Solar Energy Engineering
eBook - PDF

Solar Energy Engineering

  1. 526 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Solar Energy Engineering

About this book

Solar Energy Engineering is a 21-chapter text that provides ample information concerning all forms and topics of solar energy. Chapter 1 deals with the scope and advantages of solar energy and serves as an introduction to the rest of the chapters. Chapters 2 to 5 explain the nature of the sun, the solar radiation spectrum, the estimation of total, direct, and diffuse radiation, and the heat transfer fundamentals for solar energy application. Chapters 6 to 8 outline the fundamentals, fabrication, and uses of various water and air heaters. Chapters 9 and 11 cover optics, concentrating collectors, and solar furnaces, while Chapters 10 and 12 to 20 discuss the various applications of solar energy, namely, solar pond, solar distillation, photovoltaic conversion of solar energy, solar refrigeration, solar hydrogen production, space applications, and solar measuring equipment. Lastly, Chapter 21 focuses on the cost of solar appliances. Engineers, designers, and researchers in their field of solar energy will find this book invaluable.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Solar Energy Engineering
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. General Information
  8. Chapter 1. Introduction
  9. Chapter 2. The Sun and the Celestial Vault
  10. Chapter 3. Solar Irradiance, Total and Spectral
  11. Chapter 4. Solar Energy Availability Prediction from Climatological Data
  12. Chapter 5. Heat Transfer for Solar Energy Utilization
  13. Chapter 6. Solar Energy Utilization—Liquid Flat Plate Collectors
  14. Chapter 7. Convective Heat Transfer Effects within Honeycomb Structures for Flat Plate Solar Collectors
  15. Chapter 8. Solar Air Heaters and Their Applications
  16. Chapter 9. Concentrating Collectors
  17. Chapter 10. Solar Pond
  18. Chapter 11. Solar Furnaces
  19. Chapter 12. Photovoltaic Conversion
  20. Chapter 13. Application of Solar Energy in Space
  21. Chapter 14. Conversion of Solar Energy into Electricity
  22. Chapter 15. Storage of Solar Energy
  23. Chapter 16. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  24. Chapter 17. Solar Heating and Cooling of Homes
  25. Chapter 18. Solar Production of Hydrogen
  26. Chapter 19. Solar Energy Measuring Equipment
  27. Chapter 20. Fundamentals of Water Desalination
  28. Chapter 21. The Economics of Solar Energy
  29. References
  30. Index