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.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Environmental Characteristics - p. 55 3. Abstract - p. 55 4. 2.1 Reckoning of time - p. 55 5. 2.2 Solar angles - p. 58 6. 2.3 Solar radiation - p. 78 7. 2.4 The solar resource - p. 111 8. Exercises - p. 122 9. References - p. 124 10. Chapter 3. Solar Energy Collectors - p. 127 11. Abstract - p. 127 12. 3.1 Stationary collectors - p. 127 13. 3.2 Sun-tracking concentrating collectors - p. 143 14. 3.3 Thermal analysis of flat-plate collectors - p. 156 15. 3.4 Thermal analysis of air collectors - p. 180 16. 3.5 Practical considerations for flat-plate collectors - p. 185 17. 3.6 Concentrating collectors - p. 185 18. 3.7 Second law analysis - p. 212 19. Exercises - p. 218 20. Assignment: Design of a flat-plate solar collector - p. 220 21. References - p. 221 22. Chapter 4. Performance of Solar Collectors - p. 225 23. Chapter 5. Solar Water-Heating Systems - p. 265 24. Chapter 6. Solar Space Heating and Cooling - p. 329 25. Chapter 7. Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers - p. 405 26. Chapter 8. Solar Desalination Systems - p. 441 27. Chapter 9. Photovoltaic Systems - p. 495 28. Chapter 10. Solar Thermal Power Systems - p. 559 29. Chapter 11. Designing and Modeling Solar Energy Systems - p. 601 30. Abstract - p. 601 31. 11.1 F-chart method and program - p. 601 32. 11.2 Utilizability method - p. 636 33. 11.3 The Φ¯Φ¯, f-chart method - p. 648 34. 11.4 Unutilizability method - p. 657 35. 11.5 Modeling and simulation of solar energy systems - p. 670 36. 11.6 Artificial intelligence in solar energy systems - p. 682 37. 11.7 Limitations of simulations - p. 709 38. Exercises - p. 709 39. Assignments - p. 713 40. References - p. 715 41. Chapter 12. Solar Economic Analysis - p. 719 42. Chapter 13. Wind Energy Systems - p. 753 43. Appendix 1. Nomenclature - p. 781 44. Appendix 2. Definitions - p. 789 45. Appendix 3. Sun Diagrams - p. 795 46. Appendix 4. Terrestrial Spectral Irradiance - p. 807 47. Appendix 5. Thermo-physical Properties of Materials and Other Useful Information - p. 811 48. Appendix 6. Equations for the Curves of Figs. 3.38–3.40Figure 3.338Figure 3.339Figure 3.340Figs. 3.38–3.40 - p. 825 49. Appendix 7. Meteorological Data - p. 829 50. Appendix 8. Present Worth Factors - p. 835 51. Appendix 9. Excel Functions—Goal Seek and Solver - p. 843 52. Appendix 10. System Advisor Model - p. 855 53. Index - p. 865
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.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Environmental Characteristics - p. 55 3. Abstract - p. 55 4. 2.1 Reckoning of time - p. 55 5. 2.2 Solar angles - p. 58 6. 2.3 Solar radiation - p. 78 7. 2.4 The solar resource - p. 111 8. Exercises - p. 122 9. References - p. 124 10. Chapter 3. Solar Energy Collectors - p. 127 11. Abstract - p. 127 12. 3.1 Stationary collectors - p. 127 13. 3.2 Sun-tracking concentrating collectors - p. 143 14. 3.3 Thermal analysis of flat-plate collectors - p. 156 15. 3.4 Thermal analysis of air collectors - p. 180 16. 3.5 Practical considerations for flat-plate collectors - p. 185 17. 3.6 Concentrating collectors - p. 185 18. 3.7 Second law analysis - p. 212 19. Exercises - p. 218 20. Assignment: Design of a flat-plate solar collector - p. 220 21. References - p. 221 22. Chapter 4. Performance of Solar Collectors - p. 225 23. Chapter 5. Solar Water-Heating Systems - p. 265 24. Chapter 6. Solar Space Heating and Cooling - p. 329 25. Chapter 7. Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers - p. 405 26. Chapter 8. Solar Desalination Systems - p. 441 27. Chapter 9. Photovoltaic Systems - p. 495 28. Chapter 10. Solar Thermal Power Systems - p. 559 29. Chapter 11. Designing and Modeling Solar Energy Systems - p. 601 30. Abstract - p. 601 31. 11.1 F-chart method and program - p. 601 32. 11.2 Utilizability method - p. 636 33. 11.3 The Φ¯Φ¯, f-chart method - p. 648 34. 11.4 Unutilizability method - p. 657 35. 11.5 Modeling and simulation of solar energy systems - p. 670 36. 11.6 Artificial intelligence in solar energy systems - p. 682 37. 11.7 Limitations of simulations - p. 709 38. Exercises - p. 709 39. Assignments - p. 713 40. References - p. 715 41. Chapter 12. Solar Economic Analysis - p. 719 42. Chapter 13. Wind Energy Systems - p. 753 43. Appendix 1. Nomenclature - p. 781 44. Appendix 2. Definitions - p. 789 45. Appendix 3. Sun Diagrams - p. 795 46. Appendix 4. Terrestrial Spectral Irradiance - p. 807 47. Appendix 5. Thermo-physical Properties of Materials and Other Useful Information - p. 811 48. Appendix 6. Equations for the Curves of Figs. 3.38–3.40Figure 3.338Figure 3.339Figure 3.340Figs. 3.38–3.40 - p. 825 49. Appendix 7. Meteorological Data - p. 829 50. Appendix 8. Present Worth Factors - p. 835 51. Appendix 9. Excel Functions—Goal Seek and Solver - p. 843 52. Appendix 10. System Advisor Model - p. 855 53. Index - p. 865
