Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Wicks, George G.; Garcia-Diaz, Brenda; Sindelar, Robert; Karkamkar, Abhi; Zayas, Jose; Adams, Thad; Lara-Curzio, Edgar; Zidan, Ragaiy; Simon, Jack

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This useful, one-stop resource for understanding the most important issues in materials challenges in alternative and renewable energy. The logically organized and carefully selected articles give insight into materials challenges in alternative renewable energy and incorporate the latest developments related to materials challenges in alternative renewable energy, including hydrogen, batteries and energy storage materials, hydropower, and biomass.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: For Dummies
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118019450
• Artikelnr.: 37358412

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. HYDROGEN. Hydrogen Storage Technologies-A Tutorial with Perspectives from the US National Program (Ned T. Stetson and Larry S. Blair). Structural Study and Hydrogen Sorption Kinetics of Ball-Milled Mg-10 wt% Ni Alloy Catalysed by Nb (Sima Aminorroaya
Abbas Ranjbar
Younghee Cho
Hua Liu
and Arne Dahle). Mechanical Processing-Experimental Tool or New Chemistry? (Viktor P. Balema ). Production of Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide from Water and Carbon Dioxide through Metal Oxide Thermochemical Cycles (Eric N. Coker
Andrea Ambrosini
Mark A. Rodriguez
Terry J. Garino
and James E. Miller). Ultrasmall Angle X-Ray Scattering (USAXS) Studies of Morphological Changes in NaAlH4 (Shathabish Narase Gowda
Scott A. Gold
Jan llavsky
and Tabbetha A. Dobbins). Carbon Building Materials from Coal Char: Durable Materials for Solid Carbon Sequestration to Enable Hydrogen Production by Coal Pyrolysis (John W. Halloran and Zuimdie Guerra). Thermal Decomposition of t-Butylamine Borane Studied by In Situ Solid State NMR (Jordan Feigerle
Norm Smyrl
Jonathan Morrell
and Ashley C. Stowe). The Performances of Ceramic Based Membranes for Fuel Cells (Uma Thanganathan
and Masayuki Nogami). Microcrack Resistant Polymers Enabling Lightweight Composite Hydrogen Storage Vessels (Kaushik Mallick
John Cronin
Paul Fabian
and Mike Tupper ). A Study of the Thermodynamic Destabilization of Sodium Aluminum Hydride (NaAlH4) with Titanium Nitride (TiN) using X-ray Diffraction and Residual Gas Analysis (Whitney Fisher Ukpai and Tabbetha A. Dobbins). BATTERIES AND ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS. Rapid Synthesis of Electrode Materials (Li4Ti5O12 and LiFePO4) for Lithium Ion Batteries through Microwave Enhanced Processing Techniques (K. Cherlan
M. Kirksey
A. Kasik
M. Armenta
X. Sun and S. K. Dey). Lithium Storage Characteristics in Nano-Graphene Platelets (S. L. Cheekati
Y. Xing
Y. Zhuang
and H. Huang). In-Situ Impedance Spectroscopy of LiMn1.5Ni0.4Cr0.1O4 Cathode Material ( Kahna Asmar
Rahul Singhal
Rajesh K. Katiyar
Ram S. Katiyar
Andrea Sakla
and A. Manivannan). Cu2(ZnxSn2-x)(SySe1-y)4 Monograin Materials for Photovoltaics (E. Mellikov
M. Altosaar
J. Raudoja
K. Timmo
O. Volobujeva
M. Kauk
J. Krustok
T. Varema
M. Grossberg
M. Danilson
K. Muska
K. Emits
F. Lehner
and D. Meissner). Determination of the Diffusion Coefficient of Lithium Ions in Graphite Coated with Polymer-Derived SiCN Ceramic (Andrzej P. Nowak
Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac
and Ralf Riedel). Nano-Aggregate Synthesis by Gas Condensation in a Magnetron Source for Efficient Energy Conversion Devices (E. Pauliac-Vaujour
E. Quesnel
V. Muffato
O. Sicardy
N. Guillet
R. Bouchmila
P. Fugier
H. Okuno
and L. Guetaz) Modeling Nanoparticle Synthesis by Gas Condensation in a Nanocluster Source for Applications in Photovoltaic and Hydrogen Fuel Cells (E. Pauliac-Vaujour
E. Quesnel
and V. Muffato). Carbon Encapsulated-Iron Lithium Fluoride Nanocomposite as High Cyclic Stability Cathode Material in Lithium Batteries (Raju Prakash
Christian Kübel
and Maximilian Fichtner). The Ortho-Phosphate Arrojadite as a New Material for Cathodes in Li-Ion Batteries (C. Kallfaß
C. Hoch and H. Schier
Wituchowski
O. Görke
and H. Schubert). SOLAR. A Novel Purification Method for Production of Solar Grade Silicon ( Shaghayegh Esfahani and Mansoor Barati). Metallurgical Refining of Silicon for Solar Applications by Slagging of Impurity Elements (M. D. Johnston and M. Barati). Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Heat Exchanger Evaluation and Selection ( Manuel A.J. Laboy
Orlando E. Ruiz
and José A. Martí). Synthesis of Solar-Grade Silicon from Rice Husk Ash-An Integrated Process ( K. K. Larbi
M. Barati
A. McLean
and R. Roy). Suitability of Pyrolytic Boron Nitride
Hot Pressed Boron Nitride
and Pyrolytic Graphite for CIGS Processes (John T. Mariner). Materials Selection and Processing for Lunar Based Space Solar Power ( Peter J. Schubert). Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin Films Produced by Selenization of Cu-Zn-Sn Composition Precursor Films (O. Volobujeva
E. Mellikov
S. Bereznev
J. Raudoja
A. Opik
and T. Raadik). HYDROPOWER. Martensitic Stainless Steel 0Cr13Ni4Mo for Hydraulic Runner (D. Z. Li
Y. Y. Li
P. Wang
and S. P. Lu). Advanced Composite Materials for Tidal Turbine Blades (Mike Hülse
John Cronin
and Mike Tupper). NUCLEAR. Immobilization of Tc in a Metallic Waste Form (W. L. Ebert
J. C. Cunnane
S. M. Frank
and M. J. Williamson). Development of Iodine Waste Forms using Low-Temperature Sintering Glass ( Terry J. Garino
Tina M. Nenoff
James L. Krumhansl
and David Rademacher ). WIND. Nanostrength Block Copolymers for Wind Energy (Robert Barsotti
John Chen
and Alexandre Alu). Development of Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings for Wind Turbine Blades (Fei Liang
Yong Tang
Jihua Gou
and Jay Kapat). BIOMASS. Volatility of Inorganics during the Gasification of Dried Sludge (C. Bourgel
J. Poirier
F. Defoort
J-M Seiler
and C. Peregrina). Catalysts and Sorbents for Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Renewable Biofuels-Material Development Needs (Singfoong Cheah
Stefan Czernik
Robert M. Baldwin
Kimberly A. Magrlni-Bair
and Jesse E. Hensley ). Material Characterization and Analysis for Selection of Refractories used in Black Liquor Gasification (James G. Hemrick and James R. Keiser
and Roberta A. Peascoe-Meisner). Addressing the Materials Challenges in Converting Biomass to Energy ( Cynthia Powell
James Bennett
Bryan Morreale
and Todd Gardner). GEOTHERMAL. Experience with the Development of Advanced Materials for Geothermal Systems (Toshifumi Sugama
Thomas Butcher
and Lynne Ecker). Novel High-Temperature Materials Enabling Operation of Equipment in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (Matthew W. Hooker
Craig S. Hazelton
Kimiko S. Kano
Larry G. Adams
Michael L. Tupper
and Steven Breit). Author Index.