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1. District heating
: thermal generation and distribution : a practical guide to centralised generation and distribution of heat services
by Mackenzie-Kennedy, C and Kennedy, C. Mackenzie
1979, International series in heating, ventilation, and refrigeration ; v. 13., ISBN 0080227112, Volume 13., xii, 198
Heating from central stations | Steam power-plants
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2. Power generation handbook
: fundamentals of low-emission, high-efficiency power plant operation
by Kiameh, Philip
2012, 2nd ed., ISBN 0071772278, xxviii, 704
Electric power production
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3. Steam generation
by Williams, J. N
1969, Revised 4th ed., ISBN 004621013X, 3-816
steam-boilers | steam engineering
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4. Full Text State of the art on high-temperature thermal energy storage for power generation. Part 2—Case studies
by Medrano, Marc and Gil, Antoni and Martorell, Ingrid and Potau, Xavi and Cabeza, Luisa F
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, ISSN 1364-0321, 2010, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 56 - 72
Power generation systems are attracting a lot of interest from researchers and companies. Storage is becoming a component with high importance to ensure system... 
Passive storage systems | High temperature | Thermal energy storage (TES) | Solar power plants | Active storage systems | LATENT-HEAT STORAGE | SYSTEM | PROJECT | ENERGY & FUELS | PARABOLIC TROUGH | THERMOCLINE | DIRECT STEAM-GENERATION | PLANTS | Solar power plants High temperature Thermal energy storage (TES) Active storage systems Passive storage systems | Case studies | Electric utilities | Heat storage | Green technology | Solar energy | Force and energy
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5. Full Text Mushrooms as Efficient Solar Steam‐Generation Devices
by Xu, Ning and Hu, Xiaozhen and Xu, Weichao and Li, Xiuqiang and Zhou, Lin and Zhu, Shining and Zhu, Jia
Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, 07/2017, Volume 29, Issue 28, pp. 1606762 - n/a
Solar steam generation is emerging as a promising technology, for its potential in harvesting solar energy for various applications such as desalination and... 
mushrooms | hydrophilic | heat loss | absorption | solar steam generation | LENTINUS-EDODES | CELLS | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, APPLIED | VAPOR GENERATION | HEAT LOCALIZATION | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | MEMBRANES | GRAPHENE | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | LIGHT-ABSORPTION | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | ONE SUN | NANOPARTICLES | EVAPORATION | Aquatic resources | Saline water conversion | Mushrooms | Solar energy | Electromagnetic absorption | Water supply | Steam generation | Steam power | Energy harvesting | Devices | Sun | Solar heating | Stellar mass | Photovoltaic cells | Desalination | Sterilization | Illumination | Position (location) | Energy management | Cross sections
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6. Full Text Thermochemical conversion of biomass to second generation biofuels through integrated process design—A review
by Damartzis, T and Zabaniotou, A
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, ISSN 1364-0321, 01/2011, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 366 - 378
The need for clean and environmental friendly fuels is leading the world to the production of biofuels and replacing conventional fuels by them. Second... 
Process design | Modelling | Biomass | Optimization | Second generation biofuels | Process integration | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | ENERGY & FUELS | METHANE-STEAM | FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR | FIXED-BED | GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES | PRODUCT GRADE OPTIMIZATION | HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION | FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS | SLURRY-BUBBLE-COLUMN | OXIDE FUEL-CELLS | TRANSPORTATION FUELS | Biomass Second generation biofuels Process integration Process design Modelling Optimization | Biomass energy | Analysis | Liquids | Gasification | Feedstock | Security | Fuels | Conversion | Exploitation
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7. Full Text Wood–Graphene Oxide Composite for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation and Desalination
by Liu, Keng-Ku and Jiang, Qisheng and Tadepalli, Sirimuvva and Raliya, Ramesh and Biswas, Pratim and Naik, Rajesh R and Singamaneni, Srikanth
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, 03/2017, Volume 9, Issue 8, pp. 7675 - 7681
Solar steam generation is a highly promising technology for harvesting solar energy, desalination and water purification. We introduce a novel bilayered... 
Research | solar steam | photothermal | graphene oxide | desalination | wood | AIR-WATER-INTERFACE | ENERGY | VAPOR GENERATION | HEAT LOCALIZATION | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | MEMBRANES | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY | NANOPARTICLES | EVAPORATION | NANOPOROUS GRAPHENE | TECHNOLOGY
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8. Full Text Plasmonic Wood for High‐Efficiency Solar Steam Generation
by Zhu, Mingwei and Li, Yiju and Chen, Fengjuan and Zhu, Xueyi and Dai, Jiaqi and Li, Yongfeng and Yang, Zhi and Yan, Xuejun and Song, Jianwei and Wang, Yanbin and Hitz, Emily and Luo, Wei and Lu, Minhui and Yang, Bao and Hu, Liangbing
Advanced Energy Materials, ISSN 1614-6832, 02/2018, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 1701028 - n/a
Plasmonic metal nanoparticles are a category of plasmonic materials that can efficiently convert light into heat under illumination, which can be applied in... 
solar energy | high absorption | plasmonic | natural wood | solar steam generation | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, APPLIED | ENERGY & FUELS | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | GRAPHENE | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | DESALINATION | PAPER | WASTE-WATER | TRANSPARENT | Waveguides | Solar energy | Saline water conversion | Nanoparticles | Gold | Tortuosity | Electromagnetic absorption | Efficiency | Desalination | Steam generation | Illumination | Stability analysis | Conversion | Microchannels
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9. Steam
: its generation and use
by Kitto, J.B and Stultz, S.C
2005, 41st ed., ISBN 0963457012, 1v. (various pagings)
Nuclear power | Fossil fuels | Combustion | Steam-boilers
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10. Full Text Design Concepts of a New Generation Reciprocating Steam Engine
by Heron, Thomas A. E., author
SAE technical paper series, Volume 850032.
Internal combustion engines require high cost good quality liquid fuel. To some extent this has been a great incentive to investigate external combustion... 
External combustion engines | Steam engines | Vehicle performance
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11. Thermal hydraulic design of components for steam generation plants
by Cumo, Maurizio and Naviglio, Antonio
1991, ISBN 9780849367922, 398
Steam-boilers | Design and construction
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12. Full Text Tailoring Graphene Oxide‐Based Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation under One Sun
by Hu, Xiaozhen and Xu, Weichao and Zhou, Lin and Tan, Yingling and Wang, Yang and Zhu, Shining and Zhu, Jia
Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, 02/2017, Volume 29, Issue 5, pp. 1604031 - n/a
Graphene oxide‐based aerogels with carefully tailored properties are developed to enable efficient solar steam generation. Aerogels, with inherent porous... 
graphene oxide | aerogels | one sun | solar steam generation | SYSTEM | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, APPLIED | VAPOR GENERATION | HEAT LOCALIZATION | PERFORMANCE | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CARBON NANOTUBES | NANOPARTICLES | EVAPORATION | ULTRATHIN-GRAPHITE | ARCHITECTURES | Graphene | Graphite | Aerogels | Stellar mass | Hydrophilicity | Water supply | Steam generation | Carbon nanotubes | Insulators | Illumination | Steam power | Sodium alginate | Sun | Absorption | Channels
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13. Full Text Solar Vapor Generation Enabled by Nanoparticles
by Neumann, Oara and Urban, Alexander S and Day, Jared and Lal, Surbhi and Nordlander, Peter and Halas, Naomi J
ACS Nano, ISSN 1936-0851, 01/2013, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 42 - 49
Solar illumination of broadly absorbing metal or carbon nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid produces vapor without the requirement of heating the fluid volume.... 
photothermal | steam | nanobubble | plasmon | distillation | GOLD NANOPARTICLES | EXCITATION | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | NANOSTRUCTURES | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | HEAT | THERAPY | SYSTEMS | METAL NANOPARTICLES | PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES | WATER | Materials Testing | Nanoparticles - radiation effects | Solar Energy | Nanoparticles - chemistry | Gases - chemical synthesis | Distillation | Nanoparticles | Fluids | Fluid dynamics | Heating | Fluid flow | Nanostructure | Carbon | Vaporization
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14. Full Text Multifunctional Porous Graphene for High‐Efficiency Steam Generation by Heat Localization
by Ito, Yoshikazu and Tanabe, Yoichi and Han, Jiuhui and Fujita, Takeshi and Tanigaki, Katsumi and Chen, Mingwei
Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, 08/2015, Volume 27, Issue 29, pp. 4302 - 4307
Multifunctional nanoporous graphene is realized as a heat generator to convert solar illumination into high‐energy steam. The novel 3D nanoporous graphene... 
nanoporous materials | solar energy | heat localization | steam generation | graphene | CELLS | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, APPLIED | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CARBON NANOTUBES | NANOPARTICLES | EVAPORATION | N-DOPED GRAPHENE | PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS | SOLAR | NITROGEN | WATER | Solar Energy | Wettability | Graphite - chemistry | Hot Temperature | Porosity | Steam | Graphene | Graphite | Solar energy | Steam generation | Illumination | Generators | Conversation | Nanostructure | Localization | Three dimensional
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15. Steam
: its generation and use
Babcock & Wilcox Company
1978, 39th ed., 1 v. (various pagings)
Steam engineering | Steam-boilers
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16. Full Text Highly Flexible and Efficient Solar Steam Generation Device
by Chen, Chaoji and Li, Yiju and Song, Jianwei and Yang, Zhi and Kuang, Yudi and Hitz, Emily and Jia, Chao and Gong, Amy and Jiang, Feng and Zhu, J. Y and Yang, Bao and Xie, Jia and Hu, Liangbing
Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, 08/2017, Volume 29, Issue 30, pp. 1701756 - n/a
Solar steam generation with subsequent steam recondensation has been regarded as one of the most promising techniques to utilize the abundant solar energy and... 
high efficiency | nature‐inspired | photothermal conversion | flexible | solar steam generation | nature-inspired | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, APPLIED | LOW-TORTUOSITY | SUPERCAPACITORS | ENERGY CONVERSION | WOOD | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | GRAPHENE | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | DESALINATION | COMPOSITES | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | ONE SUN | EVAPORATION | TRANSPARENT | Aquatic resources | Saline water conversion | Solar energy | Electric properties | Distillation | Design for recycling | Energy use | Distilled water | Steam generation | Carbon nanotubes | Steam power | Phase transitions | Transpiration | Pumping | Efficiency | Desalination | Thermal conductivity | Portable equipment | Water purification | Heat transfer | Seawater
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17. Steam
: its generation and use
by Kitto, John B and Stultz, S.C
1992, 40th ed., ISBN 9780963457004, 1 v. (various pagings)
Steam-boilers | Steam
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18. Full Text Steam
: its generation and use
Babcock & Wilcox Company
1922, 35th ed.
Steam-boilers, Water-tube | Power (Mechanics) | Steam-boilers | Babcock & Wilcox Company | Steam
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19. Full Text Will second‐generation ethanol be able to compete with first‐generation ethanol? Opportunities for cost reduction
by Stephen, James D and Mabee, Warren E and Saddler, Jack N
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, ISSN 1932-104X, 03/2012, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp. 159 - 176
The production costs of a lignocellulosic ethanol process, both currently and projected for 2020, were compared to a corn ethanol process, to determine its... 
cellulosic ethanol | economic competitiveness | progress ratio | biorefinery scale | cellulose | Progress ratio | Economic competitiveness | Cellulosic ethanol | Biorefinery scale | Cellulose | PLANT SIZE | KILLED LODGEPOLE PINE | ENERGY & FUELS | ENZYMATIC-HYDROLYSIS | STEAM PRETREATMENT | BIOFUELS | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | BIOMASS | MOUNTAIN PINE | PRETREATED CORN STOVER | ORGANOSOLV PROCESS
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