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Solar energy engineering : processes and systems
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Solar energy engineering : processes and systems / Soteris Kalogirou.
ISBN
0123972701
9780123972705
9780123972705
9780123972569
0123972566
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Waltham, Mass. : Academic Press, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 819 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
This edition includes revised and updated chapters on all areas of solar energy engineering from the fundamentals to the highest level of current research. Topics include: solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaic technology, solar thermal power systems, modeling of solar energy systems and includes a new chapter on wind energy systems. As solar energy's vast potential environmental and socioeconomic benefits are broadly recognized, this book will provide professionals and students with a resource on the basic principles and applications of solar energy systems and processes and can be used as a reference guide to practicing engineers who want to understand how solar systems operate and how to design the systems. -- Edited summary from book.
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Print version: Kalogirou, Soteris. Solar energy engineering. Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2014
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 14, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Front Cover; Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to Second Edition; Chapter 1
Introduction; 1.1 General introduction to renewable energy technologies; 1.2 Energy demand and renewable energy; 1.3 Energy-related environmental problems; 1.4 State of the climate; 1.5 A brief history of solar energy; 1.6 Other renewable energy systems; Exercise; References; Chapter 2
Environmental Characteristics; 2.1 Reckoning of time; 2.2 Solar angles; 2.3 Solar radiation; 2.4 The solar resource; Exercises; References; Chapter 3
Solar Energy Collectors.
3.1 Stationary collectors3.2 Sun-tracking concentrating collectors; 3.3 Thermal analysis of flat-plate collectors; 3.4 Thermal analysis of air collectors; 3.5 Practical considerations for flat-plate collectors; 3.6 Concentrating collectors; 3.7 Second law analysis; Exercises; References; Chapter 4
Performance of Solar Collectors; 4.1 Collector thermal efficiency; 4.2 Collector incidence angle modifier; 4.3 Concentrating collector acceptance angle; 4.4 Collector time constant; 4.5 Dynamic system test method; 4.6 Efficiency parameters conversion.
4.7 Assessment of uncertainty in solar collector testing4.8 Collector test results and preliminary collector selection; 4.9 Quality test methods; 4.10 European standards; 4.11 Data acquisition systems; Exercises; References; Chapter 5
Solar Water-Heating Systems; 5.1 Passive systems; 5.2 Active systems; 5.3 Heat storage systems; 5.4 Module and array design; 5.5 Differential temperature controller; 5.6 Hot water demand; 5.7 Solar water heater performance evaluation; 5.8 Simple system models; 5.9 Practical considerations; Exercises; References; Chapter 6
Solar Space Heating and Cooling.
6.1 Thermal load estimation6.2 Passive space-heating design; 6.3 Solar space heating and cooling; 6.4 Solar cooling; 6.5 Solar cooling with absorption refrigeration; Exercises; References; Chapter 7
Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers; 7.1 Industrial process heat: general design considerations; 7.2 Solar steam generation systems; 7.3 Solar chemistry applications; 7.4 Solar dryers; 7.5 Greenhouses; Exercises; References; Chapter 8
Solar Desalination Systems; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Desalination processes; 8.3 Direct collection systems.
8.4 Indirect collection systems8.5 Review of renewable energy desalination systems; 8.6 Process selection; Exercises; References; Chapter 9
Photovoltaic Systems; 9.1 Semiconductors; 9.2 Photovoltaic panels; 9.3 Related equipment; 9.4 Applications; 9.5 Design of PV systems; 9.6 Tilt and yield; 9.7 Concentrating PV; 9.8 Hybrid PV/T systems; Exercises; References; Chapter 10
Solar Thermal Power Systems; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Parabolic trough collector systems; 10.3 Power tower systems; 10.4 Dish systems; 10.5 Thermal analysis of solar power plants; 10.6 Solar updraft towers.
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