Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Third Edition

Content: Cover
 Half Title
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Dedication
 Contents
 Foreword
 Preface
 Acknowledgments
 Authors
 Contributors
 1. Introduction to Sustainable Energy
 1.1 Sustainability Principles
 1.1.1 Energy Crisis: Security Issues
 1.1.2 Sustainable Development
 1.1.3 Sustainability Principles in Practice
 1.1.4 Challenges for Sustainability Engineering
 1.2 Carrying Capacity and Exponential Growth
 1.2.1 Population Issue
 1.2.2 Water Issue
 1.2.3 Food Supply Issues
 1.2.4 Per Capita Energy Use
 1.2.5 Mathematics of Exponential Growth
 1.3 Context for Sustainable Energy. 1.3.1 Historical Energy Development in the United States1.3.2 Current Energy Use
 1.3.3 Future Energy Scenarios for the United States
 1.4 Key Sustainability Considerations
 1.4.1 The Challenge of Climate Change
 1.4.2 Energy Economic Efficiency
 1.4.3 Energy Return on Energy Invested
 1.4.4 Cost of Energy Production
 1.4.5 Other Costs of Energy Development
 1.5 Energy Efficiency and Conservation
 1.5.1 Energy End-Use Demand Reduction in Buildings
 1.5.2 Energy End-Use Demand Reduction in Transportation
 1.5.3 Energy Management in Industry and Manufacturing
 1.6 Conventional Energy. 1.6.1 Fossil Fuels1.6.2 Nuclear Power
 1.7 Renewable Energy
 1.7.1 Wind Energy
 1.7.2 Solar Photovoltaics
 1.7.3 Solar Thermal
 1.7.4 Ocean and Geothermal Energy
 1.7.5 Biomass and Biofuel
 1.7.6 Hydroelectric Generation
 1.8 Hydrogen
 1.9 NREL System Advisor Model
 Energy Units and Conversion Factors
 Problems
 Discussion Questions
 Online Resources
 References
 Suggested Readings
 2. Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems
 2.1 Unit Cost of Energy
 2.2 Payback Period
 2.3 Time Value of Money
 2.4 Inflation
 2.5 Total Life Cycle Costs
 2.6 Internal Rate of Return. 2.7 Capital Recovery Factor2.8 Levelized Cost of Energy
 2.9 Societal and Environmental Costs
 Problems
 References
 3. Energy Systems Analysis Methodologies
 3.1 Life Cycle Approach
 3.2 Process Chain Analysis
 3.3 Input-Output (I/O) Analysis
 3.4 Embedded Energy
 3.5 Energy Return on Energy Invested
 3.5.1 Calculation of EROI
 3.5.2 EROI and Energy Budgets
 3.5.3 EROI for a Wind Energy System
 3.6 Greenhouse Gas Accounting
 Problems
 References
 4. Energy Use and Efficiency in Buildings and Industry
 4.1 Background
 4.2 Energy Audits and Energy Management
 4.3 Buildings. 4.3.1 Calculations of Heating and Hot Water Loads in Buildings4.3.1.1 Calculation of Heat Loss
 4.3.1.2 Internal Heat Sources in Buildings
 4.3.1.3 Degree-Day Method
 4.3.1.4 Service Hot Water Load Calculation
 4.3.2 Cooling Requirements for Buildings
 4.3.3 Vapor-Compression Cycle
 4.3.4 Evaporative Cooling
 4.3.5 Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings
 4.3.5.1 Commercial Buildings Case Studies
 4.3.6 Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings
 4.3.6.1 Residential Case Study: Net-Zero Habitat for Humanity House
 4.3.7 Zero-Energy Urban Districts
 4.4 Industrial Energy Efficiency.