Book description
Energy and environmental issues have caused a marked increase in
electricity production from renewable energy sources since the
beginning of the 21st Century. The concept of sustainable development
and concern for future generations challenge us every day to produce
new technologies for energy production, and new patterns of use for
these energies. Their rapid emergence can make the understanding and
therefore the perception of these new technologies difficult. This
book aims to contribute to a better understanding of the new
electricity generation technologies by addressing a diverse audience.
It presents the issues, sources and means of conversion into
electricity using a general approach and develops scientific concepts
to understand their main technical characteristics.
Systems of
electricity generation from renewable energy resources of small to
medium powers are presented. The basic electrical concepts necessary
for understanding the operating characteristics of these energy
converters are introduced, and the constraints and problems of
integration in the electrical networks of those means of production
are discussed. Several exercises are provided to the reader for
evaluation purposes.
Contents
1. Decentralized Electricity Production from Renewable Energy, Benoît
Robyns.
2. Solar Photovoltaic Power, Arnaud Davigny.
3. Wind
Power, Bruno Francois and Benoît Robyns.
4. Terrestrial and
Marine Hydroelectricity: Waves and Tides, Benoît Robyns and Antoine
Henneton.
5. Thermal Power Generation, Jonathan Sprooten.
6.
Integration of the Decentralized Production into the Electrical
Network, Benoît Robyns.
