Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy II

The overall efficiency, effectiveness, and practicality of potential future energy sources and systems are directly related to many materials–related factors. This volume features 30 papers presented during the 2012 Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy Conference. They cover the latest developments involving materials for alternative and renewable energy sources and systems, including batteries and energy storage, hydrogen, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and nuclear, as well as materials availability, the energy grid, and nanocomposites. INDICE: Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Nuclear State of Nuclear Energy in the World 3 Thomas L. Sanders Batteries and Energy Storage Correlation Between Microstructure and Oxygen Removal in Solid–Oxide–Fuel–Cell Model Electrodes Pt(O2)/YSZ and Od(O2)/YSZ 15 G. Beck Electrical and Morphological Characterization of Monocultures and Co–Cultures of Shewandella Putrefaciens and Shewanella Oneidensis in a Microbial Fuel Cell 25 K.E. Larson and M.C. Shaw Biomass Refractory Ceramic Lining Selection ad Troubleshooting in Thermal Biomass Operations 39 Dana G. Goski, Timothy M. Green, and Dominic J. Loiacona Comparison of Two Stage Mesophilic and Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of OFMSW 47 Gayathri Ram Mohan, Patrick Dube, Alex MacFarlane, and Pratap Pullammanappalli Biogasification of Marine Algae Nannochloropsis Oculata 59 Samriddhi Buxy, Robert Diltz, Pratap Pullammanappalli A Preliminary Study of an Innovative Biomass Waste Aerobic Degradation System for Hot Water Heating 69 Haorong Li, Daihong Yu, and Yanshun Yu Multi–Energy Optimization Process: Biodiesel Production through Ultrasound and Microwaves S. Getty, M. Kropf, and B. Tittmann Effects of Fuel Grade Ethanol on Pump Station and Terminal Facilities 89 Greg Quickel, John Beavers, Feng Gui, and Narasi Sridhar Distributed Hydrogen Generation and Storage from Biomass 105 Peter J. Schubert, Joseph Paganessi, Alan D. Wilks, and Maureen Murray Electric Grid Gallium Nitride for Grid Applications 117 Mike Soboroff Geothermal High–Temperature Circuit Boards for Use in Geothermal Well Monitoring Applications 125 Jennifer K. Walsh, Matthew W. Hooker, Kaushik Mallick, and Mark J. Lizotte Self–Degradable Cementitious Sealing Materials in Enhanced Geothermal System 137 Toshifumi Sugama, Tatiana Pyatina, and Thomas Butcher Hydrogen Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Complex Borohydride and Amide Hydrogen Storage Materials 157 Andrew Goudy, Adeola Ibikunle, Saidi Sabitu, and Tolulope Durojaiye Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of the Cu–Pd–M Ternary Alloys for Hydrogen Separation Membranes 169 O.N. Dogan, M.C. Gao, and R. Hu Metal–Hydrogen Systems: What changes When Systems go to the Nan–Scale? 181 A. Pundt Materials Availability for Alternative Energy Preparation of Organic–Modified Ceria Nanocrystals with Hydrothermal Treatment 195 Katsutoshi Kobayashi, Masaaki Haneda, and Masakuni Ozawa Integration of MgO Carbonation Process to Capture CO2 from a Coal–Fired Power Plant 205 Sushant Kumar Investigation on Ammonium Phosphate Mixed SIO2/Polymer Hybrid Composite Membranes 215 Uma Thanganathan Nanocomposites and Nanomaterials Nano–Heterogeneous Structuring Effects on Thermal Power Factor and Thermal Conductivity 225 Gustavo Fernandes, Do–Joong Lee, Jin Ho Kim, Seungwoo Jung, Gi–Yong Jung, Fazal Wahab, Youngok Park, Ki–Bum Kim, and Jimmy Xu Development of Thermoelectric Devices for Structural Composites 235 Oonnittan Jacob Panachaveettil, Xinghua Si, Zabra Zamanipour, Ranji Vaidyanathan, and Daryoosh Vashaee Effect of Sn Concentration on Physical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Grown by Spray Pyrolysis on SnO2:F/Glass 245 Mejda Ajili, Michel Castagne, and Najoua Kamoun Turki Effect of Heat Treatment on the Physical Properties of In2S3 Prepared by Chemical Bath Deposition 255 Mouna Kilani, Cathy Gguasch, Michel Castagne, and Najoua Kamoun–Turki Effect of Indium Concentration on the Physical Properties of In2O3 Nanomaterials Grown by Spray Pyrolysis 261 Nasreddine Beji. Mejda Ajil, Zeineb Sboui, and Najoua Kamoun–Turki One–Pot Synthesis of Functionalized Few–Walled Carbon Nanotube/MnO2 Composite for High Performance Electrochemical Supercapacitors 271 Yingwen Cheng, Hongbo Zhang, Songtao Lu, Shutong Zhan, Chekrapani Varanasi, and Jei Liu Solar The Use of Inexpensive, All–Natural Organic Materials in Dye–Sensitized Solar Cells 285 J. Whitehead, J. Tannaci and M.C. Shaw Deep Level Defects in N+–CdS/P–CdTe Solar Cells 297 P. Kharangarth, Z. Cheng, G. Liu, G.E. Georgiou, and K.K. Chin 297 Growth Dynamics in Thin Films of Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide Sputtered from a Quaternary Target 303 J.A. Frantz, R.Y. Bekele, J.D. Myers, V.Q. Nguyen, A Bruce, S.V. Frolov, M. Cyrus, and J.S. Sanghera Wind Novel Flexible Membrane for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades–Feasibility Study 315 S. Laflamme, H. Seleem, B. Vasan, R. Geiger, S. Chaudhary, M. Kollosche, K. Rajan, and G. Kofod Robotic and Multiaxial Testing for the Determination of the Constitutive Characterization of Composites 325 John Michopoulos, Athanasios Iliopoulos, and John Harmanson Authort Index 339

• ISBN: 978-1-118-58098-1
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 22/01/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés