Alternative Energy Projects for the 1990's
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Book Overview
Assuming a basic knowledge of mathematics and electricity, this book is designed to help people reduce their electricity bills. John Kuecken gives illustrated instructions for converting junkyard... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0830628355
ISBN13:9780830628353
Release Date:April 1991
Publisher:Tab Books
Length:260 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
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Good explanations of basic principles
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I just found this book in the library and spent about an hour looking through it. The book is not comprehensive, but it is very interesting. I very much enjoyed reading the engineering explanations of wind turbines, airfoils, heat engines, etc., and must admit that although I am a research engineer working in renewable energy I learned a few things (stuff I should have known already). The prose is excellent-- clear and concise. The author takes pains to explain the basics in a comprehensible but yet technically accurate way.I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in small energy systems, and I think that it would supply lots of interesting ideas for high school physics projects. Certain discussions of technology are out of date (it appears to have been written in the mid-80's), but the fundamentals can't change. It is not a one-stop source book for someone actually desiring to build off-grid power systems, but its much more enjoyable than any such book could be.
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