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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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709Transition Engineering
© 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
open-ow systems. Energy is extracted, converted, transported, distributed, and used.
Engineers know that the problem with an open-ow system like an irrigation system is
that there is no feedback control. The only way to keep it working is to make sure that the
inow is always large enough that it is capable of meeting the outow. In other words, the
necessary condition for stable and secure operation of the open-ow energy system is suf-
cient spare supply capacity and unconstrained resources.
13.2.2 Feedback Control System Model
For most of the history of energy systems, the open-o ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966