Energy and Environment in the Tropics

· Lecture Notes in Energy Book 92 · Springer Nature
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The tropical zones are dominated by developing countries, which mainly face problematic environmental issues. Different than four-season countries, tropical countries have a continuous summer-like season and therefore they are rich in clean energy sources like solar and biomass. Hence, the mitigations of environment and energy issues in the tropics would require specific understanding and different approach to solutions. This book offers an assortment of studies on scenarios of environment as well as energy demand and power generation technologies in the tropics. Many of the countries within the tropics are highly populated, and this results in various problems related to the environment and energy. The demand for energy in these countries keeps increasing but concurrently there are also environmental issues that require serious attention. As the global concern on the environment is alarming today, the choice of power generation should be of the cleanest possible resource. This various reports on research activities carried out in the tropics on the aspect of environment and energy presented in this book are highly beneficial for those who like to see an improvement in the tropics with regard to environment and energy systems.

About the author

Dr. ​Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He holds B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering. He was a Mechanical Engineer in YTL Corporation prior to joining academics. At UTP he was Director of Mission Oriented Research group for Hybrid Energy Systems from 2009 to 2017. His research interests include air-conditioning, biomass energy, solar photovoltaic, combustion, and flow assurance. He has published more than 200 journal articles and 16 books on various engineering research topics, including Clean Energy Opportunities in Tropical Countries, published by Springer.

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