Advances in Energy Systems and Technology: Volume 5

This volume presents articles that provide a critical review of specific topics within the general field of energy. It discusses fuel cells for electric utility power generation and addresses the classification of fuel cell technologies.

Some of the topics covered in the book include the major components of the fuel cell, the phosphoric acid fuel cells, molten carbonate fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells, electric utility fuel cell systems, and the integration within fuel cell power plants.

The analysis of solar ponds is also covered, including the operational problems with salt-gradient solar ponds and the description of membrane-stratified solar ponds.

A study of household demand for conservation is presented, along with a chapter on the construction of the insulation index. Another section focuses on the use of the Box-Cox transform for both dependent and explanatory variables.

This book can provide useful information to scientists, engineers, students, and researchers.