Introduction to Energy Essentials

Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies

Bahman Zohuri, Patrick J. McDaniel

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780323906418
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Renewable Power Resources
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Energy managers need to learn new and diverse ways to approach energy management in their company's assets as technology continues to evolve. Built into one cohesive and fundamental resource, Introduction to Energy Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies delivers an informative tool to understand the main steps for introducing and maintaining an energy management system (EnMS). Starting with a high-level introduction, the reference then takes a structured approach and dives into different sources of energy along with their contribution to energy efficiency, focusing on nuclear power, renewable and non-renewable energies. Multiple options are further discussed including economic considerations and cost comparisons per energy source, energy storage technology, and how to introduce an energy management system into your company. More advanced topics include nuclear reactor power plant systems and their thermal hydraulic analysis as well as cyber resiliency for future electric power and well plant control systems. Authored by experts, Introduction to Energy Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies gives today's energy managers and engineers a solid starting point to meeting the energy demands of today and in the future.

• Understand key concepts, techniques, and tools surrounding energy management
• Learn how to include smarter energy efficiency in your daily management decisions
• Gain the fundamental technical skills and knowledge on renewable and non-renewable energy systems

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Population growth driving energy demand
• Chapter 2 Nuclear power plant history from past to present and future
• Chapter 3 Nuclear energy research and development roadmap and pathways
• Chapter 4 Small modular reactors and a modern power conversion approach
• Chapter 5 Thermonuclear fusion reaction driving electrical power generation
• Chapter 6 Other electrical power generation energy sources
• Chapter 7 Electricity production and renewable source of energy, economics
• Chapter 8 Energy storage technologies and their role in renewable integration
• Chapter 9 Energy insight: an energy essential guide
• Chapter 10 Heat pipe driving heat transfer
• Chapter 11 Thermodynamic systems
• Chapter 12 Thermal-hydraulic analysis of nuclear reactors
• Chapter 13 Energy storage driving renewable energy
• Chapter 14 Cyber resilience and future of electric power system
• Appendix A Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle
• Appendix B Cumulative sum control chart (CUSUM)
• Appendix C Basic of heat transfer
• Appendix D Permafrost phenomena
• Appendix E Glossary
• Index