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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings*
I dreamed my genesis in sweat and death, fallen twice in the feeding sea, grown stale of
Adam’s brine until, vision of new man strength, I seek the sun.
—Dylan Thomas
Converting the sun’s radiant energy to heat is a common and well-developed solar conver-
sion technology. The temperature level and the amount of this converted energy are the key
parameters that must be known to match a conversion scheme to a specied task effectively.
Heating and cooling of buildings offer great opportunities for energy conservation as
well as utilization of solar energy. A rst step in ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966