Book description
As perhaps the most promising of all the renewable energy sources available today, solar energy is becoming increasingly important in the drive to achieve energy independence and climate balance. This new book is the masterwork from world-renowned expert Dr. Soteris Kalogirou, who has championed solar energy for decades. The book includes all areas of solar energy engineering, from the fundamentals to the highest level of current research. The author includes pivotal subjects such as solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaics, solar thermal power systems, and modeling of solar systems, including the use of artificial intelligence systems in solar energy systems, modeling and performance prediction.
*Written by one of the world's most renowned experts in solar energy
*Covers the hottest new developments in solar technology, such as solar cooling and desalination
*Packed with quick look up tables and schematic diagrams for the most commonly used systems today'
Table of contents
- Cover Image
- Table of Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter one. Introduction
- Chapter two. Environmental Characteristics
- Chapter three. Solar Energy Collectors
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Chapter four. 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 Collector Test Results and Preliminary Collector Selection
- 4.7 Quality Test Methods
- 4.8 European Standards
- 4.9 Data Acquisition Systems
- Exercises
- Chapter five. Solar Water Heating Systems
- Chapter six. Solar Space Heating and Cooling
- Chapter seven. Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers
- Chapter eight. Solar Desalination Systems
- Chapter nine. Photovoltaic Systems
- Chapter ten. Solar Thermal Power Systems
- Chapter eleven. Designing and Modeling Solar Energy Systems
- Chapter twelve. Solar Economic Analysis
- APPENDIX 1. Nomenclature
- APPENDIX 2. Definitions
- APPENDIX 3. Sun Diagrams
- APPENDIX 4. Terrestrial Spectral Irradiance
- APPENDIX 5. Thermophysical Properties of Materials
- APPENDIX 6. Equations for the Curves of Figures 3.34 to 3.36
- APPENDIX 7. Meteorological Data
- APPENDIX 8. Present Worth Factors
- Index
Product information
- Title: Solar Energy Engineering
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2009
- Publisher(s): Academic Press
- ISBN: 9780080922874
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