Solar Energy Engineering : Processes and Systems, 3rd Edition

Title: Solar Energy Engineering : Processes and Systems, 3rd Edition
Author: Soteris A. Kalogirou
ISBN: 0323993508 / 9780323993500
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 902
Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 2023
Availability: 45-60 days

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Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems, Third Edition, includes updated chapters and extended resources to assist in the research and teaching of solar energy engineering. Sections cover advances in solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaic technology, solar thermal power systems, modeling of solar energy systems, and a new chapter on wind energy systems. This book provides students, teachers and professionals with the basic principles and applications of solar energy systems and processes to help them understand how to operate and design solar systems.

In addition, this best-selling title includes a student and academic companion site with additional materials on chapter PowerPoints for teaching, problems with a solutions manual, and equations files to assist in problem-solving.

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Preface

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 : Hybrid Energy Systems

Appendix 1 : Nomenclature
Appendix 2 : Definitions
Appendix 3 : Sun Diagrams
Appendix 4 : Terrestrial Spectral Irradiance
Appendix 5 : Thermo-physical Properties of Materials
Appendix 6 : Equations for the Curves of Figures 3.38 to 3.40
Appendix 7 : Meteorological Data
Appendix 8 : Present Worth Factors
Index