Active solar collectors and their applications / Ari Rabl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabl, Ari.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar collectors.

Solar energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 503 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides a survey of solar geometry and meteorological data, the optics of various kinds of solar collectors, the mechanics of heat transfer, and private elements of system deign, optimization, and economic analysis. Also discussed are testing, methods and materials, and tracking and nontracking collectors.

Contents:

Contents; 1 SURVEY OF SOLAR EQUIPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; 2 SOLAR GEOMETRY; 3 INSOLATION DATA AND MODELS; 4 COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY AND COLLECTOR TESTING; 5 FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICS FOR SOLAR COLLECTIORS; 6 OPTICS OF NONTRACKING COLLECTORS; 7 TRACKING CONCENTRATOR TYPES; 8 OPTICAL ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF PARABOLIC REFLECTORS; 9 HEAT TRANSFER IN SOLAR COLLECTORS; 10 HEAT TRANSFER FACTORS; 11 SYSTEM MODELS; 12 APPLICATIONS; 13 PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 14 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; 15 SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION; Appendix A: Nomenclature; Appendix B: Units; Appendix C: Properties of Materials; Appendix D: Meteorological Data Appendix E: Circumsolar Data; Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-52300-X

9786610523009

0-19-536521-6

1-4294-0091-9

OCLC:

191924805