Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy II [Hardcover]

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.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
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