Book description
Solar Heating and Cooling Systems: Fundamentals, Experiments and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of this modern energy issue from both a scientific and technical level that is based on original research and the synthesis of consistent bibliographic material that meets the increasing need for modernization and greater energy efficiency to significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
Ioan Sarbu and Calin Sebarchievici present a comprehensive overview of all major solar energy technologies, along with the fundamentals, experiments, and applications of solar heating and cooling systems. Technical, economic, and energy saving aspects related to design, modeling, and operation of these systems are also explored.
This reference includes physical and mathematical concepts developed to make this publication a self-contained and up-to-date source of information for engineers, researchers, and professionals who are interested in the use of solar energy as an alternative energy source.
- Includes learning aims, chapter summaries, problems and solutions to support the theories presented
- Puts a specific emphasis on the practical application of the technologies in heating and cooling systems
- Contains calculating equations for the energy and economic index of solar systems
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Author Biographies
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Solar Radiation
- Chapter 3. Solar Collectors
- Chapter 4. Thermal Energy Storage
- Chapter 5. Solar Water and Space-Heating Systems
- Chapter 6. Heat Distribution Systems in Buildings
- Chapter 7. Solar Thermal-Driven Cooling Systems
- Chapter 8. Solar Electric Cooling Systems
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Chapter 9. Solar-Assisted Heat Pumps
- 9.1. Generalities
- 9.2. Operation Principle of a Heat Pump
- 9.3. Vapor Compression-Based Heat Pump Systems
- 9.4. Energy Performances of a DX-SAHP Water Heating System
- 9.5. Solar-Assisted Absorption Heat Pumps
- 9.6. Performances of an Experimental Solar-Assisted Absorption Ground-Coupled Heat Pump in Cooling Operation
- Index
Product information
- Title: Solar Heating and Cooling Systems
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2016
- Publisher(s): Academic Press
- ISBN: 9780128116630
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