Introduction to Renewable Energy Conversions
暫譯: 可再生能源轉換入門

可再生能源轉換導論探討所有主要的可再生能源轉換技術，旨在幫助讀者制定現實的資源評估。該文本提供逐步的程序來評估可再生能源選項，然後進入設計適當的可再生能源策略。目標是讓未來的工程師學習資源估算的過程，通過介紹超過140個已解決的問題（以及相同數量的教師解決問題），超過165個與工程相關的方程式，超過120個圖形和大量表格來解釋每種可再生能源轉換類型。將為講師提供解決方案手冊、PowerPoint簡報和實驗室練習。

Sergio C. Capareda is a Professor and Faculty Fellow at Texas A&M University. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB), a Master of Engineering degree in energy technology from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand and a PhD in agricultural engineering from Texas A & M University (TAMU), USA.

Capareda began his academic career in the field of renewable energy at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. He developed the UPLB Biomass Energy Laboratory with funding from the Philippine Department of Energy (PDOE) and was Program Director for two World Bank Funded projects implemented by the PDOE on rural electrification and market assessment of renewable energy in the Philippines. He also developed the Biomass Energy Resource Atlas for the Philippines with funding from the US Department of Energy and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Upon joining the faculty at the TAMU Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in 2005, Capareda was tasked to redevelop the alternative energy program of the department. He developed and established the BioEnergy Testing and Analysis (BETA) Laboratory (http: //betalab.tamu.edu) that year. The BETA Lab is currently being expanded to cover research and development for other major renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind and biomass power.

Dr. Capareda has authored or co-authored more than 90 refereed journal publications since 2003, two book chapters in the field of renewable energy and air quality and a textbook entitled "Introduction to Biomass Energy Conversions." He holds a patent on Integrated Biofuel Production System and a patent for a Pyrolysis and Gasification System for Biomass Feedstock, which has now been licensed to private companies with various heat and power generation projects from various biomass resources such as wood chips, poultry litter, municipal sludge and municipal solid wastes (MSW).

A three-time recipient of the Returning Scientist Awardee from the government of the Philippines and a two-time recipient of the USAID-Stride Visiting Professorship Award, Dr. Capareda has been providing continuous support to various universities in the Philippines as a key consultant on their renewable and air quality teaching, research and development initiatives.

Capareda is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas and an active member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).

Sergio C. Capareda 是德州農工大學的教授及教職員研究員。他擁有菲律賓洛斯巴尼奧斯大學（University of the Philippines at Los Baños, UPLB）農業工程學士學位、泰國亞洲科技大學（Asian Institute of Technology, AIT）能源技術碩士學位，以及美國德州農工大學（Texas A&M University, TAMU）農業工程博士學位。

Capareda 在菲律賓洛斯巴尼奧斯大學開始了他的可再生能源學術生涯。他在菲律賓能源部（Philippine Department of Energy, PDOE）的資助下，開發了 UPLB 生物質能源實驗室，並擔任兩個由世界銀行資助的項目的計畫主任，這些項目由 PDOE 實施，專注於農村電氣化和菲律賓可再生能源的市場評估。他還在美國能源部（US Department of Energy）和美國國際開發署（USAID）的資助下，開發了菲律賓的生物質能源資源圖集。

2005 年，Capareda 加入 TAMU 生物與農業工程系，負責重新開發該系的替代能源計畫。他在當年開發並建立了生物能源測試與分析（BioEnergy Testing and Analysis, BETA）實驗室（http://betalab.tamu.edu）。目前，BETA 實驗室正在擴展，以涵蓋其他主要可再生能源技術的研究與開發，如太陽能、風能和生物質能。

自 2003 年以來，Capareda 博士已發表或共同發表超過 90 篇經過審核的期刊文章，並在可再生能源和空氣品質領域撰寫了兩個書章，以及一本名為《生物質能源轉換導論》（Introduction to Biomass Energy Conversions）的教科書。他擁有一項關於綜合生物燃料生產系統的專利，以及一項針對生物質原料的熱解和氣化系統的專利，該專利目前已授權給多家私營公司，這些公司正在進行各種熱能和電力生成項目，使用的生物質資源包括木屑、家禽糞便、市政污泥和市政固體廢物（MSW）。

Capareda 博士是菲律賓政府三度頒發的回流科學家獎得主，以及兩度獲得 USAID-Stride 訪問教授獎的得主，他一直在為菲律賓的多所大學提供持續支持，擔任可再生能源和空氣品質教學、研究與開發計畫的主要顧問。

Capareda 是德州的執業專業工程師，並且是美國農業與生物工程學會（American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, ASABE）的活躍成員。