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040			_aMnU _beng _cMnU
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100	1		_aMitofsky, Andrea M. _eauthor
245	0	0	_aDirect Energy _cAndrea Mitofsky
264		2	_bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_bA.T. Still University
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- I. Survey of Energy Conversion Devices -- 2. Capacitors and Piezoelectric Devices -- 3. Pyroelectrics and Electro-Optics -- 4. Antennas -- 5. Hall Effect -- 6. Photovoltaics -- 7. Lamps, LEDs, and Lasers -- 8. Thermoelectrics -- 9. Batteries and Fuel Cells -- 10. Miscellaneous Energy Conversion Devices -- II. Theoretical Ideas -- 11. Calculus of Variations -- 12. Relating Energy Conversion Processes -- 13. Thomas Fermi Analysis -- 14. Lie Analysis
520	0		_aDirect Energy Conversion discusses both the physics behind energy conversion processes and a wide variety of energy conversion devices. A direct energy conversion process converts one form of energy to another through a single process. The first half of this book surveys multiple devices that convert to or from electricity including piezoelectric devices, antennas, solar cells, light emitting diodes, lasers, thermoelectric devices, and batteries. In these chapters, physical effects are discussed, terminology used by engineers in the discipline is introduced, and insights into material selection is studied. The second part of this book puts concepts of energy conversion in a more abstract framework. These chapters introduce the idea of calculus of variations and illuminate relationships between energy conversion processes.
542	1		_fAttribution-NonCommercial
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource
650		0	_aEngineering _vTextbooks
650		0	_aElectrical Engineering _vTextbooks
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/607 _zAccess online version
999			_c19973 _d19973