Solar energy engineering : processes and systems

Provides a comprehensive guide to all areas of solar energy engineering from the fundamentals to the highest level of current research. Among the topics covered are solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaic techn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Kalogirou, Soteris A.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2014.
EditionSecond edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780123972569
0123972566
0123972701
9780123972705
9781306077859
1306077850
Physical Description1 online resource (841 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • chapter 2. Environmental characteristics
  • chapter 3. Solar energy collectors
  • chapter 4. Performance of solar collectors
  • chapter 5. Solar water-heating systems
  • chapter 6. Solar space heating and cooling
  • chapter 7. Industrial process heat, chemistry applications, and solar dryers
  • chapter 8. Solar desalination systems
  • chapter 9. Photovoltaic systems
  • chapter 10. Solar thermal power systems
  • chapter 11. Designing and modeling solar energy systems
  • chapter 12. Solar economic analysis
  • chapter 13. Wind energy systems.