Clean Energy Opportunities in Tropical Countries

This book highlights the present scenario of energy demand and power generation technologies in tropical countries. The tropics are well known to receive direct sunlight. Furthermore, different than four-season countries, tropical countries have a continuous summer-like season, and therefore, they are rich in clean energy sources, like solar and biomass. Home to 40% of the world’s population, the demand for energy in these countries keeps increasing. With the present serious global concern on the environment, the choice of power generation is no doubt the cleanest possible resources. This book delves into the opportunity that various tropical countries have in pursuing environmentally friendly power generation systems.

1   Introduction

2   A Review on Hydropower Generation in Tropical Countries

3   Solar Irradiance Assessment for Power Generation: A Big Data Approach

4   Integration of Compound Parabolic Concentrator with Solar Power Tower Receiver

5    Nanofluids Application in Solar Thermal Collectors

6    Plate-fin heat sink for the application in Solar Thermal Power

7    The Potential of Coconut Shells through Pyrolysis Technology

8     An Overview of Biomass Conversion Technologies in Nigeria

9    Performance of Biodiesel with diethyl ether in DI diesel engine

10  Geothermal Power Potentials in Ethiopia

11  Tidal and wave energy potential assessment

12   Offshore Renewable Energy Applications in the United Arab Emirates

13   Current and Future Perspectives of Integrated Energy Systems

14   Nanofluid assisted thermoelectric air conditioner

Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He holds a B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the USA and the UK. He was an M&E Engineer in YTL Construction prior to joining the academics in 1998. His research interests include air-conditioning, biomass energy, solar photovoltaic, combustion, and flow assurance. His research interests chiefly include air conditioning and ventilation, combustion, sprays and atomization, and biomass energy. He has published more than 170 journal articles on various engineering research topics.