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Main Author: Kalogirou, Soteris (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Academic Press : Elsevier, 2014.
Edition:2nd edition.
Subjects:
Solar energy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Environmental characteristics
  • Solar energy collectors
  • Performance of solar collectors
  • Solar water-hearing 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
  • Wind energy systems
  • Appendixes: 1. Nomenclature
  • 2. Definitions
  • 3. Sun diagrams
  • 4. Terrestrial spectral irradiance
  • 5. Thermo-physical properties of materials
  • 6. Equations for the curves of figures 3.38 to 3.40
  • 7. Meteorological data
  • 8. Present worth factors.