Renewable energy. Volumes 1, 2, and 3

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Preface
Volume 1
	Energy and Society
		1.1	Introduction
		1.2	Our Past and Present Energy Use
		1.3	Our Energy Sources
		1.4	Our Future Energy Needs
	The Need for Renewable Energy
		2.1	Introduction
		2.2	Resource Limitations
			2.2.1	Reserves-to-Production Ratios
			2.2.2	Hubbert Theory
		2.3	Environmental Consequences of Our Energy Use
			2.3.1	Pollution
			2.3.2	The Greenhouse Effect
			2.3.3	Evidence for Global Warming
			2.3.4	Consequences of Global Warming
		2.4	Global Warming Mitigation Strategies
	Renewable Energy Sources
		3.1	Introduction
		3.2	Hydroelectric Energy
		3.3	Wind Energy
		3.4	Solar Thermal Energy
			3.4.1	Flat Plate Collectors
			3.4.2	Evacuated Tube Collectors
			3.4.3	Transpired Solar Collectors
			3.4.4	Concentrating Solar Collectors
		3.5	Solar Thermal Electricity
		3.6	Photovoltaics
		3.7	Geothermal Energy
		3.8	Biofuels
			3.8.1	Wood
			3.8.2	Municipal Solid Waste
			3.8.3	Ethanol
			3.8.4	Biodiesel
			3.8.5	Biogas
		3.9	Summary
			3.9.1	Cost
			3.9.2	Carbon Footprint
			3.9.3	Risk
	The Need for Energy Storage
		4.1	Introduction
		4.2	Distribution of Energy Use in Time
			4.2.1	Electricity
			4.2.2	Thermal Energy
		4.3	Temporal Variations in Renewable Energy
			4.3.1	Hydroelectric Energy
			4.3.2	Wind Energy
			4.3.3	Solar Energy
			4.3.4	Geothermal Energy
			4.3.5	Summary
		4.4	Remote and Emergency Energy Systems
		4.5	Portable Energy Systems
		4.6	Summary
	Bibliography
Volume 2
	Preface
	Energy and Society
		1.1	Introduction
		1.2	Our Past and Present Energy Use
			1.2.1	Pump-back Hydroelectric Storage
			1.2.2	Seawater-based Pumped Hydroelectric Storage
			1.2.3	Sub-surface Pumped Hydroelectric Storage
			1.2.4	The Muuga Seawater Pumped Hydroelectric Storage Project
			1.2.5	Underwater Reservoirs
			1.2.6	Gravity Power Storage
			1.2.7	World Use of Pumped Hydroelectric Storage
		1.3	Gravitational Potential of Solid Masses
		1.4	Compressed Air Energy Storage
			1.4.1	Physics of Compressed Air Energy Storage
			1.4.2	Locations for Compressed Air Energy Storage
			1.4.3	World Use of Compressed Air Energy Storage
		1.5	Combined Pumped Hydroelectric-Compressed Air Energy Storage
		1.6	Flywheels
			1.6.1	The Physics of Flywheels
			1.6.2	Flywheel Design Criteria
			1.6.3	Applications of Flywheels for Energy Storage
	Thermal Energy Storage Methods
		2.1	Introduction
		2.2	Sensible Heat Energy Storage
			2.2.1	Sensible Heat Energy Storage Materials
			2.2.2	Residential Heat Storage
			2.2.3	Community-based Heat Storage
			2.2.4	Solar Ponds
			2.2.5	Grid Integrated Systems
		2.3	Latent Heat Energy Storage
			2.3.1	Residential Latent Heat Energy Storage
			2.3.2	Latent Heat Energy Storage in Ice
			2.3.3	Latent Heat Energy Storage in Liquid Air
		2.4	Thermochemical Reactions
	Bibliography
Volume 3
	Preface
	Batteries
		1.1	Introduction
		1.2	Types of Batteries
			1.2.1	Battery Chemistry
			1.2.2	Battery Sizes
			2.2.3	Battery Cost
		1.3	How Batteries Work
		1.4	Other Battery Technologies
			1.4.1	Sodium Batteries
			1.4.2	Vanadium Flow Batteries
		1.5	Battery Applications
			1.5.1	Vehicles
			1.5.2	Off-grid and Emergency Power Systems
			1.5.3	Grid Energy Storage
	Supercapacitors and Superconductors
		2.1	Introduction
		2.2	Capacitors and Supercapacitors
			2.2.1	Energy Storage in a Capacitor
			2.2.2	Supercapacitors
			2.2.3	Pseudocapacitors and Hybrid Capacitors
			2.2.4	Applications of Supercapacitors
		2.3	Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage
			2.3.1	Energy Storage Capacity of an Inductor
			2.3.2	Superconductivity
			2.3.3	Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage
	Chemical Energy Storage Methods
		3.1	Introduction
		3.2	Hydrogen
			3.2.1	Properties of Hydrogen
			3.2.2	Hydrogen Production Methods
			3.2.3	Hydrogen Storage Methods
			3.2.4	Fuel Cell Technology
			3.2.5	Applications of Hydrogen Energy Storage
			3.2.6	Efficiency of Hydrogen Energy Storage
		3.3	Methane
		3.4	Methanol
		3.5	Ammonia
			3.5.1	Properties of Ammonia
			3.5.2	Ammonia Internal Combustion Engines
			3.5.3	Hydrogen Storage in Ammonia
	Bibliography
	Author\'s Biography