Direct Energy Conversion is written for students and practicing engineers with an interest in the performance of energy conversion processes that involve direct methods of producing electric power from heat and other primary sources. It provides an in-depth development of key issues from the first principles of the underlying sciences, and examines the means available for converting heat to electricity without the intermediate generation of rotating shaft power. A physical and quantitative understanding of the limitations of a number of commercially interesting methods is developed in order to allow readers assessment of the technologies for specific applications. The list of processes considered is limited by performance measured in terms of cost, conversion efficiency, and power density. Ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate level courses in power production, energy conversion, and power systems, Direct Energy Conversion is also a natural adjunct to the author's previous text, Energy Conversion (OUP, 1994), which focuses on the thermodynamics and mechanics of heat.
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Reiner Decher is at University of Washington, Seattle.
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The study of power generation must start from the perspective of the heat engines that supply the vast bulk of all electromechanical power requirements of society. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
galvanic efficiency, ion slip parameter, power density parameter, peak cycle temperature, enthalpy extraction, energy conversion schemes, direct energy conversion, thermoelectric energy conversion, seed fraction, electrode generator, mean thermal speed, electrode wall, macroscopic cross section, entropy production rate, stagnation temperature, effective emissivity, interaction length, static temperature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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galvanic efficiency, ion slip parameter, power density parameter, peak cycle temperature, enthalpy extraction, energy conversion schemes, direct energy conversion, thermoelectric energy conversion, seed fraction, electrode generator, mean thermal speed, electrode wall, macroscopic cross section, entropy production rate, stagnation temperature, effective emissivity, interaction length, static temperature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, John Wiley, Cambridge University Press, Copper Mountain, Pergamon Press, Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics, Principles of Energy Conversion New!
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- Direct Energy Conversion (Series in Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics) by Stanley W. Angrist on 5 pages
- Principles of Energy Conversion by Archie W. Culp on page 21, page 161, and page 251
- Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics (Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering) by George W. Sutton on page 45, page 122, and page 161
- Direct Energy Conversion (Electrical Engineering) by M.Ali Kettani on page 161, and page 251
- Generating Electricity from the Sun, Volume 2 (Renewable Energy) by F.C. Treble on page 238, and page 239
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