR HYDROGEN GENERATION, GREEN FACILITIES, LARGE-SCALE SOLAR POWER SYSTEM DESIGN, HANDBOOK OF ENERGY ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS, SUSTAINABLE THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEMS, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEMYSTIFIED, SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS FOR THE EVIL GENIUS, THERMAL RADIATION ENGINEERING FOR SOLAR POWER ENERGY GENERATION, SOLAR POWER ENERGY GENERATION, BIOFUELS REFINING AND PERFORMANCE, POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT OPERATION GUIDE, BUILD YOUR OWN HOME WIND POWER SYSTEM, SOLAR POWER FOR YOUR HOME, GEOTHERMAL HVAC, BUILD YOUR OWN SMALL WIND POWER SYSTEM, POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT OPERATION GUIDE, ENERGY SYSTEMS DESIGN AND OPERATIONS, MARKS' STANDARD HANDBOOK FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, BURIED PIPE DESIGN, PIPING HANDBOOK, EXCAVATION SYSTEMS PLANNING, DESIGN, AND SAFETY, CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES, MCGRAW-HILL CONSTRUCTION LOCATOR, DEFECT-FREE BUILDINGS, 2009 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE HANDBOOK, 2009 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE NEED TO KNOW, CONSTRUCTION DATABOOK, A BUILDER'S GUIDE TO WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS, 2009 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE NEED TO KNOW, 2009 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODES HANDBOOK, PIPING SYSTEMS MANUAL, FACILITY PIPING SYSTEMS HANDBOOK, FORMWORK FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES, DESIGN OF WOOD STRUCTURES, REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES, STEAM PLANT OPERATION, STEAM TURBINES, BLADE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS FOR STEAM TURBINES, MACHINERY VIBRATION, HARRIS' SHOCK AND VIBRATION HANDBOOK, VIBRATION OF CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS, ROARK'S FORMULAS FOR STRESS AND STRAIN, MECHANISMS AND MECHANICAL DEVICES SOURCEBOOK, HANDBOOK OF ENERGY ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS, NALCO GUIDE TO BOILER FAILURE ANALYSIS, MACHINE TOOL VIBRATION PREVENTION, POWER GENERATION HANDBOOK, POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT OPERATION GUIDE, ENERGY SYSTEMS DESIGN AND OPERATIONS