Solar energy engineering processes and systems
With the threat of global warming, and the gradual depletion of petroleum supplies, solar electric power is rapidly becoming significant part of our energy mix. The range of solar cells spans different materials and different structures in the quest to extract maximum power from the device while kee...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Burlington, MA :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
©2009.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780080922874 9780123745019 |
| Physical Description | 1 online zdroj (xv, 760 pages) : illustrations, color maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Environmental characteristics
- Solar energy collectors
- Performance of solar collectors
- Solar water heating systems
- Solar space heating and cooling
- Industrial process heat, chemistry applications, and solar dryers
- Solar desalination systems
- Photovoltaic systems
- Solar thermal power systems
- Designing and modeling solar energy systems
- Solar economic analysis.