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Renewable Energy

Part 2|Thermodynamics of the lithosphere|Geothermal power plants|Includes CD-ROM

Troshenkin, B A; 2004

The second volume of these lectures goes on to consider the heat in the Earth's interior. It looks at the sources and generation of this heat, its commercial value, sites of these heat sources and the building of suitable power plants of adequate capacity incorporating suitable environmental safety technology to allow this source of energy to be exploited cleanly and safely.

Book details

Physical description: 20.4 x 14.5 blue and grey 144pp

Edition: 1st

Publisher: Fort Publishers

Place of publication: Kharkov

Classification: E210 -

Keywords: Geothermal - steam turbines - oceans - thermal energy - gas dynamics - thermodynamics - cooling periods - warming periods - Ocean thermal energy conversion plants - atmosphere - Earth

Subjects: Natural and physical sciences, Oceanography, Climate science, Energy engineering, Building, Process heating, Environment, Safety, Steam, Transformation [Energy processing] (Conversion), Electricity generation, Combined heat and power generation, Heat generation, Geothermal heat, Gas works (and other conversion to gases), Heat distribution, Commercial, Heat, Ocean thermal energy conversion, Thermodynamics