Energy Harvesting: Solar, Wind, and Ocean Energy Conversion Systems

by Omer C. Onar and Alireza Khaligh

Also called energy scavenging, energy harvesting captures, stores, and uses "clean" energy sources by employing interfaces, storage devices, and other units. Unlike conventional electric power generation systems, renewable energy harvesting does not use fossil fuels and the generation units can be decentralized, thereby significantly reducing transmission and distribution losses. But advanced technical methods must be developed to increase the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439815089
• ISBN13: 9781439815083
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.1"