Clean Energy for Sustainable Development

Professor Rasul specializes in clean and sustainable energy technologies and their applications in industries. His research mainly focuses on renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass and biofuels), building energy (domestic, institutional and commercial buildings), industrial energy (process and resource industries), and thermo-chemical conversion of energy (combustion, gasification and pyrolysis).Dr Kalam Azad, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Queensland University, Melbourne campus, Australia. He has a strong record of research publications and achievement in the areas of renewable energy technologies, energy conversion, and thermofluids engineering and their relevant industrial applications. His research focused on clean energy production and mitigation of environmental pollution. He has had an excellent publication track record throughout his career. He has been published about eighty scientific articles including three edited refereed books, eight book chapters, forty-seven journal articles, and twenty-four conference papers so far. His first edited book on "Clean Energy for Sustainable Development” published by Academic Press, Elsevier in 2016. His second edited book on 'Advances in Eco-fuel for a Sustainable Environment' has been published as a part of Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Elsevier in 2018. He has edited his third book on 'Advanced Biofuels: Applications, Technologies, and Environmental Sustainability' under Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Elsevier in 2019. He made significant contributions to engineering education, research, and scholarship. He published some articles in respected journals, which have high impact factors. The recognition of his research has been strongly demonstrated through a large number of citations and h-index both in Scopus and Google Scholar. He is also working as a reviewer of different renowned international journals and books. Currently, he is a member of different professional bodies throughout the world. He has been significantly contributing to the strategic research on Clean and Sustainable Energy Technologies at Central Queensland University, Australia.Dr Sharma's main research focuses on conservation of energy and physical assets by applying tribological and asset management principles. His recent works deal with alternative and biofuels, and their applications in industries.

Clean Energy for Sustainable Development: Comparisons and Contrasts of New Approaches presents information on the fundamental challenge that the energy sector faces with regard to meeting the ever growing demand for sustainable, efficient, and cleaner energy. The book compares recent developments in the field of energy technology, clean and low emission energy, and energy efficiency and environmental sustainability for industry and academia.

Rasul, Azad and Sharma, along with their team of expert contributors, provide high-end research findings on relevant industry themes, including clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies, renewable energy technologies and their applications, biomass and biofuels for sustainable environment, energy system and efficiency improvement, solar thermal applications, and the environmental impacts of sustainable energy systems.

This book uses global institutes and case studies to explore and analyze technological advancements alongside practical applications. This approach helps readers to develop and affirm a better understanding of the relevant concepts and solutions necessary to achieve clean energy and sustainable development in both medium and large-scale industries.

Section One. Clean and Sustainable Energy Resources and Technologies 1. Sustainable Energy Resources: Prospects and Policy 2. Environmental Impact Assessment of Different Renewable Energy Resources: A Recent Development 3. Clean and Sustainable Energy Technologies 4. Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): Future Prospects of Carbon-Negative Technologies

Section Two. Solar Energy Applications 5. Solar Kilns: A Green Technology for the Australian Agricultural and Forest Industries 6. Small-Scale Dish-Mounted Solar Thermal Brayton Cycle 7. Heat-Driven Cooling Technologies 8. Solar Pyrolysis: Converting Waste Into Asset Using Solar Energy

Section Three. Wind Energy Systems 9. Grid Integration of Wind Energy Systems: Control Design, Stability, and Power Quality Issues 10. The Hybrid Solar Power/Wind System for Energy Production, Observation, Application, and Simulation 11. Study on Wind Energy Potential by Eight Numerical Methods of Weibull Distribution

Section Four. Biodiesel for Sustainable Development 12. Prospect of the Legume Tree Pongamia pinnata as a Clean and Sustainable Biodiesel Feedstock 13. Biodiesel From Queensland Bush Nut (Macadamia integrifolia) 14. Assessment of Physical, Chemical, and Tribological Properties of Different Biodiesel Fuels 15. Biodiesel Production Through Chemical and Biochemical Transesterification: Trends, Technicalities, and Future Perspectives 16. Mesoporous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production: A New Approach 17. Edible and Nonedible Biodiesel Feedstocks: Microalgae and Future of Biodiesel 18. Potential of Biodiesel as Fuel for Diesel Engine