Solar energy engineering : processes and systems / Soteris A. Kalogirou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalogirou, Soteris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (779 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 desalina

Contents:

Front Cover; Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 General Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies; 1.2 Energy Demand and Renewable Energy; 1.3 Energy-Related Environmental Problems; 1.3.1 Acid Rain; 1.3.2 Ozone Layer Depletion; 1.3.3 Global Climate Change; 1.3.4 Nuclear Energy; 1.3.5 Renewable Energy Technologies; 1.4 State of the Climate in 2005; 1.4.1 Global Temperature; 1.4.2 Carbon Dioxide; 1.4.3 Methane; 1.4.4 Carbon Monoxide; 1.4.5 Nitrous Oxide and Sulfur Hexafluoride; 1.4.6 Halocarbons; 1.4.7 Sea Level

1.5 Brief History of Solar Energy 1.5.1 Photovoltaics; 1.5.2 Solar Desalination; 1.5.3 Solar Drying; 1.5.4 Passive Solar Buildings; 1.6 Other Renewable Energy Systems; 1.6.1 Wind Energy; 1.6.2 Biomass; 1.6.3 Geothermal Energy; 1.6.4 Hydrogen; 1.6.5 Ocean Energy; Exercise; References; Chapter 2 Environmental Characteristics; 2.1 Reckoning of Time; 2.1.1 Equation of Time; 2.1.2 Longitude Correction; 2.2 Solar Angles; 2.2.1 The Incidence Angle for Moving Surfaces; 2.2.2 Sun Path Diagrams; 2.2.3 Shadow Determination; 2.3 Solar Radiation; 2.3.1 General; 2.3.2 Thermal Radiation

2.3.3 Transparent Plates 2.3.4 Radiation Exchange Between Surfaces; 2.3.5 Extraterrestrial Solar Radiation; 2.3.6 Atmospheric Attenuation; 2.3.7 Terrestrial Irradiation; 2.3.8 Total Radiation on Tilted Surfaces; 2.3.9 Solar Radiation Measuring Equipment; 2.4 The Solar Resource; 2.4.1 Typical Meteorological Year; 2.4.2 Typical Meteorological Year, Second Generation; Exercises; References; Chapter 3 Solar Energy Collectors; 3.1 Stationary Collectors; 3.1.1 Flat-Plate Collectors (FPCs); 3.1.2 Compound Parabolic Collectors (CPCs); 3.1.3 Evacuated Tube Collectors (ETCs)

3.2 Sun-Tracking Concentrating Collectors 3.2.1 Parabolic Trough Collectors (PTCs); 3.2.2 Fresnel Collectors; 3.2.3 Parabolic Dish Reflectors (PDRs); 3.2.4 Heliostat Field Collectors (HFCs); 3.3 Thermal Analysis of Flat-Plate Collectors; 3.3.1 Absorbed Solar Radiation; 3.3.2 Collector Energy Losses; 3.3.3 Temperature Distribution Between the Tubes and Collector Efficiency Factor; 3.3.4 Heat Removal Factor, Flow Factor, and Thermal Efficiency; 3.4 Thermal Analysis of Air Collectors; 3.5 Practical Considerations for Flat-Plate Collectors; 3.6 Concentrating Collectors

3.6.1 Optical Analysis of a Compound Parabolic Collector 3.6.2 Thermal Analysis of Compound Parabolic Collectors; 3.6.3 Optical Analysis of Parabolic Trough Collectors; 3.6.4 Thermal Analysis of Parabolic Trough Collectors; 3.7 Second-Law Analysis; 3.7.1 Minimum Entropy Generation Rate; 3.7.2 Optimum Collector Temperature; 3.7.3 Non-Isothermal Collector; Exercises; References; Chapter 4 Performance of Solar Collectors; 4.1 Collector Thermal Efficiency; 4.1.1 Effect of Flow Rate; 4.1.2 Collectors in Series; 4.1.3 Standard Requirements; 4.2 Collector Incidence Angle Modifier

4.2.1 Flat-Plate Collectors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612285608

9781282285606

1282285602

9780080922874

0080922872

OCLC:

429897929