Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes provides the latest thinking and practices for engineering solar technologies and using them in various markets.

Features:

• Complete coverage of basic theory, systems design, and applications
• Updated material on such cutting-edge topics as photovoltaics and wind power systems
• New homework problems and exercises

Contents

1. Solar Radiation
2. Available Solar Radiation
3. Selected Heat Transfer Topics
4. Radiation Characteristics of Opaque Materials
5. Radiation Transmission Through Glazing Absorbed Radiation
6. Flat-Plate COllectors
7. Concentrating Collectors
8. Energy Storage
9. Solar Process Loads
10. System Thermal Calculations
11. Solar Process Economics
12. Applications
13. Solar Water Heating: Active and Passive
14. Building Heating: Active
15. Building Heating: Passive and Hybrid Methods
16. Cooling
17. Industrial Process Heat
18. Solar Thermal Power Systems
19. Solar Ponds: Evaporative Processes
20. Design Methods
21. Simulating in Solar Process Design
22. Design of Active Systems by F-Chart
23. Design o Active Systems By Utilizability Methods
24. Design and Passive and Hybrid Heating Systems

Index

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