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      Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage
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      Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage

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      Basic Physical Concepts

      Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage

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      Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage book

      Basic Physical Concepts
      ByThomas Christen
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2018
      eBook Published 17 October 2018
      Pub. Location Boca Raton
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429454288
      Pages 178
      eBook ISBN 9780429454288
      Subjects Engineering & Technology, Physical Sciences
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      Christen, T. (2018). Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage: Basic Physical Concepts (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429454288

      ABSTRACT

      This book provides fundamental theoretical concepts for the understanding, the modelling, and the optimisation of energy conversion and storage devices. The discussion is based on the general footing of efficiency-power relations and energy-power relations (Ragone plots). Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage: Basic Physical Concepts, is written for engineers and scientists with a bachelor-degree level of knowledge in physics. It contains:

      • An introductory motivation of the topic
      • A review on equilibrium thermodynamics
      • A primer to linear non-equilibrium thermodynamics and irreversible processes
      • An introduction to endo-reversible thermodynamics
      • The basics on the theory of Ragone plots
      • Derivations of efficiency-power relations or Ragone plots for illustrative examples like heat engines, batteries, capacitors, kinetic energy storage devices, solar power, photodiodes, electro-motors, transformers, and flow turbines
      • An excursion to impedance matching and the optimization of technical devices with respect to economic and related objectives 

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|8 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 2|40 pages

      Equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics

      chapter 3|18 pages

      Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

      chapter 4|14 pages

      The Entropy Production Rate

      chapter 5|16 pages

      Endoreversible Thermodynamics

      chapter 6|14 pages

      Ragone Plots

      chapter 7|36 pages

      Power and Efficiency Limits

      chapter 8|14 pages

      Performance Optimization

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