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by Paul Breeze
Power Generation Technologies, 2nd Edition
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Electricity Generation
Abstract
History of electricity generation
Evolution of electricity-generating technologies
Evolution of electricity networks
Renewable energy and distributed generation
A brief political diversion
Size of the industry
Chapter 2: Electricity Generation and the Environment
Abstract
Evolution of environmental awareness
Environmental effects of power generation
Carbon cycle and atmospheric warming
Controlling carbon dioxide
Hydrogen economy
Economics of electricity production
Externalities
Life-cycle assessment
The bottom line
Chapter 3: Coal-fired Power Plants
Abstract
Types of coal
Coal reserves
Coal cleaning and processing
Traditional coal-fired power generation technology
Boiler technology
Steam turbine design
Generators
Fluidized bed combustion
Integrated gasification combined cycle
Emission control for coal-fired power plants
Coal treatment
Low nitrogen oxide combustion strategies
Sulfur dioxide removal
Nitrogen oxide capture
Combined sulfur and nitrogen oxide removal
Particulate (dust) removal
Mercury removal
Carbon dioxide removal
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Cost of coal-fired power generation
Chapter 4: Natural Gas–fired Gas Turbines and Combined Cycle Power Plants
Abstract
Natural gas
Growth of gas turbine technology
Gas turbine principle
Modern gas turbine design for power generation
Gas turbine development
Advanced gas turbine cycles
Combined cycle power plants
Micro-turbines
Emission control for gas turbine power plants
Cost of gas turbine–based power generation
Chapter 5: Piston Engine–Based Power Plants
Abstract
Internal combustion engines
Spark-ignition engines
Diesel engines (compression engines)
Dual-fuel engines
Stirling engines
Cogeneration
Combined cycle
Emission control
Cost of reciprocating engine-based power generation
Chapter 6: Combined Heat and Power
Abstract
Historical background for combined heat and power usage
Combined heat and power principles and applications
CHP technology
Piston engines
Steam turbines
Gas turbines
Micro-turbines
Fuel cells
Nuclear power
Cost of CHP
Chapter 7: Fuel Cells
Abstract
History of fuel cells
Fuel cell principle
Catalysts
Hydrocarbon gas reformation
Fuel cell efficiency
Fuel cell types
Fuel cell costs
Chapter 8: Hydropower
Abstract
Hydropower resource
Hydropower sites
Categories of hydropower plant
Large hydropower plants: dams and barrages
Dam types
Hydropower turbines
Generators
Small hydropower
Environmental considerations
Environmental assessment
Hydropower and intermittent renewable generation
Cost of electricity generation from hydropower plants
Chapter 9: Tidal Barrage Power Plants
Abstract
Tidal resource
Operating tidal barrage power plants
Tidal power plant design
Two-basin projects
Bunded reservoir
Tidal barrage construction techniques
Turbines
Turbine speed regulation
Sluices and shiplocks
Environmental considerations
Cost of electricity generation from tidal barrage power plants
Chapter 10: Power System Energy Storage Technologies
Abstract
Types of energy storage
Pumped storage hydropower
Compressed-air energy storage
Large-scale batteries
Superconducting magnetic energy storage
Flywheels
Capacitors
Hydrogen energy storage
Chapter 11: Wind Power
Abstract
Wind resources
Wind turbine technology
Wind turbine anatomy
Offshore wind turbine technology
Wind farms
Environmental effects of wind power
Wind intermittency and grid issues
Wind capacity limits
Repowering
Cost of wind power
Chapter 12: Geothermal Power
Abstract
Geothermal resource
Geothermal fields
Brine-methane reservoirs
Hot dry rock
Exploiting the magma
Location of geothermal resources
Size of the resource
Geothermal energy conversion technologies
Direct steam power plants
Flash steam plants
Binary cycle power plants
Geothermal power and district heating
Finding and exploiting geothermal sources
Cost of geothermal power
Chapter 13: Solar Power
Abstract
Solar energy resource
Solar sites and land resources
Solar power generation technologies
Solar thermal power generation
Photovoltaic devices
Cost of solar power
Chapter 14: Marine Power Generation Technologies
Abstract
Marine energy resource
Ocean thermal energy conversion
Wave power
Marine current energy
Salinity gradient power generation
Cost of marine power generation
Chapter 15: Biomass-based Power Generation
Abstract
Types of biomass
Biomass wastes
Fuelwood
Energy crops
Biomass trade
Biomass energy conversion technology
Direct firing
co-firing
Biomass gasification
Fuel handling
Biomass digesters
Liquid fuels
Cost of biomass power generation
Chapter 16: Power from Waste
Abstract
Landfill waste disposal
Sources of waste
Waste composition
Waste collection and recycling
Waste power generation technologies
Traditional waste incineration plants
Gasification and pyrolysis
Refuse-derived fuel
Environmental issues
Waste plant emissions
Cost of energy from waste plants
Chapter 17: Nuclear Power
Abstract
Global nuclear capacity
Fundamentals of nuclear power
Nuclear fission reactor designs
Nuclear fusion
Environmental question
Cost of nuclear power
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