Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies

Systems for Conventional and Renewable Energy Conversion. Compact Knowledge for Study and Work
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-658-52473-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 1024 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This textbook provides a basic, yet concise understanding of the interrelationships of energy conversion processes. It covers the entire range of energy technology and also serves as a reference work. The focus begins with an outline of global warming with climate policy, ranges from the complete description of sustainable renewable energy technologies to conventional and combination power plants, including combined heat and power plants, to energy storage and energy distribution. The changes, especially to the German energy policy regarding the energy transition, are introduced in the various chapters through careful revisions.

Intended Audience

• Students of energy engineering, supply engineering, and electrical engineering as well as mechanical engineering at universities and universities of applied sciences
• Individuals interested in renewable and conventional energy technologies

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zahoransky, Richard

Fichter, Carsten

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieverteilung, Stromnetze

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fundamentals of energy technology.- Overview, energy sources, energy demand and waste heat.- Global climate change and the energy transition.- Steam-powered processes for conventional and renewable applications.- Solar technology.- Wind energy.- Hydropower plants.- Energy recovery from biomass and waste.- Geothermal energy.- Fuel cells.- Gas turbine power plants.- Stationary piston engines for energy application.- Combined cycle power plants.- Nuclear power plants.- Combined heat and power plants, refrigeration systems, heat pumps and combined heat, power and cooling.- Energy distribution.- Energy storage.

Über Autor(innen)

The Editors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Richard A. Zahoransky , after professional positions at the University of Karlsruhe (now KIT), Yale University, University of Maryland, CERTH/Greece, and leading industrial roles, both in Germany and abroad, has returned as professor for energy technologies and turbo machinery at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Fichter has many years of industrial and research experience in the operation of renewable and conventional power plants as well as in the field of storage technology and the energy industry at home and abroad. He teaches at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, Germany, in the fields of wind energy technology, storage technology and energy economics and is the head of the energy and marine technology research cluster.

The authors

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Josef Allelein, RWTH Aachen, Lehrstuhl für Reaktorsicherheit LRST, Aachen, Germany Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Allmendinger, Hochschulcampus Tuttlingen der Hochschule Furtwangen, Tuttlingen, Germany Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Elmar Bollin, Hochschule Offenburg, Fakultät Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik, Offenburg, Germany Dr. David Degler, Hochschulcampus Tuttlingen der Hochschule Furtwangen, Tuttlingen, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Fichter, Hochschule Bremerhaven, fk-wind: Institut für Windenergie, Bremerhaven, Germany Prof. Dr. Mario Hoppema, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maurice Kettner, Hochschule Karlsruhe, Fakultät Maschinenbau und Mechatronik, Karlsruhe, Germany Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Daniel Kray, Hochschule Offenburg, Fakultät M+V::Institut für nachhaltige Energiesysteme INES, Offenburg, Germany Dr. Klaus Rüd, Consultant Powerplants and Technology, München, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Schelling, HTWG Konstanz, Fakultät Maschinenbau, Konstanz, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c.mult. Harald Schwarz, BTU Cottbus, Lehrstuhl Energieverteilung u. Hochspannungstechnik, Cottbus, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Richard Zahoransky, Hochschule Offenburg, Fakultät Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik, Offenburg, Germany