MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE E-BOOKS

The following e-books are now available : they can be found at http://www.dit.ie/library/search/searchebooks/#d.en.167065

 or via the TU Dublin library catalogue and doing a title or an author search and following the e-book link.

Advanced Green Chemistry - Part 2 From Catalysis to Chemistry Frontiers / Istvan T. Horvath. 2020.

Clearing the Air : the Beginning and the End of Air Pollution / Tim Smedley. 2019.

Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Systems and Smart Grid / Bimal K. Bose. 2019.

Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems / Djamila Rekioua. 2019.

Life-Cycle Analysis of Energy Systems / Bent Sorensen. 2011.

Renewable Energy / Bent Sorensen. 5th Edition, 2017.

NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY E-BOOKS

The following e-books are now available : they can be found at http://www.dit.ie/library/search/searchebooks/#d.en.167065

 or via the TU Dublin library catalogue and doing a title or an author search and following the e-book link.

Wind Energy Handbook / Tony Burton. 2nd Edition , 2011.

Introduction to Bioenergy / Nelson Vaughn. 2016.

Wind Energy / Nelson Vaughn. 3rd Edition, 2018.

Evaluating Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility Projects / Tony Kealy. 2020.

Small-Scale Renewable Energy Systems / Sven Ruin. 2019.

Design of Smart Power Grid Renewable Energy Systems / Ali Keyhani. 3rd Edition, 2019.

Optimization of the Fuel Cell Renewable Hybrid Power Systems / Nicu Bizon. 2020

Renewable Energy in Power Systems / David Infield and Leon Freris. 2nd Edition, 2020.

Introduction to Renewable Energy / Vaughn Nelson and Kenneth Starcher. 2nd Edition, 2016.

New Energy Data Portal (SEAI) : interactive charts, stats and more

Need energy data or statistics for a project or dissertation? SEAI's new energy data portal gives you the access to numerous interactive energy charts. These charts allow you to explore how Ireland has used energy historically across different fuels and sectors, as well as how energy use is projected to change out to 2030. It does this by combining Ireland's historical energy statistics with SEAI's energy forecast. The portal allows you to:

• investigate and tailor several interactive charts
• Explore the various energy trends witnessed in Ireland since 1990
• Explore trends projected under a possible future energy scenario out to 2030

Click here to enter the portal.

Knovel Engineering resource: Know more - Search less

SDAR Journal available online and in print

The newly launched e-version of SDAR (Journal of sustainable design and applied research in innovative engineering of the built environment) is available via the Arrow repository. Print copies of the 2011 and 2012 issues are also available in Kevin St Library.

 

SDAR Journal launch

The SDAR journal is a new journal published by CIBSE Ireland and the School of Electrical Engineering (SEES) in DIT. It is supported by Airtricity and produced by Pressline Ltd.

The journal is a result of continuing collaboration between the professional organisations, industry and academia. It emphasises the need to move from ideologically based sustainable engineering to proven low energy solution solutions. It is a vehicle to increase research in engineering to meet the modern challenges posed. There is a strong spine of proven industry solutions as well as well as significant contributions from students, graduates and researchers in academia. All papers are evidence based with deep analysis and critical reflection and are peer reviewed by an expert reviewing panel. The intention of CIBSE is to increase applied research in the industry whilst taking the fear out of the word research for working engineers and companies. The intention for SEES is to provide opportunities for research students to gain access to data and link with the industry experts in this field to enhance the quality of their programmes and research in engineering.

100 Best RSS Feeds to Follow Science News

For busy students who want to stay updated re. science related news have a  look at this link. Links cover physical sciences, technology as well as energy and sustainability resources.

DT 018 final year projects for 2010 are available to borrow on a short loan basis in Kevin St Library from today. A list of the project topics is available at the Library Desk.

New ebook titles now available

New ebooks ordered by Kevin St Library include the following titles just in:

1. Advances in Hydrogen Energy


2. Sustainable Development & Innovation in the Energy Sector


3. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Generation


4. Solar Electric Power Generation:Photovoltaic Systems


5. Offshore Wind Energy: Research on Environmental Impacts


6. Fueling our Future: Introduction to Sustainable Energy


7. Sustainability Science & Engineering: Defining Principles.


8. Light, Water, Hydrogen: Solar Generation of Hydrogen


9. Emerging Environmental Technologies.


10. Vision 2050 Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth


11. Post-Oil Energy Technology: World's First Solar Hydrogen Power Plant


12. Biofuels. Wiley Series in Renewable Resources.


13. Fuel Cells: Modeling, Control, and Applications


14. Solar Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment

Access via the DIT Library website (click on MyiLibrary) or search by title on the DIT Library catalogue. More ebooks are due in next week....

World Information System for Renewable Energy

Wire is provided by the International Solar Energy Society and offers a suite of information resources and tools for the renewable energy student and community including news and research projects.

Details include country stats, conference proceedings papers and an image library.

Watermelon juice the new biofuel?

Twenty percent of watermelons never make it to the picnic table. Rather, one in every five is left to ripen and rot in the field, rejected for even the slightest of cosmetic imperfections. But U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers may have found a way to elevate these outcasts to an even higher calling than the summer BBQ: biofuel production. Intrigued?. Have a look at yesterday's post on the SciAm blog here. The full research article by Fish, Bruton & Russo is due to be published today in Biotechnology for Biofuels 2009, 2:1. Read the abstract here.

New ebooks available

Renewable energy ebooks now available:

• Biofuels, Solar & Wind as Renewable Energy Systems: Pimentel
• Handbook of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy: Goswami
• Renewable & Alternative Energy Resources:a handbook: Smith & Taylor
• Renewable Energy Conversion, Transmission & Storage: Sorenson
• Renewable Energy: its physics, engineering, use: Sorenson
• Solar Energy Fundamentals and Modeling Techniques: Sen
• Solar Hydrogen Generation:a renewable energy future: Rajeshwar,
• Wind Energy Renewable Energy & the Environment: Nelson

To access go to http://www.dit.ie/library/a-z/ebooks/ and click on MyiLibrary. Or search the Library catalog at http://library.dit.ie/ and click on the digital media version of the title.

Finding real solutions to our future energy needs

Setting the energy wheels in motion, green machines, electric dreams and electric cars, flexible systems of renewable energy, full speed to green. For these articles and more see the Green Power section in today's Irish Times Innovation supplement at http://www.irishtimes.com/innovation/

The Energy Show 2009 will be held at the RDS Main Hall, Dublin
Wednesday 29th & Thursday 30th April 2009
Organised by SEI, the format will consist of a two-day trade exhibition coupled with a seminar programme covering the topical aspects of energy efficiency and renewable energy. For further information email energyshow@sei.ie or see http://www.sei.ie/News_Events/Energy_Show_2009

Bioenergy & Europe : new report

How much bioenergy can Europe produce without harming the environment?

This report, EEA Report No 7/2006, published by the European Environment Agency, examines the potential increase in the amount of energy generated from biomass before it starts placing additional pressures on the environment (e.g. on water and soil resources, biodiversity, and farmland). The report assesses the environmentally-compatible bioenergy potential from the sectors of agriculture, forestry and waste in European Union for the years 2010, 2020 and 2030. The report is available to download as a PDF file at http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_2006_7

SEI publications on the web

SEI provides a range of publications covering all aspects of sustainable energy, from factsheets and leaflets to case studies and reports to case studies and reports.

Free to download at http://www.sei.ie/index.asp?locID=3&docID=-1

From pollution to plastic

Carbon dioxide captured from the smokestacks of power plants could one day provide the raw material for plastics .

Researchers have demonstrated on a small scale that with sufficient energy and pressure they can turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into useful plastic. They are perfecting a procedure designed to turn pollution into a type of plastic used to make everything from DVDs to eyeglass lenses. The effort is being touted as a way to capture and use climate change–causing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants and other sources instead of releasing it into the atmosphere or burying it underground. Read the full Scientific American article by David Biello @ http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=turning-pollution-into-dvds&sc=rss

Wave power as Irish energy source

AN IRISH expert is convinced that energy derived from the waves around our coastline will be providing power to our homes within the next five years. Dr Tony Lewis, the director of UCC's Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre has catalogued a number of Irish companies currently testing quarter-scale models of wave-energy devices in Galway Bay, all of which could potentially be developed as commercial systems. Swedish power company Vattenfall is to collaborate with one of them, Wavebob Ltd, which will hasten the day when we begin taking "free" energy from the oceans.

For more details see: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0306/1204675377399.html

and also the Sustainable Energy Ireland site at http://www.sei.ie/

Energy R&D in Ireland

€200 million is be invested in energy related research and development over the next five years in Ireland.

In a report by Sustainable Energy Ireland on the benefits of energy efficiency to the Irish economy SEI found that by meeting the 2020 national energy efficiency target, the economic benefits will outweigh the costs by close to €300 million per annum.

Full details at http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0306/breaking38.htm

Role of Nanotechnology in Solar Energy Generation

Prof Shay Curran delivers a free public lecture entitled The Role of Nanotechnology in Solar Energy Generation at DIT today at 4pm.

Existing solar panels are based on inorganic chemistry. They are made of rigid silicon and while effective, giving conversion efficiencies of between 12 and 20 per cent they are very expensive.
Prof Curran is going "organic" in a chemistry sense, producing thin film solar cells combining modified fullerenes suspended in a polymer layer. "We are sticking to the organics because they are much simpler, cheaper and flexible substances," he says. When Curran says flexible he means flexible. He envisages uses such as coatings on tent fabrics where the tent itself provides the electricity, or fabric-like sheets that can be thrown over a roof top to generate electricity for the home. Imagine a beach towel that also powers an MP3 player or a radio powered by the sun.
For the full Irish Times article see: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2007/1213/1197411732332.html