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Advanced Power Generation Systems

  • 1st Edition - July 15, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Ibrahim Dincer, Calin Zamfirescu
  • Language: English

Advanced Power Generation Systems examines the full range of advanced multiple output thermodynamic cycles that can enable more sustainable and efficient power production from trad… Read more

Description

Advanced Power Generation Systems examines the full range of advanced multiple output thermodynamic cycles that can enable more sustainable and efficient power production from traditional methods, as well as driving the significant gains available from renewable sources. These advanced cycles can harness the by-products of one power generation effort, such as electricity production, to simultaneously create additional energy outputs, such as heat or refrigeration. Gas turbine-based, and industrial waste heat recovery-based combined, cogeneration, and trigeneration cycles are considered in depth, along with Syngas combustion engines, hybrid SOFC/gas turbine engines, and other thermodynamically efficient and environmentally conscious generation technologies. The uses of solar power, biomass, hydrogen, and fuel cells in advanced power generation are considered, within both hybrid and dedicated systems.

The detailed energy and exergy analysis of each type of system provided by globally recognized author Dr. Ibrahim Dincer will inform effective and efficient design choices, while emphasizing the pivotal role of new methodologies and models for performance assessment of existing systems. This unique resource gathers information from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and energy system design to provide a single-source guide to solving practical power engineering problems.

Key features

  • The only complete source of info on the whole array of multiple output thermodynamic cycles, covering all the design options for environmentally-conscious combined production of electric power, heat, and refrigeration
  • Offers crucial instruction on realizing more efficiency in traditional power generation systems, and on implementing renewable technologies, including solar, hydrogen, fuel cells, and biomass
  • Each cycle description clarified through schematic diagrams, and linked to sustainable development scenarios through detailed energy, exergy, and efficiency analyses
  • Case studies and examples demonstrate how novel systems and performance assessment methods function in practice

Readership

Power Engineers, Electrical & Mechanical Engineers working in Renewable Energy

Table of contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
    • Abstract
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 Thermodynamic Properties and Basic Concepts
    • 1.3 Equations of State and Ideal Gas Behavior
    • 1.4 Laws of Thermodynamics
    • 1.5 Exergy
    • 1.6 Balance Equations for Thermodynamic Analysis
    • 1.7 Efficiency Definitions
    • 1.8 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 2: Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development
    • Abstract
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Energy Resources Available on Earth
    • 2.3 Environmental Impact of Power Generation Systems
    • 2.4 Sustainability Assessment of Power Generation Technologies
    • 2.5 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 3: Fossil Fuels and Alternatives
    • Abstract
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Fuels Classification and Main Properties
    • 3.3 Fossil Fuels
    • 3.4 Alternative Fuels
    • 3.5 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 4: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Systems
    • Abstract
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Hydrogen
    • 4.3 Hydrogen Production Methods
    • 4.4 Fuel Cells
    • 4.5 Fuel Cell Modeling
    • 4.6 Optimization of Fuel Cell Systems
    • 4.7 Integrated Fuel Cell Systems for Power Generation
    • 4.8 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 5: Conventional Power Generating Systems
    • Abstract
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Vapor Power Cycles
    • 5.3 Gas Power Cycles
    • 5.4 Combined Cycle Power Plants
    • 5.5 Hydropower Plants
    • 5.6 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 6: Nuclear Power Generation
    • Abstract
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Nuclear Reactions
    • 6.3 Nuclear Fuel
    • 6.4 Nuclear Reactors
    • 6.5 Nuclear-Based Cogeneration Systems
    • 6.6 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 7: Renewable-Energy-Based Power Generating Systems
    • Abstract
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Solar Power Generation Systems
    • 7.3 Wind Energy Systems
    • 7.4 Geothermal Power Generation Systems
    • 7.5 Biomass Energy Systems
    • 7.6 Ocean Energy Systems
    • 7.7 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 8: Integrated Power Generating Systems
    • Abstract
    • 8.1 Introduction
    • 8.2 Multistaged Systems
    • 8.3 Cascaded Systems
    • 8.4 Combined Systems
    • 8.5 Hybrid Systems
    • 8.6 Case Studies
    • 8.7 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 9: Multigeneration Systems
    • Abstract
    • 9.1 Introduction
    • 9.2 Key Processes and Subsystems for Multigeneration
    • 9.3 Assessment and Optimization of Multigeneration Systems
    • 9.4 Case Studies
    • 9.5 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 10: Novel Power Generating Systems
    • Abstract
    • 10.1 Introduction
    • 10.2 Novel Ammonia–Water Power Cycles
    • 10.3 Solar Thermoelectrical Power Generation
    • 10.4 Chemical Looping Combustion for Power Generation
    • 10.5 Linear Engine Power Generators
    • 10.6 Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix A: Conversion Factors
  • Appendix B: Thermophysical Properties
  • Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 15, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Ibrahim Dincer

Dr. Ibrahim Dincer is professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Ontario Tech. University and visiting professor at Yildiz Technical University. He has authored numerous books and book chapters, and many refereed journal and conference papers. He has chaired many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops, and technical meetings. He has also delivered many plenary, keynote and invited lectures. He is an active member of various international scientific organizations and societies, and serves as editor in chief, associate editor, regional editor, and editorial board member for various prestigious international journals. He is a recipient of several research, teaching and service awards, including the Premier׳s Research Excellence Award in Ontario, Canada. For the past seven years in a row he has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of The Most Influential Scientific Minds in Engineering and one of the Most Highly Cited Researchers.
Affiliations and expertise
Full professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ontario Tech. University, Canada

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Calin Zamfirescu

Affiliations and expertise
Senior research associate and Sessional instructor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

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