Introduction to Energy Essentials. Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies

Table of Contents

1. Population Growth Driving Energy Demand2. Nuclear Power Plant History from Past to Present and Future3. Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap and Pathways4. Small Modular Reactors and a Modern Power Conversion Approach5. Thermonuclear Fusion Reaction Driving Electrical Power Generation6. Electrical Power Generation Energy Sources7. Electricity Production and Renewable Source of Energy, Economics8. Energy Storage Technologies and Their Role in Renewable Integration9. Energy Insight: An Energy Essential Guide10. Heat Pipe Driving Heat Transfer11. Thermodynamic Systems12. Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Nuclear Reactors13. Energy Storage Driving Renewable Energy14. Cyber Resilience and Future of Electric Power System

AppendixA. Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) CycleB. Cumulative Sum Control Chart (CUSUM)C. Basic of Heat TransferD. Permafrost PhenomenaE. Glossary

Authors

Bahman Zohuri Adjunct Professor, Artificial Intelligence Scientist, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA; Research Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University if New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Dr. Bahman Zohuri is currently an Adjunct Professor in Artificial Intelligence Science at Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, who runs his own consulting company and was previously a consultant at Sandia National Laboratory. Dr. Zohuri earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the University of Illinois. He earned his second master's degree in mechanical engineering, and also his doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of New Mexico. He owns three patents and has published more than 40 textbooks and numerous journal publications. Patrick J. McDaniel Research Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Dr. Patrick McDaniel is currently Research Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico. Dr. McDaniel began his career as a pilot and maintenance officer in the U.S. Air Force. After leaving the Air Force and obtaining his doctorate at Purdue University, he worked at Sandia National Laboratories. He left Sandia to become the technical leader for Phillips Laboratory's (which became part of the Air Force Research Laboratory) Satellite Assessment Center. Having taught at the University of New Mexico in the Graduate Nuclear engineering program for 25 years, when he retired from Sandia in early 2009, he joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico full time. Dr. McDaniel holds a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University, an MS in Resource Management from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, an MS from CalTech in Mechanical Engineering, and a BS in Engineering Science from the USAF Academy.