This book demonstrates that solar energy, the most abundant and clean renewable energy, can be utilized to drive methane activation and conversion under mild conditions. The book reports that coupling solar energy and thermal energy can significantly enhance methane conversion at mild temperatures using plasmonic nanometal-based catalysts, with a substantial decrease in apparent activation energy of methane conversion. Furthermore, this book, for the first time, reports the direct photocat...

This book focuses on gyro-free inertial navigation technology, which is used to measure not only linear motion parameters but also angular rates. Since no gyroscopes are used, the key technologies, such as initial alignment, attitude resolution, and error calibration, are very different than those used in traditional methods.Discussing each key technology in gyro-free inertial navigation system (GFINS) manufacture in a separate chapter, the book features easy-to-understand, detaile...

This book aims to establish a wind energy evaluation system, to provide scientific reference for site selection, daily operation and long-term planning of wind power generation, thus to make contribution to breaking the shackles of power shortage. Firstly, it presents the advantages and disadvantages of offshore wind power, then further discusses about the status quo and challenges for wind power programs along the Maritime Silk Road and offer suggestions. A wind energy evaluation system w...

Sound quality research is an emerging field of acoustics, and it has broad application prospects in the field of vibration and noise control of machinery and automobiles. With the development of new energy vehicles in recent years, the technology demand for interior sound quality evaluation and control has increased rapidly.This book comprehensively introduces the basic concepts, theories, methods and the latest research progress in evaluating and controlling vehicle interior sound...

This book explores the hydrogen integration in energy systems from a whole system optimisation perspective. The book introduces new modelling, optimisation, and reliability evaluation approaches that support the net zero transition.Global warming has been witnessed in the past few decades—as caused by the emission of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, it not only affects the habitat of animals but also threatens the lives of mankind in modern societies. Around the world, res...

The Southern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART ONE, takes you on a journey through the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of China's most compelling dynasties. I didn't want this book to read like a dry catalog of dates and decrees; I wanted it to live, to breathe, and to be about the people who shaped a fractured world — emperors who bore the weight of exile, generals who made history on rivers and shores, and empresses whose influence moved courts. From the ashes of the...

This volume brings together international experts to provide fresh perspectives on geopolitical concerns in the South China Sea.The book considers the interests and security strategies of each of the nations with a claim to ownership and jurisdiction in the Sea. Examining contexts including the region’s natural resources and China’s behaviour, the book also assesses the motivations and approaches of other states in Asia and further afield.This is an accessible, even-handed ...

This book comprehensively examines the communication challenges posted by regulating large-scale flexible loads These challenges include high access demands, explosive data volume, frequent data transmission, realistic performance-based impact analysis, and security concerns. Addressing these issues is very important for the advancement of modern power systems, since large-scale flexible loads are becoming contributing resources for the regulation purposes.This book has been written...

The Northern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART TWO, plunges you into a world of emperors, reformers, and powerful women who shaped the destiny of an empire. From the early years of Emperor Zhenzong's court—where stalwart ministers such as Kou Zhun and Wang Dan (and other high officials of the day) wrestled with duty, faction, and survival—to the ascent of Empress Liu, who exercised effective rule during Emperor Renzong's early reign, this book uncovers the people and ...

The Northern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART THREE, pulls you into a world of reformers, poets, generals, and emperors — a time when Chinese civilization shone at an extraordinary height even as the ground beneath it grew perilously thin. As I wrote this book I wanted readers to feel what it was like to live in that age: the rush of hope, the tug of power, and the slow ache of heartbreak. From the brilliant but stubborn Wang Anshi and his patron Emperor Shenzong to ...

The Northern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART ONE, transports you back to an era when a fragmented land was being stitched together — when battlefield commanders could become emperors, when poets and scholar-officials shaped the currents of policy, and when the fate of a dynasty sometimes hinged on a single, shadowy night. I wrote this book to bring that world to life, to let readers feel the tension, ambition, and brilliance of the men and women who built one of Chi...

The Southern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART TWO, takes you on a journey through one of the most turbulent and emotionally charged eras in Chinese history. The book opens with the bitter feud surrounding Han Tuozhou and Zhao Ruyu, two powerful ministers whose conflicts rent the court from the inside. Their struggle set the tone for a dynasty gradually slipping from firm control. From there, the narrative moves to the intrigues around the King of Shu and the death of...