Description
This book highlights recent advancements in such an important topic, through contribution from experts demonstrating different applications in ‘day-to-day’ life, both existing and newly emerging non-biological technologies, and thought provoking approaches from different parts of the world, potential future prospects associated with some frontier development in non-conventional energy sources. It covers different types of natural energy sources such as: Ocean, Tidal and Wave energy; Nuclear energy; Solar cells; Geothermal energy; Hydrogen Fuel; Photovoltaic modules; Gas hydrates; Hydrate-based Desalination Technology; and Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Kraft Lignin/ Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals. This book is a comprehensive and informative compilation for international readers, especially undergraduate and post graduate students and researchers.
Table of Contents
1 Ocean, Tidal and Wave Energy: Science and Challenges.- 2 Nuclear Energy and Conventional Clean Fuel.- 3 Solar cells: application and challenges.- 4 Photovoltaic modules: Battery storage and grid technology.- 5 Geothermal energy: Exploration, Exploitation, and Production.- 6 Application of high-temperature thermal energy storage materials for power plants.- 7 Hydrogen Fuel: Clean Energy Production Technologies.- 8 Natural Gas Hydrates – Energy Locked in Cages.- 9 Gas Hydrates in Man-made Environments: Applications, Economics, Challenges and Future Directions.- 10 Hydrate-based Desalination Technology: A Sustainable Approach.- 11 Subsurface Decarbonisation options as CO2 hydrates with Clean Methane Energy Recovery from Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoirs.- 12 Combined Heating and cooling system with Phase Change Material: A Novel Approach.- 13 Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) of Kraft Lignin (KL) Recovered from Lignocellulosic Biomass: State of the Art.- 14 Catalytic Hydropyrolysis and Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass and Model Compounds for Fuels and Chemicals.
