Power Density Smil Vaclav
Power Density Smil Vaclav The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy…
Specifikacia Power Density Smil Vaclav
Power Density Smil Vaclav
The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. "There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil." --Bill GatesIn this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems.
Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of the power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, thermal electricity generation, and all common energy uses.Smil shows that careful Power density--the rate of energy flux per unit of area--is an important but largely overlooked measure.