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Record Nr.

UNINA9910847574603321

Autore

Tiwari G. N.

Titolo

Energy, Ecology and Environment : A Sustainable Nature / / by Gopal Nath Tiwari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

981-9939-97-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Disciplina

411

Soggetti

Solar energy

Photovoltaic power generation

Environment

Solar Thermal Energy

Photovoltaics

Environmental Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Sun -- Earth -- Atmosphere -- Climate -- Weather -- Season -- Global Greenhouse Effect -- Global Warming Problems -- Solar Energy and various Cycles -- Introduction -- The Hydrologic Cycle -- Carbon Cycle -- Sources of carbon formation -- Importance of Carbon Cycle -- Emission and absorption of carbon (C) -- Nitrogen Cycle -- Various processes of nitrogen (N) cycle.

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers topics related to climate change, weather, greenhouse effect, solar energy, various cycles including carbon, hydraulic, sulphur, renewable energy conservation, ecology and sustainable environment. The contents of the book include pedagogical elements, such as exercises, tables and figures at appropriate places in each chapter, including problems and objective questions at end of each chapter, to aid in learning. Further, the unit conversion from FPS system to SI unit of each parameter, namely length, energy, power, velocity and pressure force, etc, and some standard constants used in examples are also provided in the book. The book also includes discussion about renewable energy sources, namely solar energy, wind energy, biomass energy and geothermal energy, etc, their availability and eco-friendly



nature. This book can be a useful reference for those in academia and industry.