Clean Energy for Sustainable Development by Azad, Kalam Abul; Sharma, Subhash;

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Clean Energy for Sustainable Development: Comparisons and Contrasts of New Approaches presents information on the fundamental challenge that the energy sector faces with regard to meeting the ever growing demand for sustainable, efficient, and cleaner energy. The book compares recent developments in the field of energy technology, clean and low emission energy, and energy efficiency and environmental sustainability for industry and academia.

Rasul, Azad and Sharma, along with their team of expert contributors, provide high-end research findings on relevant industry themes, including clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies, renewable energy technologies and their applications, biomass and biofuels for sustainable environment, energy system and efficiency improvement, solar thermal applications, and the environmental impacts of sustainable energy systems.

This book uses global institutes and case studies to explore and analyze technological advancements alongside practical applications. This approach helps readers to develop and affirm a better understanding of the relevant concepts and solutions necessary to achieve clean energy and sustainable development in both medium and large-scale industries.

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Section One. Clean and Sustainable Energy Resources and Technologies
1. Sustainable Energy Resources: Prospects and Policy
2. Environmental Impact Assessment ofï¿1⁄2Different Renewable Energy Resources: A Recent Development
3. Clean and Sustainable Energy Technologies
4. Bioenergy With Carbon Capture andï¿1⁄2Storage (BECCS): Future Prospects of Carbon-Negative Technologies

Section Two. Solar Energy Applications
5. Solar Kilns: A Green Technology for the Australian Agricultural and Forest Industries
6. Small-Scale Dish-Mounted Solar Thermal Brayton Cycle
7. Heat-Driven Cooling Technologies
8. Solar Pyrolysis: Converting Waste Into Asset Using Solar Energy

Section Three. Wind Energy Systems
9. Grid Integration of Wind Energy Systems: Control Design, Stability, andï¿1⁄2Power Quality Issues
10. The Hybrid Solar Power/Wind System for Energy Production, Observation, Application, and Simulation
11. Study on Wind Energy Potential by Eight Numerical Methods of Weibull Distribution

Section Four. Biodiesel for Sustainable Development
12. Prospect of the Legume Tree Pongamia pinnata as a Clean and Sustainable Biodiesel Feedstock
13. Biodiesel From Queensland Bush Nut (Macadamia integrifolia)
14. Assessment of Physical, Chemical, and Tribological Properties of Different Biodiesel Fuels
15. Biodiesel Production Through Chemical and Biochemical Transesterification: Trends, Technicalities, and Future Perspectives
16. Mesoporous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production: A New Approach
17. Edible and Nonedible Biodiesel Feedstocks: Microalgae and Future of Biodiesel
18. Potential of Biodiesel as Fuel for Diesel Engine