In today’s dynamic global business environment where knowledge is a main asset and learning becomes the most important process, Business Education needs to employ the right practices to develop future leaders. Businesses require graduates that become true experts. But can business schools indeed create learning experiences that address the needs of the global marketplace? Can they teach students to build learning organizations?

The articles in this volume detail successful approaches developed by business educators and researchers. The approaches have been implemented to solve real problems and to provide students with the ethical and analytical abilities they will need to both compete and contribute to the betterment of others.
The thematic part of this volume focuses on the potential of interactive on-line activities to promote business and economics education. They demonstrate the benefits that learning technologies can bring and show how to overcome potential pro… More >>

The Power of Technology for Learning

The economic impacts of various combinations of technologies to meet future electricity needs. This report examines the implications of using alternative power-generation technologies to meet future energy demands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It concludes that 20 percent of the new electricity that will be produced by natural-gas-fired generation and by dams on the lower Snake River could be replaced by a mix of renewable energy (wind and solar power) and energy efficiency without much impact on the economy.The economic impacts of various combinations of technologies to meet future electricity needs. This report examines the implications of using alternative power-generation technologies to meet future energy demands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It concludes that 20 percent of the new electricity that will be produced by natural-gas-fired generation and by dams on the lower Snake River could be replaced by a mix of renewable energy (win… More >>

Generating Electric Power in the Pacific Northwest: Implications of Alernative Technologies

Hybrid cooling systems could potentially save water…
Water shortage is a major problem facing the power industry in many nations around the world. The largest consumer of water in most power plants is the wet cooling tower. To assist water and energy saving for thermal power stations using conventional evaporative wet cooling towers, a novel hybrid cooling system is investigated in this book.
Research on cooling systems to date has focussed on the individual components of cooling systems, not the system as a whole. Most of this research has been dedicated to cooling tower design and the optimisation of cooling tower characteristics. The issue of conserving water due to evaporation from existing operations has not been highly considered in the past. The major drawback in most of the previously conducted research in this field is the gap between maintaining energy efficiency whilst trying to reduce water consumption.
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Power Plant Cooling Technologies

Power over Ethernet or PoE technology describes a system to pass electrical power safely, along with data, on Ethernet cabling. The IEEE standard for PoE requires category 5 cable or higher for high power levels, but can operate with category 3 cable for low power levels. Power is supplied in common mode over two or more of the differential pairs of wires found in the Ethernet cables and comes from a power supply within a PoE-enabled networking device such as an Ethernet switch or can be injected into a cable run with a midspan power supply.

This book is your ultimate resource for 802.3at Power over Ethernet. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about 802.3at Power over Ethernet right away, covering: Power over Ethernet, Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Media Independent Interface, 10/100, 10/10… More >>

802.3at Power over Ethernet: High-impact Technology – What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors

CONTENTS (Abridged, Kindle Edition) Preface Introduction 1. Solar Energy in the United States. 2. Solar Power in Residential and Commercial Units. 3. A Simple Math for the Solarification of Your Home and Your Workplace. 4. Science and Technology of the Solar Cells. 5. Trapping the Einstein Photons by the Alferov Semiconductor Heterostructures. Index Glossary References and Comments… More >>

The Solar Cell Power in Your Home and Your Workplace: All You Need to Know

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The Power of Concentration – New Century Edition with DirectLink Technology

This ebook provides a reproduction of the Department of Energy the 2008-2012 Multi-Year Program Plan for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Program (Solar Program). The Solar Program is responsible for carrying out the Federal role in researching, developing, demonstrating and deploying solar energy technologies. This document presents a look inside the Solar Program’s plans for the next five years, as well as areas of work that are emphasized. The Solar Program is driven by the Solar America Initiative (SAI), a Presidential initiative launched in 2007 with the goal of achieving grid-parity for solar electricity produced by photovoltaic (PV) systems across the nation by 2015 – making the SAI a nine-year effort. This plan covers years two through six of the SAI, which can be considered the core of the initiative. The activities covered within this plan highlight what efforts the Solar Program will undertake to reach the SAI goal. During the first year of the S… More >>

21st Century Solar Power and Photovoltaics: Energy Department Multi-year Program Plan through 2012 for Solar Development and Research, Systems, Materials, CSP Technologies

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Within You is the Power – New Century Edition with DirectLink Technology

This book presents a solid theoretical foundation of the modern mitigation technologies employed in the power quality arena, and provides an overview of the most recent challenges in this field. The book introduces the advanced concepts associated with power quality to engineers and students. It will make an excellent reference for facility electrical power engineers and maintenance technicians…. More >>

Power Quality: Mitigation Technologies in a Distributed Environment

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Power From On High – New Century Edition with DirectLink Technology