Drawing on the authors' extensive research and project implementation around the globe, Solar Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment covers solar energy resources, thermal and photovoltaic systems, and the economics involved in using solar energy. It provides background theory on solar energy as well as useful technical information for implem
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Introduction
to
Solar
Energy
5
PROBLEMS
1.1.
Describe
how
the
global
economy
depends
on
fossil
fuels
today.
1.2.
What
do
you
think
will
be
the
key
energy
solutions
to
meeting
the
twenty-first
century’s
global
energy
challenge?
1.3.
Do
you
believe
that
it
is
a
greater
priority
for
wealthier,
industrialized
countries
to
install
grid-tie
PV
systems
or
for
poorer,
less
developed
countries
to
adopt
off-grid
PV
systems?
1.4.
Describe
three
things
that
you
can
do
practically
in
your
life
today
to
reduce
your
energy
footprint.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Contents
- Series Preface
- The Series Editor
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Authors
- The Contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Solar Energy
- Chapter 2. Solar Resource
- Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Engineering: Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Chapter 4. Solar Thermal Systems and Applications
- Chapter 5. Photovoltaic Cells
- Chapter 6. Photovoltaic Conversion Systems
- Chapter 7. Photovoltaic System Sizing and Design
- Chapter 8. Photovoltaic (PV) Applications
- Chapter 9. Economics
- Chapter 10. Institutional Issues
- Chapter 11. Energy Storage
- Solar Energy Glossary
- Appendix A: World Insolation Data
- Appendix B: Friction Loss Factors
- Appendix C: Present Value Factors
- Appendix D: Table of Approximate PV Pumping-System Costs
- Back cover
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