Renewable Energy Conversion, Transmission, and Storage

Bent Sørensen is professor emeritus in physics at Roskilde University, Denmark). He has held academic positions at University of California in Berkeley, Yale University, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden (US), Kyoto University (Japan), University of Grenoble (France) and University of New South Wales (Australia) and served as advisor for the OECD, the Japanese and Australian governments, and various UN agencies, including as lead author the IPCC working group on climate change mitigation. He has published nearly 1000 scientific articles and many books, including two volumes on hydrogen and fuel cells. He served as chairman of the Danish Energy Agency’s Solar Energy and Hydrogen Energy Committees, and received prizes such as the Australian-European Award for Eminent Scholars (1982) and the European Solar Prize (2002).

• Chapter1. IntroductionI. General principles Chapter2. Basic principles of energy conversion Chapter3. Thermodynamic engine cyclesII. Specific heat energy conversion processes Chapter4. Direct thermoelectric conversion Chapter5. Engine conversion Chapter6. Heat pumps Chapter7. Geothermal energy conversionIII. Specific mechanical energy conversion processes Chapter8. Basic description of flow-driven converters Chapter9. Propeller-type converters Chapter10. Crosswind and other alternative converter concepts Chapter11. Hydro energy conversion Chapter12. Magneto hydrodynamic converters Chapter13. Wave energy convertersIV. Specific radiation energy conversion processes Chapter14. Photovoltaic conversion Chapter15. Photoelectrochemical conversion processes Chapter16. Solar thermal converters Chapter17. Solar thermal electricity generators Chapter18. Solar cooling and other applicationsV. Specific electrochemical energy conversion processes Chapter19. Fuel cells Chapter20. Battery applicationsVI. Specific bioenergy conversion processes Chapter21. Combustion Chapter22. Biological conversion to gaseous fuels Chapter23. Biological conversion to liquid fuels Chapter24. Thermal conversion to gaseous and other fuelsVII.Energy Transmission Chapter25. Transmission of Heat Chapter26. Transmission of ElectricityVII.Energy Storage Chapter27. Storage of Heat chapter28. Storage of High-quality Energy FormsAppendix: Energy bands in semiconductorsMini-project exercisesReferencesIndex

"I think the major strengths are that the book is comprehensive in that it covers most, if not all, of the various renewable energy topics/processes, and the subject matter is timely." --Bruce Miller, Associate Director at Penn State's Energy I