Advanced Non-Thermal Power Generation Systems
暫譯: 先進非熱能發電系統

一般來說，發電的來源可分為兩類：熱能和非熱能。本書探討非熱能的發電來源，並強調分散式發電系統的最新進展。

Yatish T. Shah received his BSc in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and MS and ScD in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA). He has more than 40 years of academic and industrial experience in energy-related areas. He was chairman of the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Drexel University, Philadelphia; chief research officer at Clemson University, South Carolina; and provost at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, and Norfolk State University, Virginia. He was also a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge (UK) and a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkley, and Institut fur Technische Chemie der Universitat Erlangen, Nurnberg, Germany. He has previously written 13 books related to energy, most of which are under the Sustainable Energy Strategies book series (by Taylor & Francis), of which he is the editor. He has also published more than 250 refereed reviews, book chapters, and research technical publications in the areas of energy, environment, and reaction engineering. He is an active consultant to numerous industries and government organizations in energy areas.

**Yatish T. Shah** 於密西根大學安娜堡校區獲得化學工程學士學位，並於麻省理工學院劍橋校區獲得化學工程碩士及博士學位。他在能源相關領域擁有超過40年的學術和產業經驗。他曾擔任賓夕法尼亞州匹茲堡大學化學與石油工程系主任；奧克拉荷馬州塔爾薩大學及費城德雷克塞大學工程學院院長；南卡羅來納州克萊姆森大學首席研究官；以及密蘇里科技大學羅拉校區、中密蘇里大學沃倫斯堡校區及維吉尼亞州諾福克州立大學的教務長。他也曾是英國劍橋大學的訪問學者，以及加州大學伯克利分校和德國埃爾朗根-紐倫堡大學技術化學研究所的訪問教授。他之前撰寫了13本與能源相關的書籍，其中大多數屬於可持續能源策略系列（由泰勒與法蘭西斯出版），他是該系列的編輯。他還在能源、環境和反應工程領域發表了超過250篇經過審核的評論、書籍章節和研究技術出版物。他是多個能源領域產業和政府組織的活躍顧問。