Smart Energy Technologies Towards a Sustainable Future

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-94740-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Engineering Tribology, Manufacturing and Applied Energy

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of renewable energy systems, elucidating the fundamental principles underpinning technologies such as solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, and biomass conversion.

- Discusses the role of computational fluid dynamics simulations in bioenergy production, and for thermal solar collectors.

- Covers geothermal power plant design and performance optimization, and solar-assisted heat pump technologies for building applications.

- Highlights the role of smart technologies such as artificial intelligence in sustainable energy technologies.

- Presents case studies on renewable energy sources, power demand, policies, and solar thermal desalination technologies.

- Explains valorization of biomass to fuel briquettes and environmental life cycle analysis of renewable energy.

The text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of environmental engineering, renewable energy, clean technologies, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, and civil engineering.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kapoor, Ashish

Pal, Dan Bahadur

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Elektrotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Hydrogen Generation, Storage, Transportation and Utilization: Future Prospects
Chapter 2. Renewable Energy Sources, Power Demand, Policies: An Indian Perspective
Chapter 3. Hydrogen as a Clean Energy Solution: Pathways from Source to Application
Chapter 4. A Case Study of Renewable Energy Sources, Power Demand, Energy Distribution and Policies in Indian Prospective
Chapter 5. An In-Depth Case Study on Renewable Energy Sources, Power Demand Trends, and Policy Frameworks: The Indian Perspective
Chapter 6. Dielectric Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting using Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials for Sustainable Energy Solutions
Chapter 7. Advanced Substrate Treatment Methods and Additives for Enhancing Efficiency in Biogas Plants
Chapter 8. Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable Energy
Chapter 9. Smart Integrated Biorefineries for Sustainable Development
Chapter 10. Computational Fluid Dynamics studies on Microfluidic Fuel Cells: Insights and Future Directions
Chapter 11. Investigating the process flowsheet for converting cellulose into hexane: A simulation approach

Chapter 12. Sustainable Materials for Photovoltaic Systems
Chapter 13. Carbon-based Nanomaterials Utilization in Biofuel Cells
Chapter 14. Biohydrogen Production Through Food Waste Materials: Utilization and Future Prospectives

Über Autor(innen)

Dan Bahadur Pal is an assistant professor, in the Department of Chemical Engineering, at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India. His research interests include nanotechnology, catalysis, energy and environment, and waste management, with a special focus on developing processes and materials using waste as raw materials. He also prefers to work on bio-waste processing and value addition. He has more than 90 publications in journals and conferences of national and international reputation.

Ashish Kapoor is working as a professor, in the Department of Chemical Engineering, at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India. He received his doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His research interests include environmental remediation, microfluidic sensors for water quality monitoring, transport processes, modeling, and simulation. He has published more than 45 publications in reputed journals and 10 book chapters. He has been granted one patent.