Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 320 pages
- Published by: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Edition: 1st Edition June 20, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0750684690
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0750684699
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Book Dimensions:
10.3 x 7.3 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Reader Reviews
Given the rising kerfuffle over energy prices (oil and gas), this book is timely. Soares describes the rise of microturbines. A method for distributing electricity generation on a far smaller scale than is often done today, at least in developed countries. It certainly does not obviate the need for the large, megawatt producing turbines that are currently deployed. But those are expensive. And tend to be most economical when the users (like a city) are nearby. Since this minimises tranmission losses. What if the users are widely dispersed? Or if there is essentially one user, like a small factory. Here, microturbines shine, where larger turbines would simply be uneconomic. Other advantages are described in the book. Potentially, less emissions of pollutants. Another is the prospect of using unconventional fuels, like landfill gas. Or manure gas.
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