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Table of Contents:
Volume I
Accounting: Facility Energy Use; Douglas E. Tripp
Agricultural and Forestry Product Drying Operations; Guangnan Chen
Air Conditioning Systems: Calculating Desiccant Wheels' Design Parameters; Zohrab Melikyan and Ali Abd Elhaleem Ali Fouda
Air Conditioning Systems: Design and Energy Efficiency; Lisa Guan and Guangnan Chen
Aircraft Energy Use; K. E. Ohrn
Alternative Energy Technologies: Price Effects; Michael M. Ohadi, Jianwei Qi, and Harish Ganapathy
Auditing: Facility Energy Use; Warren M. Heffington
Auditing: Improved Accuracy; Barney L. Capehart and Lynne C. Capehart
Auditing: User-Friendly Reports; Lynne C. Capehart
Biofuel Coproduct Densification: Techno-Economic Assessment; Kurt A. Rosentrater and Elif Kongar
Biofuels: Algae as; Gavin A. Buxton, Paul Badger, Bill Dress, and Arif Sirinterlikci
Biofuels: Feedstocks as; Wayne H. Smith and Donald L. Rockwood
Biomass; Alberto Traverso
Biomass-Based Hydrogen Production; Abdussalam Abuadala and Ibrahim Dincer
Boilers and Boiler Control Systems; Eric Peterschmidt and Michael Taylor
Building Automation Systems (BAS): Direct Digital Control; Paul J. Allen and Rich Remke
Buildings: Biomimetic Energy Generation Systems; Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Clean Energy Economy Solutions; Tabitha A. Crawford and Richard R. Lucy
Coal Supply in the U.S.; Jill S. Tietjen
Coal Supply in the U.S.: Surface Mining; Jill S. Tietjen
Coal: Transportation by Rail; Michael Leahy and William D. Watson
Coal-to-Liquid Fuels; Graham Parker
Cogeneration Opportunities in India; B. K. Choudhury
Combined Heat and Power (CHP): Integration with Industrial Processes; James A. Clark
Commercial Buildings: Demand Response; David S. Watson, Sila Kiliccote, Naoya Motegi, and Mary Ann Piette
Commissioning: Existing Buildings; David E. Claridge, Mingsheng Liu, and W. D. Turner
Commissioning: New Buildings; Janey Kaster
Commissioning: Retrocommissioning; Stephany L. Cull
Compressed Air Control Systems; Bill Allemon, Rick Avery, and Sam Prudhomme
Compressed Air Energy Storage; Michael J. King and Michael J. McGill
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES): Management; David E. Perkins
Compressed Air Leak Detection and Repair; Robert E. Wilson
Compressed Air Storage and Distribution; Thomas F. Taranto
Compressed Air Systems; Diane Schaub
Conversion: Coal, Animal Waste, and Biomass Fuel Principles; Kalyan Annamalai, Soyuz Priyadarsan, Senthil Arumugam, and John M. Sweeten
Cooking: Solar Cooker with Phase Change Material; Karamjeet Saini, Gagandeep Harvinder Singh, and Avadhesh Yadav
Cooking: Wood Cook Stoves; Ritesh Kumar and Shailendra K. Shukla
Cooling Systems: Evaporative; David Bisbee
Cooling Towers; Ruth Riad Mossad
Cost--Benefit Analysis; Fatouh Al-Ragom
Desiccant Dehumidification: Case Study; Michael K. West and Glenn C. Haynes
Distributed Generation; Paul M. Sotkiewicz and Ing. Jesús Mario Vignolo
District-Wide Cooling Systems; Susanna S. Hanson
District-Wide Energy Systems; Ibrahim Dincer and Arif Hepbasli
Drilling Rigs: Offshore and Land-Based Fire Protection; David O. Anderson and Angelo Pinheiro
Drilling Rigs: Oil and Gas Rig Ergonomic Program Design; David O. Anderson and Angelo Pinheiro
Earth to Air Heat Exchangers (EAHE): Energy and Exergy Efficiencies; Leyla Ozgener and Onder Ozgener
Education and Training: A Case Study; Kenneth E. Dudeck and Wieslaw Grebski
Education: Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Engineering Program; Ahmed Elgafy
Effective Energy Use: Rewards and Excitement; Sandra B. McCardell
Efficiency Assessment of Energy Systems; Mehmet Kanoglu, Yunus A. Çengel, and Ibrahim Dincer
Efficiency Assessment of Energy Systems: Applications; Mehmet Kanoglu, Yunus A. Çengel, and Ibrahim Dincer
Electric Motors; H. A. Ingley III
Electric Supply System: Generation; Jill S. Tietjen
Electricity Enterprise: U.S., Past and Present; Kurt E. Yeager
Electricity Enterprise: U.S., Prospects; Kurt E. Yeager
Electronic Control Systems: Basic; Eric Peterschmidt and Michael Taylor
Electronics, Next Generation: Cooling of; Amir H. Shooshtari, Raphael Mandel, and Michael M. Ohadi
Energy Accounting; Mark T. Brown and Sergio Ulgiati
Volume II
Emissions Trading; Paul M. Sotkiewicz
Energy Conservation; Ibrahim Dincer and Adnan Midilli
Energy Conservation: Capital, Operations, Recognition, and Environmental Benefits; Eric A. Woodroof, Wayne C. Turner, Warren Heffington, and Barney L. Capehart
Energy Conservation: Lean Manufacturing; Bohdan W. Oppenheim
Energy Conservation: Secret Benefits; Eric A. Woodroof, Wayne C. Turner, and Steven D. Heinz
Energy Dispersion Analysis Tool; Athula Kulatunga, Edward R. Winter, and John Piller
Energy Efficiency: Air Emissions Reductions; Bruce K. Colburn
Energy Efficiency: Developing Countries; Nofirman Firdaus
Energy Efficiency: Low Cost Improvements; James Call
Energy Exchangers: Run-Around Membrane; Gaoming Ge, Melanie Fauchoux, Robert W. Besant, and Carey J. Simonson
Energy Storage; Rudolf Marloth
Energy: Global and Historical Background; Milivoje M. Kostic
Enterprise Energy Management Systems; Gregory Cmar, Bill Gnerre, and Kevin Fuller
Environmental Policy; Sanford V. Berg and Ted Kury
Exergy Analysis: Green Cities and Compound Metrics; Siir Kilkis
Exergy: Analysis; Marc A. Rosen
Exergy: Environmental Impact Assessment Applications; Marc A. Rosen
Facility Air Leakage; Wendell A. Porter
Facility Energy Efficiency and Controls: Automobile Technology Applications; Barney L. Capehart and Lynne C. Capehart
Facility Energy Use: Benchmarking; John Van Gorp
Facility Power Distribution Systems; Paul L. Villeneuve
Fuel Cells: Intermediate and High Temperature; Xianguo Li and Gholamreza Karimi
Fuel Cells: Low Temperature; Xianguo Li
Geothermal Energy Resources; Ibrahim Dincer, Arif Hepbasli, and Leyla Ozgener
Geothermal Heat Pump Systems; Greg Tinkler
Geothermal Ice Storage System for Air Conditioning; Zohrab Melikyan
Global Warming: Impact on Building Design and Performance; Lisa Guan
Green Energy; Ibrahim Dincer and Adnan Midilli
Green Technologies: Climate Instability Planning and Design; Isaac A. Meir
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Gasoline, Hybrid-Electric, and Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles; Robert E. Uhrig
Heat and Energy Wheels; Carey J. Simonson
Heat and Moisture Transfer Panels; Carey J. Simonson
Heat Exchangers and Heat Pipes; Greg F. Naterer
Heat Pipe Application; Somchai Jiajitsawat and Sorawit Sonsaree
Heat Pumps; Lu Aye
Heat Transfer; Yunus A. Çengel
HVAC Equipment, Unitary: Fault Detection and Diagnosis; Huojun Yang, Tian Zhang, Haorong Li, Denchai Woradechjumroen, and Xiaoyu Liu
HVAC Replacement: Proactive vs. Reactive Approaches; Sandra Ware
HVAC System Design: Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm; Magdalena Stanescu
HVAC Systems, Mobile: Fundamentals, Design, and Innovations; Alex V. Moultanovsky
HVAC Systems, Mobile: Innovations; Alex V. Moultanovsky
HVAC Systems, Mobile: Physics and Configuration; Alex V. Moultanovsky
HVAC Systems: Humid Climates; David MacPhaul
Hybrid Bus Technology: Economic Modeling; Michael Emes and David Ashmore
Hybrid Systems: Fuel Cell--Gas Turbine; Alberto Traverso and Loredana Magistri
Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: Plug-In Configuration; Robert E. Uhrig and Vernon P. Roan
Hydroelectric Power Systems, Small; Radian Belu
Hydroelectricity: Pumped Storage; Jill S. Tietjen
Hydrogen Economy Implementation with Synthfuels; Robert E. Uhrig, Ken Schultz, and S. Locke Bogart
Industrial Billing; Michael Costarell
Industrial Energy Conservation; Harvey E. Diamond
Industrial Energy Management; Cristián Cárdenas-Lailhacar
Industrial Energy Performance Indicators; Harvey E. Diamond and Robert G. Botelho
Insulation: Facilities; Wendell A. Porter
Integrated Energy Systems: Reliability and Lowest BTU Cost; Leslie A. Solmes
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC): Coal- and Biomass-Based; Ashok D. Rao
Investment Analysis Techniques; James W. Dean
Job Creation through Energy Savings and Cultural Change; Martha Amram and Tabitha A. Crawford
LEED-CI and LEED-CS: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Commercial Interiors and Core and Shell; Nick Stecky
Life Cycle Costing: Electric Power Projects; Ujjwal Bhattacharjee
Lifecycle Energy and Carbon Footprint: Agricultural and Food Products; Guangnan Chen, Tek Narayan Maraseni, and Zhou Yang
Lighting Controls; Craig DiLouie
Lighting Design and Retrofits; Larry Leetzow
Lighting: Daylighting; William McCluney
Lighting: High Intensity Discharge (HID) Electronic; Ken E. Patterson II
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG); Charles P. Ivey
Living Standards and Culture: Energy Impact; Marc A. Rosen
Management Programs: Demand-Side; Clark W. Gellings
Management Systems for Energy; Michael L. Brown
Volume III
Master Planning; Fredric S. Goldner
Microgrid Concepts and Architecture; Radian Belu
Microgrid Control and Protection; Radian Belu
Modular Smart Power System; Massoud Maxwell Rabiee
Motor Efficiency Estimation: Tridimensional Analysis; Cristián Cárdenas-Lailhacar and Vitelio E. Silva
Nanomaterials: Solar Energy Storage System–Based; Patrick Mihalik, Matthew George, Ahmed Elgafy, and Fidel M. Salinas
Nanotechnology: Impact on Energy; Fidel M. Salinas, Denise M. Smith, and Shekar Viswanathan
National Energy Act of 1978; Robert R. Nordhaus
Natural Energy versus Additional Energy; Marc A. Rosen
Net Metering; Steven Ferrey
Nuclear Energy: Economics; James G. Hewlett
Nuclear Energy: Fuel Cycles; James S. Tulenko
Nuclear Energy: Power Plants; Michael Burke Wood
Nuclear Energy: Technology; Michael Burke Wood
Nuclear Power Plants, U.S.: Containment Structures; Kenneth J. Kogut
Ocean Energy Systems: Economy Evaluation; Subhashish Banerjee, Les Duckers, Richard Blanchard, and B. K. Choudhury
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): By-Product Availability; Subhashish Banerjee, Les Duckers, Richard Blanchard, and B. K. Choudhury
Performance Contracting; Shirley J. Hansen
Photovoltaic and Photovoltaic Thermal Systems; Anand S. Joshi and Ibrahim Dincer
Photovoltaic Systems; Michael Ropp
Photovoltaic Technologies: History, Advances, and Characterization; Mohamed El-Shimy and Taha Abdo
Power System: Advanced Technology Application; Mujahidul Islam, Manuel Alcazer-Ortega, and Alexander Domijan, Jr.
Productivity and Energy Savings; Laura L. Locke, Diane Schaub, and Carolina Padilla
Project Feasibility: Ten-Step Process; Larry Good
Project Management; Lorrie B. Tietze and Sandra McCardell
Propane: Internal Combustion Engines; Nicholas Roedl and Ahmed Elgafy
Public Policy for Improving Energy Sector Performance; Sanford V. Berg
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978; Richard F. Hirsh
Pumps and Fans; L. J. Grobler and T. G. Vorster
Radiant Barriers; Ingrid Melody, Philip Fairey, and David Beal
Reciprocating Engines: Diesel and Gas; Rolf D. Reitz and Kevin Hoag
Regulation: Price Cap and Revenue Cap; Mark A. Jamison
Regulation: Rate of Return; Mark A. Jamison
Renewable and Decentralized Energy Options: State Promotion in the U.S.; Steven Ferrey
Renewable Distributed Energy Generation: Major Barriers; Tugrul Daim and Anthony Levenda
Renewable Energy; John O. Blackburn
Renewable Energy Education: Energy Training Unit Implementation; Faruk Yildiz
Renewable Energy Industry: Business Aspects; Alireza Aslani, Marja Naaranoja, and Ali Mohaghar
Renewable Energy Resources: Cogeneration and Trigeneration; Birol I. Kilkis
Renewable Energy: Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technology; Alberto Traverso and Stefano Barberis
Renewable Energy: Energy Storage Systems; Radian Belu
Renewable Energy: Sea Wave Energy Devices; Alberto Traverso and Lorenzo Di Fresco
Residential Buildings: Heating Loads; Zohrab Melikyan and Siranush Egnatosyan
Savings and Optimization: Case Studies; Robert W. Peters and Jeffery P. Perl
Sewers: Heat Recovery; Lu Aye
Six Sigma Methods: Measurement and Verification; Carla Fair-Wright and Michael R. Dorrington
Smart Grid Communication; Radian Belu
Smart Grid: Perfecting the Quality of Electricity Service; Kurt E. Yeager
Volume IV
Solar Distillation: Phase Change Material Storage System; Shailendra K. Shukla
Solar Energy: Building Operations Use; Lisa Guan and Guangnan Chen
Solar Irradiation Cartography, Eastern Moroccan; Ahmed Alami Merrouni, Ahmed Mezrhab, and Abdelhamid Mezrhab
Solar Light-Based Hydrogen Production Systems; Calin Zamfirescu, Greg F. Naterer, and Ibrahim Dincer
Solar Lighting Feasibility; Larry Leetzow
Solar Thermal Technologies; Muhammad Asif and Tariq Muneer
Solar Water Heaters: Cylindrical Shell and Tube Type; Zohrab Melikyan and Vahan Nranyan
Solar Water Heating: Domestic and Industrial Applications; Muhammad Asif and Tariq Muneer
Space Heating; James P. Riordan
Steam and Hot Water System Optimization: Case Study; Nevena H. Iordanova and Rick Cumbo
Steam Flow Measurement in Cold Climates; Mark Menezes
Steam Turbines; Michael Burke Wood
Supermarkets: Refrigerated Food Cabinets; Ruth Riad Mossad
Sustainability Policies: Sunbelt Cities; Stephen A. Roosa
Sustainable Buildings: Green Mechanical Systems; Birol I. Kilkis
Sustainable Development; Mark A. Peterson
Sustainable Energy Applications: 9-Phase Squirrel Cage Induction Machine; Omonowo David Momoh
SWEATT (Solid Waste to Energy by Advanced Thermal Technologies); Alex E.S. Green and Andrew R. Zimmerman
Thermal Energy Storage; Brian Silvetti
Thermodynamics; Ronald L. Klaus
Thermoelectric Technologies for Cooling, Heating, and Power Generating; Somchai Jiajitsawat and Tamara Boullon
Tracking Systems: Maximum Power Point and Sun; Radian Belu
Transportation Systems, Hydrogen-Fueled; Robert E. Uhrig
Transportation: Location Efficiency; Todd A. Litman
Tribal Land: Alternative Energy Project Process; Marvis Aragon and Sandra B. McCardell
Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD); Tom Webster and Fred Bauman
Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Bill Analysis; Neil Petchers
Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Business Partnership Management; S. Kay Tuttle
Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Planning and Portfolio Management; Devra Bachrach Wang
Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Rate Structures; Neil Petchers
Variable Air Volume Systems: Carbon Dioxide Concentration Prediction and Analysis; S. Scott Selman and David Dyer
Ventilation, Personalized: Energy Efficient Devices; Nesreen Ghaddar and Kamel Ghali
Vernacular Architecture: Hot Arid Climate Control; Ammar Bouchair
Walls and Windows; Therese Stovall
Waste Fuels; Robert J. Tidona
Waste Heat Recovery Applications: Absorption Heat Pumps; Keith E. Herold
Water and Wastewater Plants: Energy Use; Alfred J. Lutz
Water and Wastewater Utilities; Rudolf Marloth
Water Desalination: Solar-Assisted Membrane Distillation; Ali Kargari and Mohammad Mahdi A. Shirazi
Water-Augmented Gas Turbine Power Cycles; Ronald L. Klaus
Water-Using Equipment: Commercial and Industrial; Kate McMordie Stoughton and Amy Solana
Water-Using Equipment: Domestic; Amy Solana and Kate McMordie Stoughton
Wind Energy Conversion and Analysis; Radian Belu
Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Grid–Connected; Mohamed El-Shimy and Nisma Ghaly
Wind Energy Conversion Systems: Reliability Perspective; Mohamed El-Shimy
Wind Power; K. E. Ohrn
Wind Power Generation: Storage Technology Portfolio; Tugrul Daim and Yulianto Suharto
Wind Turbines: Dynamic Modeling and Control; Radian Belu
Wind Turbines: Uncertainty Analysis Approaches; Temitope Raphael Ayodele
Wind Turbines: Vertical Axis Configuration Analysis; Kevin Pope and Greg F. Naterer
Window Energy; William Ross McCluney
Window Films: Solar-Control and Insulating; Steve DeBusk
Windows: Shading Devices; Svetlana J. Olbina
Wireless Applications: Energy Information and Control; Jim Lewis
Wireless Applications: Mobile Thermostat Climate Control and Energy Conservation; Alexander L. Burd and Galina S. Burd
Wireless Sensor Networks: Energy Harvesting Methods; Radian Belu
