Rahul Basu
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Ocean Energy is witnessed during the terrific typhoons and Tsunamis. Harvesting the tides to release their energy has been attempted but without serious involvement by Governments who rely largely on fossil fuels.A series of COP meetings have been held to try and reach a concensus on limiting climate rise, which is alreasy near a tipping point. A SEA CHANGE in technology is the need of the hour.A survey of the technologies with emphasis on using...
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The idea of renewable energy has found application since the time of the ancient Egyptians, Romans, Chinese, Indians and more recently in Medieval Europe where windmills and watermills were used. Since the Industrial Revolution, King Coal has found his place and may soon be superseded by Nuclear Energy. Solar and Thermoelectric, Wave and geothermal are slowly finding application also.
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This ebook is a collection of Lectures comprising several units , which put together form a course in OR for aspiring under graduates. There are severtal worked out problems and exercises with case studies. An ebook is difficult to find where most of the publications are high priced print text books. It is hoped this would benefit students.
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Phase transformations of materials is a common phenomenon. We are familiar with the melting of ice to wate, and boiling of water to steam, These transformations have been use to generate energy and propel machines. Steam has been used to produce electricity, and was one of the prime movers for the Industrial Revolution.
Phase tranformations can also be used to store energy, and many substances are applied in solar energy technology. Another common...