Energy conversion

Progressive thermochemical biorefining technologies

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Considering the deleterious impacts of fossil fuels on the environmental and natural ecosystems, it has become imperative to make a paradigm shift towards renewable fuels, chemicals and materials. The exhaustive everyday usage of fossil fuels and processed petrochemical products…

Progressive thermochemical biorefining technologies

0 Type: Book

"Considering the deleterious impacts of fossil fuels on the environmental and natural ecosystems, it has become imperative to make a paradigm shift towards renewable fuels, chemicals and materials. The exhaustive everyday usage of fossil fuels and processed petrochemical product…

Progressive thermochemical biorefining technologies

0 Type: Book

"Considering the deleterious impacts of fossil fuels on the environmental and natural ecosystems, it has become imperative to make a paradigm shift towards renewable fuels, chemicals and materials. The exhaustive everyday usage of fossil fuels and processed petrochemical product…

Progressive thermochemical biorefining technologies

0 Type: Book

Considering the deleterious impacts of fossil fuels on the environmental and natural ecosystems, it has become imperative to make a paradigm shift toward renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials. The exhaustive everyday usage of fossil fuels and processed petrochemical products…

The physics of solar cells

by Nelson, Jenny

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"This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of the photovoltaic cell. It is suitable for undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers new to the field. It covers: basic physics of semiconductors in photovoltaic devices; physical models of solar cell ope…

The second law of economics: energy, entropy, and the origins of wealth

by Kümmel, Reiner

fromFrontiers Collection

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"Nothing happens in the world without energy conversion and entropy production. These fundamental natural laws are familiar to most of us when applied to the evolution of stars, biological processes, or the working of an internal combustion engine, but what about industrial econ…

Industrial Uses of Biomass Energy: The Example of Brazil

by Rothman, Harry, Bajay, Sergio V., Rosillo-Calle, Frank

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1. Overview of biomass Energy David O. Hall, Jo I. House and Ivan Scrase 2. Energy from biomass in Brazil Sergio Valdir Bajay, Eliane Bezerra De Carvalho and André Luis Ferreira 3. Potential contribution of technology assessment to bioenergy program Harry Rothman and André Furta…

Industrial uses of biomass energy: the example of Brazil

by Rosillo Callé, Francisco, Bajay, Sergio V., (Sergio Valdir), Rothman, Harry

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This book demonstrates that energy-rich vegetation, biomass, is a key renewable energy resource for the future. However, bioenergy still faces economic, institutional and some technical barriers and these are explored in this text.

Photosynthesis: plastid biology, energy conversion and carbon ass…

by Eaton-Rye, Julian J., Tripathy, Baishnab C., Sharkey, Thomas D.

fromAdvances in photosynthesis and respiration

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"Photosynthesis: Plastid Biology, Energy Conversion and Carbon Assimilation" was conceived as a comprehensive treatment touching on most of the processes important for photosynthesis. Most of the chapters provide a broad coverage that, it is hoped, will be accessible to advanced…