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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalogirou, Soteris A.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar energy.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 819 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Academic Press, 2014.

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; Contents; Preface; Preface to Second Edition; Chapter 1 - Introduction; 1.1 General introduction to renewable energy technologies; 1.2 Energy demand and renewable energy; 1.3 Energy-related environmental problems; 1.4 State of the climate; 1.5 A brief history of solar energy; 1.6 Other renewable energy systems; Exercise; References; Chapter 2 - Environmental Characteristics; 2.1 Reckoning of time; 2.2 Solar angles; 2.3 Solar radiation; 2.4 The solar resource; Exercises; References; Chapter 3 - Solar Energy Collectors

3.1 Stationary collectors3.2 Sun-tracking concentrating collectors; 3.3 Thermal analysis of flat-plate collectors; 3.4 Thermal analysis of air collectors; 3.5 Practical considerations for flat-plate collectors; 3.6 Concentrating collectors; 3.7 Second law analysis; Exercises; References; Chapter 4 - 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 Efficiency parameters conversion

4.7 Assessment of uncertainty in solar collector testing4.8 Collector test results and preliminary collector selection; 4.9 Quality test methods; 4.10 European standards; 4.11 Data acquisition systems; Exercises; References; Chapter 5 - Solar Water-Heating Systems; 5.1 Passive systems; 5.2 Active systems; 5.3 Heat storage systems; 5.4 Module and array design; 5.5 Differential temperature controller; 5.6 Hot water demand; 5.7 Solar water heater performance evaluation; 5.8 Simple system models; 5.9 Practical considerations; Exercises; References; Chapter 6 - Solar Space Heating and Cooling

6.1 Thermal load estimation6.2 Passive space-heating design; 6.3 Solar space heating and cooling; 6.4 Solar cooling; 6.5 Solar cooling with absorption refrigeration; Exercises; References; Chapter 7 - Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers; 7.1 Industrial process heat: general design considerations; 7.2 Solar steam generation systems; 7.3 Solar chemistry applications; 7.4 Solar dryers; 7.5 Greenhouses; Exercises; References; Chapter 8 - Solar Desalination Systems; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Desalination processes; 8.3 Direct collection systems

8.4 Indirect collection systems8.5 Review of renewable energy desalination systems; 8.6 Process selection; Exercises; References; Chapter 9 - Photovoltaic Systems; 9.1 Semiconductors; 9.2 Photovoltaic panels; 9.3 Related equipment; 9.4 Applications; 9.5 Design of PV systems; 9.6 Tilt and yield; 9.7 Concentrating PV; 9.8 Hybrid PV/T systems; Exercises; References; Chapter 10 - Solar Thermal Power Systems; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Parabolic trough collector systems; 10.3 Power tower systems; 10.4 Dish systems; 10.5 Thermal analysis of solar power plants; 10.6 Solar updraft towers

10.7 Solar ponds

Notes:

First edition 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 14, 2013).

ISBN:

9780123972569

0123972566

OCLC:

872699443