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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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also produce products and wastes that move across the system boundary. Control system
theory deals with these externalities as material inputs and outputs to the physical system.
For the example of the cruise control system, the level of fuel in the tank is not a part of the
speed control system. However, the constant speed can only be maintained as long as the
fuel continues to ow to the engine.
Activities and technology can be changed in many ways, which we term disturbances,
even including innovation and technology development. At any given time, the existing
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ISBN: 9781466556966