Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage

<p>This book provides fundamental theoretical concepts for the understanding the modelling and the optimisation of energy conversion and storage devices. The discussion is based on the general footing of <i>efficiency-power relations</i> and <i>energy-power relations (Ragone plots)</i>. Efficiency and Power in Energy Conversion and Storage: Basic Physical Concepts is written for engineers and scientists with a bachelor-degree level of knowledge in physics. It contains:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>An introductory motivation of the topic</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>A review on equilibrium thermodynamics</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>A primer to linear non-equilibrium thermodynamics and irreversible processes</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>An introduction to endo-reversible thermodynamics</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>The basics on the theory of Ragone plots</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Derivations of efficiency-power relations or Ragone plots for illustrative examples like heat engines batteries capacitors kinetic energy storage devices solar power photodiodes electro-motors transformers and flow turbines</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>An excursion to impedance matching and the optimization of technical devices with respect to economic and related objectives </li> </ul>