Advances in Sustainable Energy
暫譯: 可持續能源的進展

本書揭示了確保能源資源安全和可持續生產及使用的主要挑戰，並提供相應的解決方案。它討論了可再生能源發電的最新進展，並包括氣候變遷和社會可持續性的研究。進而，本書超越理論，描述了與能源和可持續性相關的實際挑戰和解決方案。特別是，它針對以下幾個方面進行探討：

- 可再生能源轉換技術；
- 傳輸、儲存和消耗；
- 綠色建築和綠色經濟；以及
- 廢物和回收。

本書呈現了有關可再生能源和可持續性的當前知識狀態，並以詳細的例子和案例研究作為支持，使其不僅成為該領域專家和研究人員的前沿資訊來源，也成為相關本科和研究生課程的教育工具。

Dr. Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. His research interests are wind and solar energy conversion and storage as well as experimental, theoretical, and computational fluid dynamics. Prior to joining Tennessee Tech, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Delaware for two years, where he conducted research on optimization of utility-scale wind farms and potential impacts of the wake of wind turbines on the surface fluxes. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Windsor, while receiving the prestigious Ontario Trillium Scholarship from the government of Ontario for four consecutive years. His Ph.D. research was focused on studying the hydrodynamics of underwater compressed air energy storage plants. He has published his research in several conference proceedings, book chapters, and scientific journals including Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical Review E, Computers & Fluids, Energy Conversion and Management, and Applied Energy.
David S-K. Ting worked on Combustion and Turbulence (Premixed Turbulent Flame Propagation) during his graduate years. He then ventured into Convection Heat Transfer and Fluid-Structure Interactions prior to joining University of Windsor. Professor Ting is the founder of the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory. Dr. Ting supervises students on a wide range of research projects primarily in the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy areas. To date, he has co/supervised over sixty graduate students and co-authored more than one hundred and ten journal papers.

阿哈邁德·瓦塞爾-比哈赫（Dr. Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh）是田納西科技大學的機械工程助理教授。他的研究興趣包括風能和太陽能的轉換與儲存，以及實驗、理論和計算流體力學。在加入田納西科技大學之前，他在德拉瓦大學擔任博士後研究員兩年，進行了公用事業規模風電場的優化研究，以及風力發電機尾流對表面通量的潛在影響。他在溫莎大學獲得機械工程博士學位，並連續四年獲得安大略省政府頒發的安大略三葉草獎學金。他的博士研究專注於水下壓縮空氣儲能系統的水動力學研究。他的研究成果已發表在多個會議論文集、書籍章節和科學期刊上，包括《流體力學期刊》（Journal of Fluid Mechanics）、《物理評論E》（Physical Review E）、《計算與流體》（Computers & Fluids）、《能源轉換與管理》（Energy Conversion and Management）以及《應用能源》（Applied Energy）。

丁大衛·S-K（David S-K. Ting）在研究生期間專注於燃燒和湍流（預混湍流火焰傳播）。隨後，他在加入溫莎大學之前，進一步研究了對流熱傳遞和流體-結構相互作用。丁教授是湍流與能源實驗室的創始人。丁博士指導學生進行各種研究項目，主要集中在能源節約和可再生能源領域。迄今為止，他已共同指導超過六十名研究生，並共同撰寫超過一百十篇期刊論文。