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Introduction to renewable power systems and the environment with R / by Acevedo, Miguel F.

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Environmental Systems, the Carbon Cycle, and Fossil Fuels -- chapter 3 Fundamentals of Direct Current Electric Circuits -- chapter 4 Thermodynamics -- chapter 5 Electrical Storage Elements, Basics of AC Circuits, and AC-DC Conversion -- chapter 6 More Thermodynamics State Functions: Entropy, Enthalpy, and Free Energy -- chapter 7 Coal- and Steam-Based Processes -- chapter 8 Alternating Current (AC) Circuits and Power -- chapter 9 Gas and Liquid Fuels: Gas Turbines and Combustion Engines -- chapter 10 Transformers and Three-Phase Circuits -- chapter 11 Power Systems and the Electric Power Grid -- chapter 12 Hydroelectric Power Generation -- chapter 13 Wind Resources and Wind Power -- chapter 14 Solar Power.…”
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Thermal Energy Systems Design and Analysis, Second Edition. by Penoncello, Steven G.

Table of Contents: “…2.9.3 Sum of the Years' Digits (SYD)Reference; Problems; Time Value of Money; Economic Decision Making; Depreciation and Taxes; Chapter 3: Analysis of Thermal Energy Systems; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Nomenclature; 3.3 Analysis Procedure; 3.4 Conserved and Balanced Quantities; 3.4.1 The Generalized Balance Law; 3.5 Conservation of Mass; 3.6 Conservation of Energy; 3.7 The Entropy Balance (The Second Law of Thermodynamics); 3.7.1 The Reversible and Adiabatic Process; 3.7.2 Isentropic Efficiencies of Flow Devices; 3.7.2.1 Turbines; 3.7.2.2 Compressors, Pumps, and Fans; 3.7.2.3 Nozzles…”
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