Vehicle Energy and Fuel Consumption — Basic Concepts -- IC-Engine-Based Propulsion Systems -- Models of Electric and Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems -- Models of Hybrid-Inertial and Hybrid-Hydraulic Propulsion Systems -- Models of Fuel-Cell Propulsion Systems -- Supervisory Control Algorithms -- Appendix I — Case Studies -- Appendix II — Optimal Control Theory.Automobiles are responsib…
Deregulation and Markets in the Electricity Industry -- Decision Making and Uncertainties in the Electricity Industry -- Modelling Electricity Prices -- Modeling Competition in the Electricity Industry -- Optimizing Generation and Trading Portfolios -- Risk Management and Risk Controlling -- Technology Assessment -- Investment Decisions -- Final Remarks.Around the world, liberalization and priv…
Turbomachinery Flow Physics -- Introduction, Turbomachinery, Applications, Types -- Kinematics of Turbomachinery Fluid Motion -- Differential Balances in Turbomachinery -- Integral Balances in Turbomachinery -- Theory of Turbomachinery Stages -- Turbine and Compressor Cascade Flow Forces -- Turbomachinery Losses, Efficiencies, Blades -- Losses in Turbine and Compressor Cascades -- Efficiency of…
Sustainable Consumption and the Public’s Room to Maneuver in Energy Use -- Targets of Intervention for Sustainable Consumption -- Energy, Environment, and Society -- Field Study with Computer-Aided Interviews -- Achievements, Open Questions, and Lessons Learned.Origin of this book In 1998 the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) initiated the 2000 Watt Society, a University-wide resear…
Power System Oscillations -- Linear Control in Power Systems -- Test System Model -- Power System Stabilizers -- Multiple-Model Adaptive Control Approach -- Simultaneous Stabilization -- Mixed-Sensitivity Approach Using Linear Matrix Inequalities -- Normalized ?? Loop-Shaping Using Linear Matrix Inequalities -- ?? Control For Time-Delayed Systems.Robust Control in Power Systems deals with the a…
Plasma Physics -- Nature of Plasma -- Plasma Characteristics -- Magnetic Configuration and Particle Orbit -- Velocity Space Distribution Function and Boltzmann’s Equation -- Plasma as MHD Fluid -- Equilibrium -- Plasma Transport -- Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities -- Resistive Instabilities -- Plasma as Medium of Waves -- Landau Damping and Cyclotron Damping -- Hot Plasma -- Instabilities Dr…
Basics of Plasma Physics -- Nuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Confinement -- Plasma Diagnostics -- The Universe - A World of Plasma -- Waves in Plasmas -- Collisional and Turbulent Transport -- Fluctuations in Plasma -- Physics of Ion Traps -- Non-Neutral Plasmas -- High-Accuracy Experiments with Ion Traps -- Laboratory Class -- Energy for the 21st Century -- Research on Modern Gas Discharge Light Sou…
Single-Phase Forced Convection in Microchannels -- Measurements of Single-Phase Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Coefficient in Micro and Minichannels -- Steady State and Periodic Heat Transfer in Micro Conduits -- Flow Regimes in Microchannel Single-Phase Gaseous Fluid Flow -- Microscale Heat Transfer at Low Temperatures -- Convective Heat Transfer for Single-Phase Gases in Microchannel Slip Fl…
1. Recent trends in nanomaterials for sustainable energy -- 2. Recent In-situ/Operando Characterization of Lithium Sulfur Batteries -- 3. Recent Advances in Flexible Supercapacitors -- 4. Noble-Metal Free Nanoelectrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction -- 5. Energy saving synthesis of Mg2SiO4:RE3+ nanophosphors for solid-state lighting applications -- 6. Studies of multi-walled carbon nano…
What Is Photovoltaics? -- Physics of Solar Cells -- Silicon Solar Cell Material and Technology -- Crystalline Thin-Film Silicon -- Other Materials, New Concepts, and Future Developments -- Solar Cells and Solar Modules -- PV Systems -- PV Systems: Installation Possibilities -- Environmental Impacts by PV Systems -- Efficiency and Performance of PV Systems -- PV Markets Support Measures and Cost…